Caramel Miso Carrots everything you want in a salty sweet vegetable side dish.
It's a simple dish with complex flavor, thanks to the white miso paste. Yet it won't upstage the star of the meal.
Or try tossing the carrots into whole grains with other vegetables for a hearty vegetarian lunch or dinner.
The caramel miso recipe makes enough to double the servings. Just double the amount of carrots.
Caramel Miso Carrots
Text and Photo by Jac Kyles Baker
Makes 1 or 2 side dish servings
Ingredients
1 1/2 to 2 cups carrots, diagonally sliced
2 TB unsalted butter, softened
1 TB white miso paste
3 TB light brown sugar
salt and pepper to taste
Preparation
In a small bowl, combine butter, miso paste and brown sugar. Set aside.
In a microwave safe bowl, cook carrots on HIGH 2 minutes covered. Carefully remove bowl from microwave. Drain water from bowl. Keep carrots covered and set aside.
Stir 1 TB of miso caramel butter into the carrots. Spread carrots on a microwave safe plate (preferably glass or ceramic; I used a dinner plate).
Microwave on HIGH a total of 5 minutes, checking carrots every minute. Take care that the sugar doesn't burn.
Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Serve carrots immediately.