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smoked carrots with a honey balsamic glaze in a baking dish
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Smoked Carrots with Honey Balsamic Glaze

Smoked carrots smoked low and slow and then finished with higher heat with butter and a honey balsamic glaze until caramelized and tender.
These smoked carrots can be made on any grill, pellet grill, or smoker.
Whether you've got a Weber kettle, a Traeger or Pit Boss pellet grill, or even a Masterbuilt electric smoker, we've got you covered!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 50 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes
Servings 4 people
Calories 300kcal
Author Mads Martigan
Cost $10

Equipment

  • Smoker or Pellet grill -OR-
  • Gas or Charcoal Grill setup for indirect heat
  • Knife
  • Peeler
  • Whisk
  • Small Bowl
  • Pyrex Baking Dish or Baking Tray
  • Hickory, Maple, and/or Apple pellets, woodchips, or chunks

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Carrots Washed, peeled, and cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 1 tablespoon Olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ¼ teaspoon Pepper

Honey Balsamic Glaze

  • 3 tablespoon Salted Butter
  • 2 tablespoon Honey
  • ¼ Cup Balsamic Vinegar

Instructions

Prepare the Carrots

  • Preheat the smoker, or grill setup for indirect cooking, to 225°F. If using a pellet grill, load the hopper with your chosen pellets, turn on the grill, and set the temperature for 225°F.
    setting the traeger pellet grill to 225 degrees F
  • Wash and peel the carrots. Cut off and discard the tops. Cut the carrots into 1-2 inch long pieces.
    slicing a carrot with a knife
  • Toss the carrot pieces with the olive oil and the salt and pepper.

Smoke the Carrots

  • Once the grill or smoker is near its temperature, add your wood chips, wood chunks, or pellets into a pellet tube smoker and place it over the direct heat and close the lid.
    loading wood chips in an electric smoker
  • Once the grill or smoker is up to 225°F and producing smoke, place the carrots into the smoker, or on the cool side of the grill. Use a grill basket or grill mat if needed or put the carrots into a baking tray.
    carrots smoking in a smoker
  • Smoke at 225°F for 90 minutes.
    carrots smoking on a smoker

Roast with Butter and Honey Balsamic Glaze

  • While the carrots are smoking, whisk the honey and balsamic vinegar together well in a mixing bowl and set aside.
  • After the carrots have smoked for 90 minutes, take them off and move them to a glass Pyrex baking dish or baking tray and turn the temperature of your grill or smoker up to 350°F.
  • Pour the honey balsamic mixture on the carrots and stir well to coat all sides. Spread back out into the baking dish.
    pouring honey balsamic glaze on smoked carrots
  • Add three 1 tablespoon pieces of salted butter to the top of the carrots.
    butter on carrots in a dish smoking
  • Once the grill or smoker is up to 350*F, place the baking dish of carrots, glaze and butter back in the grill or smoker.
    putting carrots in smoker in a dish with butter
  • Monitor the carrots for about 15-20 minutes as the butter melts and the glaze caramelizes. Be careful not to burn the glaze or the carrots.
  • Check for doneness by piercing a carrot with a knife or fork. It should pass through fairly easily but not be mushy when they are finished.
  • Remove the tray of carrots from the grill or smoker using oven safe BBQ gloves and place somewhere to cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
    smoked carrots in a smoker
  • Stir one last time to incorporate the butter and glaze and serve warm. Add more salt and pepper as needed.
    smoked carrots with butter and honey balsamic glaze

Nutrition

Calories: 300kcal