Saucy Nifty Carrots Recipe – A Delicious Carrot Side Dish!

Everyone loves a great Carrot side dish… am I right? Well my Shawnikins family does it right, because on most holidays this Nifty Carrot side dish is on the table, and every time it is, it is demolished!

Now I know that this is a recipe that Shawnikins mom found in a recipe book (The Best of Bridge Cook Book) years ago, but we like to make it saucier! We all agree that creamy horseradish sauce needs to cover every inch of the carrots. So today I bring you the extra saucy version of the Nifty Carrots! And they are divine!

Nifty Carrots Recipe
Carrot side dish recipe

INGREDIENTS TO MAKE SOME SAUCY NIFTY CARROTS:

  • About 10 large Carrots

SAUCE:

  • 3/4 Cup Reserved Carrot water
  • 3/4 Cup Mayonnase
  • 3/4 Cup Sour Cream
  • 1/2 Cup Onion – finely chopped
  • 3 Tablespoons Horseradish
  • Salt and Pepper to Taste

TOPING:

  • 3 Tablespoons Butter
  • 1 Cup Bread Crumbs
horseradish carrots recipe

METHOD TO MAKE SAUCY NIFTY CARROTS:

Step #1: Pre heat the oven to 375 degrees.

Step #2: Peel and slice Carrots, then cook them in a pot of water until tender crisp. After the carrots are cooked remove 3/4 cup of the hot carrot water for the sauce, then strain the rest of the carrots, and place the cooked carrots in a casserole dish.

NOTE: After cooking carrots DON’T FORGET to save 3/4 Cup of the hot Carrot Water for the Sauce!! This may or may not have happened to me a couple times, and it’s sad! You can use hot water instead, but it’s not as yummy as carrot water.

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Step #3: Mix all of the Sauce ingredients together and pour over the carrots in the casserole dish (I used this Quiche Dish because its a bit more cute!).

Nifty carrots sauce

Step #4: Mix melted butter and breadcrumbs together, and sprinkle over the top of the saucy carrots.

breadcrumb toping

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Step #5: Bake in the oven for 30 minutes! And ENJOY!!

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Enjoy the deliciousness that is these saucy nifty carrots! Yumm, yumm, yumm.

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I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we do. It’s a great side to bring to a potluck event, or to serve at a big family dinner. It’s also a great way to use up some carrots that are past their prime, and they are delicious as leftovers too!

Until next time, enjoy cooking, and creating beautiful things everyday!

XO JCL

Saucy Nifty Carrots

Course Side Dish
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 10 Carrots peeled and sliced

Sauce

  • 3/4 Cup Reserved Carrot Water
  • 3/4 Cup Mayonnaise
  • 3/4 Cup Sour Cream
  • 1/2 Cup Onion Finely Chopped
  • 3 Tablespoons Horseradish
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Toping

  • 1 Cup Breadcrumbs
  • 3 Tablespoons Butter melted

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

  2. Peel and slice Carrots, and cook in a pot of water until tender crisp. (NOTE: Before draining water from carrots remember to save 3/4 cup of hot carrot water for your Sauce)

  3. Place drained cook carrots in a casserole dish

  4. Mix all sauce ingredients together and pour over the carrots.

  5. mix melted butter and breadcrumbs together and sprinkle over saucy carrots

  6. Bake for 30 minutes. DONE!



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