Air Fryer Honey Glazed Carrots – tender carrots with a honey butter glaze. Quick and easy side dish – goes with almost everything!
These Air Fryer Honey Glazed Carrots are a quick, tasty and healthy side dish and they couldn’t be easier to make.
Because they cook in about 10 minutes (a fraction of the time of oven roasted carrots) they’re perfect anytime from busy weeknights to holiday meals.
WHY YOU’LL LOVE THIS RECIPE:
- Quick & Easy: In just 8-10 minutes, you’ll have delicious carrots on the dinner table.
- Minimal Ingredients: Just a handful of simple ingredients, this is an easy recipe anyone can make.
- Works with all kinds of carrots: baby carrots, large whole carrots, rainbow carrots – they all work well in this recipe.
- Try different cooking methods: Slow Cooker or roasted
INGREDIENTS YOU’LL NEED FOR AIR FRYER CARROTS:
- carrots (baby carrots used – any work well)
- melted butter
- olive oil
- honey
- fresh thyme
- garlic clove
- sea salt and black pepper
- cooking spray
optional garnish: 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
HOW TO MAKE AIR FRYER HONEY GLAZED CARROTS:
Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees then lightly spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.
Remove thyme leaves from sprigs and finely mince.
Melt butter in a large bowl then add olive oil, honey, minced thyme, garlic, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine.
If you’re using regular carrots, peel and cut them into 1-inch to 1 1/2 inch pieces. If using a bag of baby carrots, just add them to the bowl with the honey butter. Toss to coat well.
Depending upon the size of your air fryer, work in batches if necessary, adding carrots in a mostly single layer to the air fryer basket.
Cook for 8-10 minutes (or until tender) shaking the basket about halfway through cooking.
Transfer carrots to a plate or bowl. If you air fried in batches, return all cooked carrots to the air fryer and warm for 1-2 minutes at 350 degrees.
Place on a serving plate or bowl. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley or extra thyme sprigs and if you’d like a light sprinkle of sea salt.
HOW TO SAFELY STORE LEFTOVERS:
Cool carrots completely then transfer to an airtight container. Store in the fridge up to 3 days.
Reheat in the air fryer or microwave.
PERFECT PAIRINGS WITH AIR FRYER HONEY GLAZED CARROTS:
The sweet savory balance of these Glazed Carrots make them the perfect side to so many dishes starting with your Easter ham!
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Enjoy!
Air Fryer Honey Glazed Carrots
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 1 to 1 1/2 pounds carrots baby carrots used – any work well
- 3 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme removed from stem and minced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt or more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper or more to taste
- cooking spray
- optional garnish: 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat air fryer to 400 degrees then lightly spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray.
- Remove thyme leaves from sprigs and finely mince.Melt butter in a large bowl then add olive oil, honey, minced thyme, garlic, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine.
- If you’re using full size carrots, peel and cut them into 1-inch to 1 1/2 inch pieces. If using a bag of baby carrots, just add them to the bowl with the honey butter. Toss to coat well.
- Working in batches if necessary, add carrots in a mostly single layer to the air fryer basket.
- Air fry 8-10 minutes depending upon size of carrots (or until tender) shaking the basket about halfway through cooking.
- Transfer carrots to a plate or bowl. If you air fried in batches, return all cooked carrots to the air fryer and warm for 1-2 minutes at 350 degrees.
- Place in a serving plate or bowl. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley or extra thyme sprigs and if you’d like a light sprinkle of sea salt.
My favorite honey glazed carrots now quick and even easier made in the air fryer!