Carrots with Pineapple Glaze

Name: Carrots with Pineapple Glaze
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Cuisine: Comfort Food Recipes, Comfort Food Side Dishes, Comfort Food Vegetarian Recipes
Ingredients: 1 pound fresh baby carrots; 2 tablespoons water; 1/4 cup pineapple preserves; 2 tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

Pretty and versatile Pineapple-Glazed Carrots are ready in just 10 minutes and pair up with a variety of meats for weekday meal magic! Anna Stodolak - Volant, Pennsylvania

Ingredients

1 pound fresh baby carrots
2 tablespoons water
1/4 cup pineapple preserves
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley

Directions

Place carrots and water in a microwave-safe bowl. Cover and microwave on high for 4-6 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain and keep warm.
In another microwave-safe bowl, combine the preserves, sugar, butter and salt; cook on high for 1-2 minutes or until preserves are melted. Pour over carrots; toss to coat. Sprinkle with parsley.

Editor's Note

This recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.

Nutrition Facts

3/4 cup: 164 calories, 6g fat (4g saturated fat), 15mg cholesterol, 277mg sodium, 29g carbohydrate (24g sugars, 2g fiber), 1g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 vegetable, 1 starch, 1 fat.

Originally published as Pineapple Glazed Carrots in Simple & Delicious March/April 2009

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s_pants

Sep 29, 2011

Love the flavor, but I think I would like it better cooking the carrots on the stove and then adding the glaze ingredients...it might coat them better, too.
cee-jay

Apr 18, 2011

Overall this recipe tasted very good but I had a few problems with it. The first time I tried this, I let the carrots microwave, longer that stated after reading other reviews but they burned in the microwave. The second time, I cooked the carrots on the stove top for 8-10 minutes in boiling water. I followed the recipe and tried to fix the sauce in the microwave but it exploded and made a mess. This recipe seems better suited for stove-top prepration.
scrapo

Dec 16, 2010

Excellent! I agree w/ the longer cooking time, just check on the carrots as they are cooking to judge how much longer they need. I didn't have pineapple preserves so I substituted raspberry ~ still turned out great!
NJPickleFiend

Apr 30, 2010

This was sweet and delicious, and made an excellent side dish. The carrots came out half-way between crunchy and soft, which was a perfect combination. I would 100% make this again!
hwarrell

Mar 16, 2010

My family loved these carrots. I did cook them longer to make the carrots more tender. This will be a staple in our house.
eawinters

Jun 8, 2009

Thanks for the heads-up on the cooking time. I do wish microwave recipes would alwaus include the wattage of the oven used for the times included.
trjogaka

Mar 18, 2009

I just made this for dinner and it was delicious but...the recipe was misleading. It took much longer than 4-6 minutes to cook the carrots in the microwave--more like 10-12 minutes.