Tender Carrots With Apricots

Submitted by Annacia

"This is a lovely side dish with ham or chicken. Very simple to make too. Soaking time for the apricots is 1hr 30mins."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 2-4

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup dried apricot
• 1 1⁄2 cups carrots, cut into 1/2 inch rounds
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons water
• 1⁄2 teaspoon unsalted butter
• 1⁄8 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fresh parsley (optional)

directions

1. Cover apricots with hot water in a bowl and soak 1 1/2 hours.
2. Drain and pat dry.
3. Cut apricots into thin strips.
4. Combine next 4 ingredients in a heavy nonstick pan over medium heat.
5. Cover tightly, reduce heat to low and cook 12-15 minutes, or until carrots are just tender.
6. Add apricots and return to heat 1-2 minutes.
7. Serve carrots sprinkled with parsley if desired.

Reviews

[UmmBinat]

Tasty side dish. I did use the most pathetic tasting carrots ever so I added additional sugar both with cooking (white) and when reheating (brown), reminds me why I am to buy only organic carrots, I used very soft sulfured (orange) dried apricots so I did not soak them the full amount of time, the other two ingredients and no optional parsley. Nice as a side dish to, recipe#307071, which we had with recipe#191855 and an onion raita for a good meal. I would make these again with sweet organic carrots. Made for ALMOST 5 GAME.

 

[breezermom]

I really enjoyed this carrot recipe. I didn't add the parsley, but the combined tastes of the apricots and carrots were surprisingly good! Made for 123 Hit Wonders!

 

[junecanaan]

So easy to make!

 

[Boomette]

This was very easy to do. This is a nice side dish just sweet enough. Thanks Annacia :) Made for Photo tag.

 

[PaulaG]

The recipe made 3 nice servings for dinner this evening. The carrots were waffle cut and microwaved until crisp tender. They were then put into a saute pan along with the butter, apricots and sprinkled with parsley to complete the cooking process. A nice side that would go well with chicken or pork. Something I will have to keep for later use. Made for *Photo Swap*