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37 Best Carrot Recipes for Stunning Sides, Silky Soups, and Craveable Snacks

Bring on the orange, bring in the crunch.
37 Best Carrot Recipes
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Nothing against carrot sticks, but the most beautiful bunch ofcarrots at the marketdeserve a bit more of your care and attention. Some of the best carrot recipes concentrate the flavor of the vegetable through roasting; others highlight its crunchy personality. Below we’ve gathered a few of our favorites—and all go way beyond the crudités platter. You’ll find smoky carrot dip, buttery roasted carrots, silky carrot soups, tangy carrot pickles, and crisp carrot slaws, plus baked goods like morning muffins and a not-too-sweet carrot cake. Scroll down for all the ideas you need for using up those carrots in your fridge tonight.

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    Orange-Ginger Pickled Baby Carrots

    We'll kick off this list of the best carrot recipes on Epicurious with a snack. This crisp pickled vegetables, flavored with citrus, chiles, and ginger, are perfect for serving with amartiniorFrench 75when you've gathered friends or family together on a special occasion. Or prep these pickles to eat with a sandwich on your nextpicnic.

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    Carrot Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

    Carrot cake recipes often hide behind a super-sweet frosting. This version, though, sports an extra-tangy frosting that's made with less sugar than is standard.

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    Carrot, Onion, and Spinach Bhajias With Mango Chutney

    These crispy fritters are made with grated carrots, onions, and ginger, plus garam masala and chile. The dipping sauce has a hefty pour of bourbon, which adds warming depth.

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    Honey-Glazed Carrots With Carrot Top Gremolata

    Dark honeys, like buckwheat honey, bring a touch of earthy sweetness to these lightly glazed beauties. The gremolata, made with the frilly green carrot tops, makes a delicious finishing touch (and helps cut down on food waste).

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    Gajjar Ka Halwa (Carrot Halwa)

    It takes some time to transform carrots, milk, spices, ghee, and sugar into this luscious carrot halwa, but the wait is absolutely worth it.

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    Miso-Turmeric Dressing

    This miso-carrot dressing can top crunchy greens, or your can drizzle it over cooked soba noodles or seared salmon.

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    Pan-Seared Carrot Steaks

    Applying a classic steak cooking technique to carrots turns them into a buttery, satisfying vegetarian main. The interior of each carrot is creamy and sweet, while the outside gets a good sear. Pile up your plate withmashed potatoesand green beans—orcreamed spinach.

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    Pork Chops and Padrón Chiles en Escabèche

    Escabèchetranslates to “marinade,” which is exactly what you’re making here: a bright, tangy marinade full of pickled red onion, carrots, and Padrón chiles or shishito peppers that also makes an ideal sauce for juicy, thick-cut pork chops.

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    Roasted Carrot, Brussels Sprout, and Cranberry Salad

    A mix of roasted and raw carrots and brussels sprouts, plus a tangy poppy seed and cranberry dressing, brings a pleasing variety of textures to this autumnal side dish. This carrot recipe requires 20 minutes of active prep time. Spread out your veggies (tossed in olive oil and spices) on a rimmed baking sheet and cook until browned, which will bring your total time to 40 minutes.

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    Smoky Carrot Dip

    For this showstopping carrot dip, sweet and smoky roasted carrots are blended withchickpeas, almonds, lemon juice, garlic, and herbs. You could make a whole mezze platter pairing this withhummusandmutabbal, and adding freshpitaor seeded crackers.

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    Grilled Carrot "Hot Dogs" with Tangy Slaw

    Adobo from a can of chipotles adds earthy flavor to these grilled carrots. Pop them in a hot dog bun and never look back.

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