Here is how to make hot honey sauce! This drizzle is so much easier to spice up your breakfast or drink. It requires pantry-friendly ingredients- just two ingredients- and is good to make in a flash of a second.
How We Came Up With This Recipe?
Need a break between your regular breakfast drizzles? Do you need inspiring sauce ideas? Try this easy hot honey sauce!
Instead of using plain honey, enjoying this flavorful recipe could break the boredom. And who knows? This addictive sauce could turn out to be one of your favorites as well, like this boom boom sauce.
When it comes to sharing the recipes, we tend to keep them as simple as possible with minimal ingredients and little cooking time.
This hot honey sauce recipe is one of a kind. If you are looking for something more spicy, this honey Sriracha sauce is one of the best recipes to consider.
Why You'll Love This Hot Honey Sauce Recipe?
- Making a simple hot honey sauce that's truly inspiring! It takes just 10 minutes to make and is suitable for storage for up to three to four weeks.
- It is honey-flavored with its natural sweetness but with two other interesting added factors: a hint of heat and kick.
- Believe me, the above factors make all the difference that you can imagine.
- This hot honey sauce is versatile. You can pour it over a slice of bread, over fresh-cut fruits, drizzle it over breakfast cereal, or stir it into your drink. The options are many to relish, and you can make it effortlessly.
- Easy to make and store, that's the happy thing for a mom.
How Does This Hot Honey Sauce Taste Like?
This hot honey sauce tastes luscious, with the honey's natural sweetness, the roasted peppers' flavor, and mild heat.
The heat will not irritate the tongue, but the palate can still feel it. However, this rare combination makes it more exciting and worth trying.
The Ingredients
Honey is the base ingredient. The regular honey you generally use in your kitchen works perfectly. However, you may also use organic honey or manuka honey, which also works great.
For vegan choices, you may try maple syrup or agave nectar(though I have not tried this vegan option, theoretically, it should work well). If you have been attempting this vegan way, let us know your feedback through your valuable comments.
Red chili flakes. These are the only ingredients to spice up the sauce. I have used roasted red pepper flakes for their intense flavors and their depth of heat.
How To Make The Hot Honey Sauce?
- Add the honey to a mixing bowl and add the red pepper flakes. And set aside.
- Fill a saucepan halfway with water. Bring it to a rolling boil, then place the glass bowl over it. Ensure the bottom of the glass bowl does not touch the water level.
- And now, place the mixing bowl filled with honey. Allow the honey to heat using the steam from the saucepan.
- Stir continuously with a spatula for about 1-2 minutes or until the honey’s texture slightly changes. This double-boil warming procedure infuses the honey with a rich peppery flavor.
- Remove from the heat and allow the honey to cool to room temperature.
- Transfer it to an airtight glass container, and ENJOY!!
Best To Serve With
This hot honey sauce could work like a charm wherever the regular honey is used.
- Bread Toast. Think of drizzling over the breakfast toast like this maruya (Filipino banana fritters).
- Salad. Drizzle over your choice of salad, like spicy kale salad, or Greek yogurt cucumber salad, and make them more delectable.
- Fruits and veggies. A tablespoon of hot drizzle sauce does wonders for grilled veggies or roasted vegetables.
- In the sauce, mix it with other premade sauces, like sriracha and hot sauce, to give it an instant facelift.
- Cereal and drink. Stir in your breakfast cereal or drink fruit juices.
The Recipe Tips & Tricks
- Allow the honey to warm up at a low temperature. Heating too much beyond 98°F causes the honey to lose essential components.
- The microwave is a quick option for making this hot honey sauce, but I highly recommend using the stovetop method, as it is more reliable and allows for more control over the heat when handling the honey.
- If you prefer, you may strain the red pepper flakes when the honey is still warm. And later store them in an airtight container.
📖 Recipe
Hot Honey Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon roasted red peppers
Instructions
- In a medium heat, place a saucepan filled half with water and bring it to a rolling boil.
- Meanwhile, add honey and roasted red peppers to mixing bowl and place them over the saucepan. Make sure the bottom of the glass bowl does not touch the water level.
- And stir the honey continuously with a spatula for about 2-3 minutes or until the honey is slightly thin down.
- Remove it from the heat, and allow it to cool to room temperature.
- Then transfer it to an airtight container and ENJOY!!
Emily says
We loved this I added it to a teriyaki stirfry and it was so good! I can't wait to try it out on French toast next!
Pepper Bowl says
Amazing, Emily! So glad you enjoyed this recipe!