This recipe was created one holiday season when I needed a cheap gift for family and friends but was short on cash. I currently produce a few of batches annually upon demand. Additionally, bake sales have shown great success with it. Don’t be put off by the recipe’s inclusion of habanero peppers. The heat is barely detectable and only enhances the flavor of the jam. For a quick party snack, spread it over a block of cream cheese and serve it with crackers. You won’t be sorry if you use it in your baked bean dish in place of sugar.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 2 |
Ingredients
- 1 serving cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon hot honey (such as Mike’s Hot Honey®)
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ pound baby carrots
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Gather all ingredients.
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- Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray the basket with nonstick spray.
- Combine butter, honey, orange zest, and cardamom in a bowl. Transfer 1 tablespoon of the sauce to a separate bowl and set aside.
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- Add carrots to remaining sauce and toss to coat. Place carrots in the air fryer basket.
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- Cook in the preheated air fryer, tossing every 7 minutes, until carrots are roasted and fork-tender, about 15 to 22 minutes.
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- Mix orange juice with reserved honey-butter sauce. Toss with cooked carrots until well combined. Season with salt and pepper.
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- Garnish with fresh basil or chives for added color and flavor.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 129 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 19 g |
| Cholesterol | 15 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 206 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I thought there were very good and easy to make. Thank you for the receipe!! 🙂
Unique and delicious, what could be better. We loved these carrots and they are so simple to put together. I followed directions exactly, exceptI lined my fry basket with unperforated air fryer parchment liners so that non of the sauce would be wasted. YUM!
I love the sweetness from the cardamon and orange zest. So delicious!
Loved this recipe
These were delicious! The only thing I would change is to triple the recipe.
5/5 with important modifications. I made this recipe twice some time ago, but hadn’t made it in at least a year before trying it again a few days ago. The first time pretty good. The second time, the carrots had completely dried out and weren’t very good. This last time, I modified the cooking process, which made them wonderful. Read on for my changes. Firstly, I just mix all the ingredients together. No need to leave out the orange juice, salt, or pepper until the end. Secondly , I don’t have hot honey, so I substitute chili flakes, which gives it a nice kick. That’s not by any means a critical substitution. The important modifications I made all involve the cooking process. I wrap the air fryer rack in aluminum foil before placing the carrots on it. Otherwise, the mixture ends up sweating off while air frying. Next, I dump about half of the mixture over the carrots and coat them well before air frying. I only bother flipping the carrots once about halfway through. At that point, the carrots have usually dried out a bit. I will dump most of the remaining mixture on them and then let them finish air frying. Finally, I’ll dump the last bit of the remaining mixture over them once they’re done cooking. I also found the time and temperature recommendations a little off. This last time, I tripled the recipe and had to do it all in two batches. The first batch, I set the air fryer to 400 degrees. When I flipped halfway through, I noticed that they were beginning to blacken, despite not yet becoming particularly tender. After flipping, I set the air fryer to 370 degrees. The resulting carrots came out great. The second batch, I started the air fryer on 370. While they hadn’t yet begun to blacken halfway through, they were also still completely hard. I set the air fryer back to 400 for the remainder, and the resulting carrots were just a little overdone. I’m thinking that next time, I’ll find a mid temperature (maybe 385) and keep it at that the whole time, or perhaps I’ll keep the carrots at 370 and cook for longer.
Fabulous recipe! Even carrot haters like these and they’re really easy to make.
This is a fantastic recipe. I make it all the time. Easy and delicious.
These are so good! I make a big batch of them and eat them all week.
i think this is good
I got ahead of myself and didn’t read all of the recipe. I combined all of the ingredients but it still worked out really deliciously good. Next time I will follow the directions.
Really liked this. I had no trouble getting the kiddies to eat them. I will keep this recipe.
I had to substitute several ingredients. For Mike’s Hot Honey, I used honey + pepper flakes; Cardamom, I used 5 spice. Cook time was 22 minutes or a little longer. I would make this again!