Quick and easy, these beautiful bright tasty glazed canned carrots are just the thing to brighten up a quick to put on the dinner table meal! Sweet and spiced just right, you’ll be nodding “YES!” as you gobble down this delicious dinner treat! Let me show you how to cook canned carrots!

These simple and delicious canned carrots will make you smile with their sweet and spicy take on the glazed carrots that might have taken your grandma some real time to make. You’ll whip these up in just a few minutes.

How to Cook Canned Carrots

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

1. It uses canned carrots to make quick work of dinner.
2. The recipes is both sweet and spicy
3. This recipe has a lot of options based on what you have in the pantry
4. Canned carrots retain much of their natural vitamins and minerals!
5. These canned carrots taste GREAT!

IN THIS RECIPE FOR HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS…

I’ll show you how to make these carrots…

1. On the stovetop.
2. In a frying pan
3. In the oven
4. Quickly in the microwave
5. In a few hours in a crockpot or slow cooker!

I don’t recommend this recipe for a instapot or instantpot because the canned carrots are already cooked and cooking them again in the instapot would make them too soft.

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HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS IN A FRYING PAN

Using the recipe card below, follow the instructions for cooking in a saucepan, simply use a frying pan instead. Note that the frying pan may use more water and if you note that your carrots are drying up before they are cooked through, then add ¼ – ½ cup water to the pan.

HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS IN THE OVEN

Mix the ingredients from the recipe card below in a small oven safe dish that has been prepared with non stick spray. Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes till heated through. Stir well and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Stir again before serving.

HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS IN THE MICROWAVE

Place all of the ingredients from the recipe below into a microwave safe dish. Microwave on high for 1 minute. Stir well. Microwave in 1 minute intervals stirring each time until heated through.

HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS IN THE CROCKPOT OR SLOW COOKER

Using a small 1-2 quart crockpot for 1 can of carrots, add all of the ingredients listed, set crockpot on low and allow to cook for 3-4 hours. Stir well before serving.

LETS SEE HOW THIS IS DONE

First drain you can of carrots and pour the carrots into a pan on the stovetop…

How to Cook Canned Carrots

Next add water and then butter…

How to Cook Canned Carrots

Add the honey….

How To Cook Canned Carrots

Add the spices to the canned carrots

How to Cook Canned Carrots

Stir well and bring to a boil to heat through. Add salt and pepper to taste.

how to cook canned carrots

Strain the liquid out or dip out of the liquid and serve.

How to Cook Canned Carrots

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) AND TIPS AND TRICKS FOR COOKING CANNED CARROTS

HOW DO YOU MAKE CANNED CARROTS HEALTHY?

Canned carrots are already full of vitamins and minerals, you just need a quick and easy way to cook them up so that they are tasty. Simply follow the recipe in the recipe box below OR follow one of the directions included for cooking in the oven, microwave, crockpot or slow cooker and in a frying pan.

HOW DO YOU COOK SLICED CANNED CARROTS?

You can use the recipe below or any of the other cooking method instructions for either the baby carrot style carrots OR the sliced canned carrots.

CAN I FREEZE MY COOKED CANNED CARROTS?

Yes, if you want, you can freeze your carrots once they are cooked. Simply place in a freezer safe bag, label it with the date and name of your recipe, squeeze out as much of the air as possible and place in the freezer. Your carrots will be good for about 3 months.

HOW DO I REHEAT MY COOKED CANNED CARROTS?

You can reheat them by putting them in a saucepan with a little water (¼- ½ cup) and heat over medium heat until heated through.

HOW LONG WILL MY COOKED CANNED CARROTS BE GOOD FOR?

Once you have cooked your canned carrots, they will keep in the refrigerator for about 5 days. Make sure to keep them covered well in the fridge.

How to Cook Canned Carrots

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THE RECIPE FOR HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS

HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS

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Course: Side

Cuisine: American

Keyword: canned carrots, how to cook canned carrots

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 15 minutes minutes

Servings: 2 servings

Calories: 160kcal

Author: Wendi Spraker

Ingredients

• 1 can of carrots
• ½ cup water
• 2 Tbs real butter
• 2 Tbs honey can use brown sugar OR see notes below
• ¼ - ½ tsp ground cinnamon based on how much you like cinnamon
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Drain the carrots of the water that they come packed in.
• In a medium sized saucepan on the stove top over medium heat, place all of the ingredients listed.
• Heat over medium heat until heated through a bubbling. Stir frequently

Notes

If you don’t have real butter, just substitute with margarine or country crock.  

If you don’t have either, substitute vegetable oil.

It is just fine to substitute the following for honey in an equal amount:  brown sugar, white sugar, molasses + 1 tsp white sugar. If you don’t have cinnamon, it’s fine to just leave it out.

Trust me, add just a pinch of the salt and pepper even if you think it doesn’t need it, you’ll be surprised how this makes it taste even better.

A tiny sprinkle of nutmeg is nice too if you have some.

If you need instructions for how to prepare this in the microwave, oven, crockpot/ slow cooker or frying pan, those instructions are listed in the post.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

HOW TO COOK CANNED CARROTS

Amount Per Serving

Calories 160

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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