Sticky roasted carrots with citrus and tahini from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over (page 132) by Alison Roman

Ingredients

maple syrup
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chiles de arbol
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gabilovescheese on May 28, 2026

Delicious and easy!
rachel_ywqstg on February 16, 2026

Delicious! I used lemon slices and even people who do not typically prefer carrots said they enjoyed it very much! However - it took much longer to achieve the charred edges as described in the book. Also, the tahini sauce broke when mixed - I probably needed to add more water than described, or combine slowly while constantly whisking. I ended up omitting the tahini sauce and it was yummy already without it.
chawkins on December 30, 2025

Very nice with my garden carrots. Made half a recipe with lemon and honey.
bernalgirl on February 04, 2025

This is an outstanding preparation, while I made a few adjustments, I stayed true to the recipe and was delighted with the results. First, I tossed the carrots in olive oil, date syrup, pepper and salt and topped them with the orange slices and roasted them for 15 minutes before adding the marinated onions and chile so they wouldn’t burn. 10 minutes more and they were done. The tahini is the perfect compliment, I added chile, salt and garlic powder to shuz it up a bit. We wrangled over the last bites, it was that good.
halfasleep on February 21, 2021

It actually didn't take me that long to caramelize the carrots, though I ended up leaving them in a few moments longer anyways because of all the reviews. I'd just follow the recipe next time. Also I found the tahini sauce took a little more water than listed to make it spreadable. Overall still pretty tasty though.
Foodo on July 05, 2020

OMG!! So good! Only had a navel orange yes it took longer for everything to caramelize, but the end result was amazballz!
infotrop on March 15, 2020

Fun to see everyone's different photos of this tasty dish. I agree it takes a bit longer to caramelize the carrots than the recipe says. I used blood oranges (delicious & you can pop them right in your mouth, peel and all) & pickled my onions in lime juice for several hours, which added some tartness. The tahini isn't really needed, but does add another layer of flavor.
Skamper on February 27, 2020

Not our favorite. Watch it carefully; by the time the carrots were caramelized, everything else was burnt. I think pomegranate molasses would be a better fit here than maple syrup.
anya_sf on January 20, 2020

My carrots were mostly thin, so I only halved them, unless they were very wide. For the citrus, I used a mandarin orange; I think a sweeter orange is better here than lemon. The carrots did need an extra 5 minutes to caramelize, perhaps since everything was rather crowded on the pan, but I think that helped keep the citrus from burning. I really loved all the flavors together. My son did not like the red pepper flakes, so I may leave those out next time, as I don't think they're critical. You could also omit the tahini, although it's nice.
KarinaFrancis on January 13, 2020

Loved it, totally delicious and perfect with simply bbq chicken (or lamb, or beef, or ....) The carrots took 35mins, tossing every 10 mins. I took some of the oranges out after 20mins as they were starting to over caramelise, but boy were they good! Will make this again!
pattyatbryce on January 07, 2020

Took a bit longer to roast than said, but turned out wonderfully.
Anneherzberg on November 13, 2019

This turned out nicely, though my carrots took much longer to caramelize. I just had a lime, so I used lime juice and roasted lime slices which were intense but tasty. I imagine the orange slices would be a bit sweeter.