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Instant Pot Carrots With Honey Soy Glaze

Published: May 17, 2018 · Modified: Jan 11, 2024 by Irena Macri · This post may contain affiliate links · 7 Comments

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This Instant Pot carrots recipe is made in no time at all and makes for a delicious vegetable side dish to go with whatever main you serve. Carrots are coated in a lovely honey soy glaze. Replace honey for a vegan version!


Instant Pot Carrots With Honey Soy Glaze & Sesame Seeds

If you don’t typically use your Instant Pot to cook vegetables, this is a good recipe to start with. You can also learn more about cooking veggies in your pressure cooker in our Vegetables 101 Guide post here.

Carrots are nutritious and affordable making them a frequent side dish on the table. This Instant Pot carrot recipe shows how to make them quickly and easily with a little flavor twist.

How To Cook Carrots In Instant Pot

The key to cooking things like carrots or broccoli in the Instant Pot or any other pressure cooker is to do it very quickly. That’s why we love Instant Pot for veggies because you can have a side dish ready in no time at all. You will notice that the time for cooking is set to ZERO minutes and set to LOW pressure. That's correct!

The pressure in the Instant pot will take about 5-10 minutes to build-up, during which the cooking will already begin. This pressure build period (even on LOW setting) is enough time to cook the carrots perfectly. If you like your veggies a little softer, set the time to 1 minute or leave the pressure to release naturally for longer (the carrots will continue to cook during this time as well).

You can then make the honey soy glaze as per the recipe instructions or serve the carrots with a little butter or olive oil and sea salt.

Cooking carrots in your Instant Pot

What To Serve Instant Pot Carrots With

For this recipe, we’re using a bunch of whole baby carrots, simply peeled and steamed under pressure, then quickly sautéed with honey, soy sauce and sesame seeds. If you’re roasting some chicken or pan-frying some fish, or grilling some tofu, then this is a great veg dish to make on the side with your Instant Pot at the same time.

Variations

  • You can use larger carrots, sliced in halves instead of using baby carrots.
  • For a vegan version, replace honey with agave syrup or maple syrup, or some brown sugar.
  • For a paleo and gluten-free version, replace soy sauce with coconut aminos or Tamari sauce.
Instant Pot Carrots With Honey Soy Glaze

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Find the full list of ingredients, instructions, and a nutritional breakdown below. If you have questions or cook this recipe, please let us know in the comments, and make sure to rate this recipe so it’s easy for others to find.

Instant Pot Honey Soy Carrots With Sesame Seeds

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Instant Pot Carrots With Honey Soy Glaze

Beautifully cooked Instant Pot carrots make for a delicious side dish. Coated in some honey soy glaze, these guys go well with other Asian mains or with some rice and chicken or tofu.
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Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time5 minutes mins
Total Time10 minutes mins
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 33kcal

Ingredients

  • 8 baby carrots or 4 larger carrots, halved lengthways
  • ½ to 1 cup of water

For the honey soy glaze

  • 1 garlic clove finely chopped or minced
  • 2 teaspoons honey
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce or wheat-free Tamari
  • ½ tablespoon sesame seeds
  • A pinch of salt
  • Chopped scallions /green onions to garnish

Instructions

  • Add the carrots and water to the inner pot of the Instant Pot. Close and lock the lid and set the Instant Pot to Manual, LOW pressure and adjust the time to 0 minutes. That’s correct! We basically want the pressure to build up and then stop, as that’s enough time to cook the carrots. After 3 beeps, the IP will start to build up the pressure.
  • Once the timer goes off, allow 3-4 minutes for the pressure to release naturally and then use the quick release method to let off the remaining pressure. Simply turn the steam valve on the lid to Venting and let the steam out (be careful when you do this). Remove the carrots and discard the water.
  • Place the inner pot back inside the Instant Pot and press the Sauté function key. Add the honey soy glaze ingredients (except for the scallions) to the pot and stir for a minute until it starts to get sticky. Add the carrots back in and stir through the sauce until well coated. Press Cancel/Keep Warm to stop the Sauté, and serve with chopped scallions on top.

Nutrition

Calories: 33kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Sodium: 770mg | Potassium: 86mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 2758IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg
CourseSide
CuisineAsian
KeywordAsian Instant Pot Recipes, Carrots, Gluten-Free, healthy recipes, Side Dishes, Vegetable Sides, Vegetarian
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Instant Pot Carrots With Honey & Soy Sauce

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  1. Aranda

    June 20, 2019 at 6:17 pm

    Definitely do not need 1 cup of water. I will try again with a half cup. No way for sauté function to sonits thing with that much standing water.

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    • Patricia

      August 4, 2019 at 7:13 pm

      The recipe states to remove the carrots and drain the water. You need that amount of water to build up the pressure.

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      • instantpoteats

        August 12, 2019 at 8:50 am

        Hey Patricia, that is correct. The last part of this recipe is Sauteeing the carrots in the glaze. The Saute function of the IP doesn't require the pressure build-up, it simply heats up the pot from the bottom, hence no water is added. Hope that helps.

        Reply
  2. Kiki trochelmann

    January 14, 2019 at 12:58 am

    Way to salty and it tasted like straight up soy sauce. Great idea but an epic fail. I followed this recipe to the T and it was not salvageable at all.

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    • instantpoteats

      January 21, 2019 at 7:01 am

      Thanks for your feedback. I find some soy sauce brands can be saltier than others. I would try it with a light soy sauce perhaps? We'll make a note in the recipe.

      Reply
  3. Sejal

    May 18, 2018 at 6:04 pm

    This looks great! If I want to make a whole pot of these, can I still use the same instapot settings as instructed in the recipe or will I have to adjust?

    Reply
    • instantpoteats

      May 21, 2018 at 4:48 pm

      Yes, you can use the same settings!

      Reply

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