Make your own homemade Hot Honey with our easy recipe. Peppers simmer with honey for the perfect combination of sweet with a kick of heat.
Have you heard about the new honey craze? Let me tell you about it. Hot honey combines the spice of peppers with the sweetness of honey by simmering them together.
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Now you can just go out and buy hot honey , such as the popular Mike’s hot honey brand, but that’s no fun, especially when it’s so easy to make your own.
And it literally takes just minutes to make a homemade hot honey.
I guarantee that you will be always reaching for this yummy spicy-sweet condiment!
A drizzle of my hot and honey sauce recipe is the perfect addition to so many foods.
I can't sing the praises of hot honey enough folks!
And the best part of making your own over using the store-bought version, by choosing peppers with different heat levels you can personalize your hot honey and make it as spicy as you want.
Add as many peppers or as little as you want to control the heat.
For our Hot Honey recipe, I used a combination of peppers including crushed red pepper flakes, for a kick of flavor.
You can use just jalapenos, jalapenos with red pepper flakes, or an assortment of hot peppers and flakes as I did.
You can even add a touch of your favorite hot sauce and make it a honey sriracha sauce. The choice is yours.
Love that extra kick of heat? Be sure to use the seeds in your spicy honey too!
Drizzle your homemade spicy sauce on your favorite foods, such as chicken wings, biscuits and fried chicken.
So fill your honey jar with this trendy pepper infused honey and make it a pantry staple in your kitchen. You’ll be so happy you did!
You'll want to use your batch of spicy honey in this Nashville Hot Chicken recipe!
Oh, and be sure to make my hot honey salad dressing too! You'll be adding sweet and heat to your salad!
Hot honey chicken wings will be a popular appetizer too!
Give my honey mustard marinade a kick of heat and make it with hot honey!
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How to make hot honey
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- Chop peppers
- Combine peppers, red pepper flakes and honey in a small saucepot
- Simmer for 5 minutes
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer and cool
Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Use just one type of pepper or a combination of peppers
- Add the seeds for an extra kick of heat
- Cool and then strain for extra heat
How to use hot honey
Check out these clever ways to use this yummy hot honey sauce:
- Drizzle over fried chicken or chicken fingers for hot honey chicken
- Use as a hot honey wing sauce and toss with chicken wings for a hot honey wings appetizer
- Add to your cup of tea for a hot toddy
- Drizzle over biscuits
- Drizzle over pizza, especially pepperoni pizza!
- Use as the sweetener and flavoring in a vinaigrette
- Drizzle over vanilla ice cream
- Serve a small bowl of spicy hot honey sauce as a dipping sauce with a cheese board or charcuterie board
Equipment
- saucepot
- strainer
- mason jar
Storage
- Store your homemade spicy honey sauce in mason jars, an airtight container or your favorite cute jars for up to three months.
- Store in a cool, dry place, such as your pantry, at room temperature.
- If you put your honey sauce in the refrigerator the honey may form crystals but you can refrigerate it.
Ingredients
You will need the following ingredients to make this spicy honey sauce:
- Honey
- Peppers
- Red pepper flakes
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- Crock Pot Chicken Thighs in Honey Beer Sauce from Dizzy Busy and Hungry
- Honey Garlic Pork Chops - Skillet Recipe for Two from Grumpy's Honey Bunch
Hot Honey Recipe
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Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 cup pasteurized honey
- Assorted peppers chopped and sliced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
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Instructions
- Combine honey, peppers and red pepper flakes in saucepot.
- Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer 5 minutes.
- Strain and cool.
- Cover and refrigerate.
Notes
- Use just one type of pepper or a combination of peppers
- Add the seeds for an extra kick of heat
- Cool and then strain for extra heat
- Drizzle over fried chicken
- Toss chicken wings in hot honey
- Add to your cup of tea
- Drizzle over biscuits
- Drizzle over pizza, especially pepperoni pizza!
- Use as the sweetener and flavoring in a vinaigrette
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