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These Moroccan Chermoula Carrots are made with perfectly cooked tender carrots that are tossed in a flavorful and easy chermoula sauce! They are a delicious and easy carrot side dish recipe to accompany any meal. We made this dish in our cooking class in Morocco and fell in love with this carrot salad/side dish! This carrot salad is Whole30-compliant, vegan, paleo-friendly, and easy-peasy!
Moroccan Chermoula Carrots
If you read our Morocco recap, you may have seen the amazing pictures from our trip! One of the things we loved the most was a cooking class we took at Riad Fes in Fes. We had the best time making dishes like this Moroccan Eggplant with Chermoula, these Moroccan Carrots, Tagine, and so much more!
This sauce is incredible and SO EASY TO PREPARE. It would be amazing as a chicken marinade, too! It’s backed with nutrient-dense herbs and fresh olive oil and is so yummy!
Carrots are a great healthy vegetable, high in vitamin A and low in calories. Beta-carotene is converted into vitamin A in the body, and is great for things like good vision! One medium carrot contains only 25 calories, though they do have natural sugar making them higher in carbs than many other vegetables.
What food goes well with carrots?
I love serving this side dish along with steak, chicken, or fish!
Mike Cooking the dish in Morocco!
Moroccan Chermoula Carrots
Ingredients
- 8 medium carrots peeled
- 2 cloves garlic crushed
- 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 2-3 tablespoons olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Wash the carrots and remove the skin and cut into slices after cooking in a pan of boiling salted water for 15 minutes. Check for doneness, carrots should be firm but not too crunchy.
- Drain and wash with cold water.
- In a bowl, combine the garlic, cilantro, olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper.
- Toss carrots with mixture. Chill and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
If you like this carrot side dish, try this Moroccan Eggplant dish also from our trip coming on Friday!
Lexi this recipe is delicious!!
I used roasted baby carrots as the base, doubled the cilantro, and roasted my garlic cloves!
Will definitely make this again, but next time I’ll double the recipe! 🙂
Thanks for sharing!
I just made these tonight & paired them with rotisserie chicken & Lexi’s IP lemon veggie risotto and it was a fantastic meal!!
Looks so tasty–So jealous of your trip to Morocco!!!
Made the carrots tonight. They were delicious. I made extra sauce which I used on the shrimp I served with the carrots. I used the full amount of oil and added some extra lemon juice because my spices were pungent. I will make these again.