This easy homemade Hot Honey Vinaigrette recipe will add a hint of heat along with a touch of sweetness to your salad tonight. Delicious as a marinade and sauce too!
Every forkful of salad will be coated in the perfect balance of sweet and heat when tossed with honey salad dressing..
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Honey Vinaigrette
Delicious on salads and also as a marinade and sauce for chicken, beef, seafood and vegetables.
Hot honey is the trendy new condiment that everyone is talking about.
Turn it into a honey salad dressing and life just got more delicious.
Not just for salads, this versatile dressing will flavor meats as a marinade too.
But don’t stop there!
You can add both sweet and savory notes when you drizzle over cooked vegetables and meats too.
Pasta salad, potato salad and cole slaw will shine when tossed in this delectable dressing.
A red wine vinaigrette base is flavored with spicy honey transforming it into a unique and delicious salad dressing and marinade.
You can make your own homemade hot honey or use a storebought one. Either way, you need to make this honey vinaigrette asap!
Nothing quite compares to making your own salad dressings. Check out my tips and tricks for how to make homemade dressings.
If you love hot honey you need to try my Hot Honey Chicken Wings recipe!
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How to make a honey vinaigrette recipe
Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below
- Step 1: Combine all ingredients in a mason jar.
- Step 2: Shake or whisk until blended.
Hint: Homemade hot honey is so much better than that bottled stuff, in my opinion, because you can control the intensity of the heat and spiciness.
Expert recipe tips
- Use this tangy honey vinaigrette as a marinade for chicken, beef or seafood
- Drizzle your hot honey salad dressing over hot vegetables.
- This recipe can easily be halved or doubled.
- For a creamier texture add a little dijon mustard
- Add chopped fresh herbs, such as oregano, basil or rosemary
Substitutions
- You can use 1 clove fresh garlic, minced, in place of garlic powder
- Apple cider vinegar or white balsamic vinegar will each work nicely in this recipe instead of red wine vinegar
- I made my own homemade hot honey for this recipe but you can always use hot honey from the grocery store
- Either extra virgin olive oil or regular olive oil will be delicious in this recipe
Variations
- Spicier - make it even spicier and add crushed red pepper flakes
- Sweeter - make it sweeter and add 100% pure maple syrup
Equipment
- mason jar
- glass measuring cup
- measuring spoons
- whisk
Storage
- Store your homemade vinaigrette in a mason jar, cruet with a tight fitting lid or airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Leftover dressing will stay fresh for about 1 week in the refrigerator.
- As always, I find it helpful to visit the FDA website for food storage guidelines
Ingredients
Ingredients for homemade honey vinaigrette:
- olive oil
- red wine vinegar
- hot honey
- garlic powder
- kosher salt
Easy Homemade Salad Dressings
Hot Honey Vinaigrette Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup hot honey
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
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Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a mason jar and shake or whisk until blended.
- Toss with your favorite lettuce, use as a marinade for chicken or beef or drizzle over hot vegetables.
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