The Best Easy Roasted Baby Carrots Recipe

Written by Elisabeth Judy Published on January 20, 2025

Here’s the perfect side dish for you! These Garlic Roasted Carrots are a great recipe for a side dish for special occasions or a quick veggie for a busy weeknight dinner. They truly are SO SIMPLE! And so tasty, my kids gobble them up. Win Win! The brightness they add to the plate and the main dish is also beautiful. Grab a bag of baby carrots and a baking sheet and let’s make this super-simple recipe!

Just a few spices, a little olive oil, carrots and a hot oven and you are all set! After roasting on high heat for about 25 minutes, these carrots are sweet, salty, golden brown and fork tender. This is one of my absolute favorite ways to cook fresh carrots. My 5 kids literally can’t stop eating them! 🙂 (You can use whatever kind of raw carrots you’d like. If using whole carrots, just slice them down to thin spears.)

I roast them for about 25 minutes at 400 degrees. But sometimes, I’ll leave them in a few minutes longer if they are not browned quite enough. Taste them and give a little more salt if needed. Some people enjoy carrots with a maple syrup or brown sugar glaze, but the natural sugars in carrots make them naturally sweet, so I like to counter that with the garlic and salt and black pepper. It is so yummy when you can taste the sweet and salty combination.

Why this Recipe is so amazing:

The best roasted baby carrots. These are certainly the best easy roasted baby carrots because they are seriously simple! Nothing fancy about it, just olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic and dill! The natural flavors of the carrots are there, along with the natural sweetness of the carrots, but you also get that little zing of flavor that makes them irresistible.
Delicious side dish recipe. This recipe for roasted baby carrots is a perfect side dish to make for any meal. Simply grab some bagged baby carrots at the grocery store, get out your seasonings and you are ready to go. To make clean up even more simple, put a piece of parchment paper on your pan. Then simply place carrots in a single layer to put in the oven.
Simple ingredients. Simple and healthy! All you need for this recipe is carrots, olive oil, and seasonings. Give yourself some vitamin c, vitamin k, and potassium!

Ingredient List:

Baby Carrots: This recipe is for 1 pound of carrots, which serves about 6. But it is easy to double or triple it depending on how many you need to serve.
Olive Oil: Drizzle olive oil over the carrots and seasoning before roasting. Olive oil is packed with polyphenols, antioxidants that support the brain and heart and help lower cholesterol and blood pressure.
Salt, Pepper, Garlic and Dill: This roasted baby carrots recipe just uses dried seasonings to keep it as simple as possible. The flavor of the dill and garlic with the natural sweetness of the carrots is so so good.

Main Dishes to pair this great side dish with:

Oven Roasted Chicken

Gouda Mac and Cheese

Rib Eye Steak Sandwich

Easy Roasted Baby Carrots

Ingredients

1 bag baby carrots
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp dry dill weed
salt
pepper
drizzle of oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400°.
Spread carrots in a single layer on roasting pan. (Use parchamnt paper for easy clean up!)
Sprinkle with spices and a drizzle of oil. Salt and pepper generously. Mix until evenly coated.
Roast for 25-35 minutes, or until carrots are lightly browned.

I love making these roasted baby carrots for dinner! It’s such an easy side dish recipe to pop in the oven and give you free time to finish up your main dish. Serve these carrots for Sunday dinner, a holiday meal, or even for your low calorie diet. I’m always looking for healthy seasonal recipes and this one fits the bill.