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Balsamic-roasted Baby Potatoes & Carrots
photo by Bergy
- Ready In:
- 1hr 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 3 lbs baby red potatoes or 3 lbs white potatoes, halved (or both)
- 1 lb peeled baby-cut carrot (or 4 medium cut diagonally in chunks)
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 8 cloves garlic, peeled & smashed
- 1⁄3 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1⁄4 cup butter, melted
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme (or 1 tsp dried)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
directions
- Line a large rimmed baking sheet with heavy duty foil.
- Combine all ingredients in a large bowl.
- Place on baking dish in a single layer& cover with foil.
- Roast in a preheated 425F oven for 45 minutes, shaking the pan a few times.
- Remove foil& roast, uncovered, for another 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, or until veggies are tender& golden.
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Reviews
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The carrots in this dish were just amazing and I think I am going to make a batch of just them to take along in my lunches next week. For the carrots I give 5 stars. Instead of slicing the onion I suggest a very large dice and separate into pieces for even cooking. The onions caramalize a little and taste so good. I eliminated the butter and drizzled with olive oil instead.
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Great side dish full of flavor and colors. I had the same problem with burnt, shriveled onions even though I cut them thicker, like one poster recommended. Maybe adding them later in the baking process would alleviate this. The balsamic vinegar and thyme really added to the flavor. Thanks CountryLady!
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Tweaks
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The carrots in this dish were just amazing and I think I am going to make a batch of just them to take along in my lunches next week. For the carrots I give 5 stars. Instead of slicing the onion I suggest a very large dice and separate into pieces for even cooking. The onions caramalize a little and taste so good. I eliminated the butter and drizzled with olive oil instead.
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We love roasting vegetables and so used this recipe for the addition of balsamic vinegar. I also used olive oil instead of butter. I will try this recipe again with only the stated vegies because today the pan was full with yams, potatoes, baby carrots, onions, green pepper, asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini, tomatoes, garlic and so the vinegar flavour was kind of lost in the mish mash.
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These were really really good! The balsamic vinegar really adds a different flavor to this that goes so well with the vegetables. I cut my pieces smaller - I used small red potatoes and quartered them, and regular carrots that I cut into 1/2 inch slices before halving them. I still cooked them for the stated time, and it seemed like it needed it in order to be tender. I also threw in a few cauliflower florets, and used olive oil instead of butter. Thank you for sharing this.
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