Sweet and Spicy Gochujang and Bacon Carrots
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Sweet and spicy gochujang and bacon carrots are an excellent side dish to any meal, with fresh garlic, ginger and crispy bacon! Made all in one skillet means no added dishes for you either!


When I find a veggie dish I like, I have a tendency to make it on repeat. This is definitely one of them. I’m buying bags of rainbow carrots repeatedly and uncured bacon so that I have an excuse to make these Sweet and spicy gochujang and bacon carrots. They are so simple. The original recipe for these comes from my blog friend Heather’s cookbook Pure Delicious. I was reading through her book and was flagging each recipe I could make that would be Whole30 compliant for when I do another round in June. There were a couple ingredients I didn’t have, so I modified it with the spicy sauces I had on hand. If you can’t find the gochujang that I used, Sriracha will work great, too!
The carrots are so pretty on a dish, and with this recipe being made in a single cast iron skillet, it works as a cook piece, and serving dish! Cast iron doesn’t have to be for just meat and skillet cookies HA! How have you enjoyed making veggies in a new way? Ben is perfectly content to eat a bag of frozen mixed vegetables any day of the week, but I just CAN’T! I need that variety and mix of fresh and fun flavor combos to keep myself sane.
Ingredients for Sweet and Spicy Gochujang and Bacon Carrots
- Rainbow Carrots
- uncured Bacon
- Olive or Coconut Oil (if needed)
- Gochujang Sauce, or Sriracha
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Salt and Pepper
- Honey, optional
- Cilantro, for garnish

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Sweet and Spicy Gochujang and Bacon Carrots
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 30 Minutes
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Sweet and spicy gochujang and bacon carrots are an excellent side dish to any meal, with fresh garlic, ginger and crispy bacon! Made all in one skillet means no added dishes for you either!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds Rainbow Carrots, top trimmed or removed
- 4 slices uncured Bacon
- 1 Tbsp Olive or Coconut Oil (if needed)
- 1 Tbsp Gochujang Sauce, or Sriracha
- 2 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 tsp grated fresh Ginger
- Salt and Pepper
- 1 tsp Honey, optional
- 1 Tbsp minced Cilantro, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- In a oven safe skillet, cook bacon until done, and crispy. Place on a paper towel lined plate to drain.
- In the same skillet, remove all but 2 Tbsp of the bacon grease. Add in olive oil if needed to make up enough grease to cover the carrots. Into the grease, and olive oil, add in the gochujang, garlic, ginger, salt and pepper to taste, and honey (if using). Whisk and create a sauce.
- Toss the carrots in the sauce until they are completely coated. Place the whole skillet of carrots into the oven and roast for 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of the carrots, until they are crisp-tender.
- Toss the carrots one last time in the sauce to ensure they are evenly coated. Sprinkle with chopped up bacon, and cilantro prior to serving.
Keywords: Carrot, Bacon, Cast Iron, Vegetable, Side Dish
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Ms. Cleaver (or is Ms. Country?),
Question about the olive oil/coconut oil that gets added before the carrots are roasted.
The instructions say “Add in olive oil if needed to make up enough grease to COVER the carrots”.
Am I correct that the verb should be “coat”, rather than “cover”? You don’t really mean to immerse the
carrots in oil, do you?
This looks really good, and since I have pretty much everything I need, I’ll be making this in the next day or so.
Happy Mother’s Day.
Regards,
Joe
Joe, thanks! It should say “coat”. 🙂
These carrots – WHOA! The flavors are out of control tasty!
Save me the entire skillet!
This recipe looks amazing. Looking forward to prepare it this weekend!
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