Oven roasted baby carrots with fennel are flavored with a cilantro butter sauce. This is a very easy keto Thanksgiving side dish recipe. It's ready in just 30 minutes and can be made ahead.
Place the carrots in the glass bowl, add 1 Tbsp oil + ⅛ tsp salt
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil, ¼ tsp pink salt
Mix well and then, place on a baking tray of choice
Put the garlic cloves in the same bowl and coat them with the oil
3 cloves garlic
Put the garlic in the same baking tray and place in the oven
While the carrots are roasting, cut the fennel to the same size as the carrots.
½ fennel bulb
Roast the carrots and garlic for 15 minutes
Remove the tray, place the garlic in a separate plate
Add the fennel to the baking tray, keep the carrots in it
Put the baking tray back in the oven and bake for another 10 minutes
While that is baking in the oven, crush the garlic
Mix the ingredients for the sauce along with the crushed garlic
Remove the veggies and mix them.
Place the veggies in a serving bowl and drizzle the butter sauce on it
Mix well and serve
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Notes
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ALWAYS use organic vegetables, if you can find them. Carrots and fennel can be easily found in the organic section of your grocery store. I know it's expensive, but much cheaper in the long run.
This recipe makes use of grass-fed butter. I use Kerrygold butter which is my favorite. You can always use vegan or non-grass-fed butter. Just don't tell me that you did!
You can make this recipe ahead of time. See below for how I made this ahead of time.
If the baby carrots are too big, cut them into half. They will cook faster.
Cut the fennel to about the same size as the baby carrots.
The reason I roast them in 2 batches is because carrots take longer to cook then fennel.
An oven safe grill is not important. It's just what I like to use because I love the grill marks. You can use a sheet pan or silicone baking trays too.
Do not freeze the roasted carrots, if there are leftovers. They don't thaw well. Instead, refrigerate them and use within a week.
Nutrition
Calories: 147kcal
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