Roasted Carrots and Chorizo

This is reminiscent of an old Southern Living appetizer recipe I’ve made many times with bite sized roasted sweet potatoes and sliced, browned kielbasa toothpicked together and served with lemon aioli. It was always a hit. I love this fresh version of similar flavors!!!

An easy weeknight recipe. A bit dry.

I sprinkled garlic salt on the carrots and used pre-cooked “chorizo” sausage made with chicken. The lemon is important. Very good and very filling - a salad with radishes, cucumber and avocado completed the meal.

This was easy and delicious. A great side to our holiday meal. I made in the morning, transported and heated up right before we ate and added a final squeeze of lemon and salt. It was delicious. Organic carrots had so much more flavour, I would aim to use them.

I can't believe anything this easy to make tastes and looks this great and is so perfect.

A little more info on the thickness of the carrot and chorizo slices might have helped here. I’d advise something like a quarter inch thick and maybe bias cut. I went thinner than that and it was fine but… Any cured chorizo will do here, I think. And multi-color carrots make it prettier than just orange ones. I served it with Spanish-style, paprika and herb chicken thighs in a brava sauce. Finished both with lemon juice and flake salt. Really nice side dish; will make again.

I thought this was a nice side dish that also looked great. The lemon’s acidity helped keep it from feeling heavy.

This worked out great for me and was really easy. Had to sub in some sliced potatoes because i was short on carrots and the cook time was just right for both veg types. The chorizo is critical so if you don't like how your chorizo tastes, don't bother moving forward. I found a legit "made in Spain" chorizo that tasted amazing on its own and it made the whole dish. Lemon makes it better but you could probably skip it and not miss it too much.

If you can't find Spanish chorizo, try looking for linguicia - Portuguese sausage, very similar. Silva brand (yellow package) is the one I've see most often, in several different states.