Hot Honey Recipe for Sweet and Spicy Dishes
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Try this easy Hot Honey Recipe to spice up your meals; perfect for drizzling over crispy air fryer chicken breasts.
For Valentine’s Day, I made Mrs. CBB her favorite crispy air fryer chicken breast recipe and sweet potato fries.
I know she likes to add a bit of spice to her meals, but not too much, and she loves honey.
I’ve seen hot honey recipes throughout TikTok and Instagram, especially from Chipolte and Wingstop food reviews.
I decided to replicate a hot honey recipe with a tweak to reduce the heat and keep the flavour to top the crispy air fryer chicken breasts.
P.S.- Notice how the air fryer chicken breasts below are shaped like a heart. Ha!
Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
Although made in the USA, Mother Earth Organic Apple Cider Vinegar is superior, and you only need two teaspoons.
Mother Earth Apple cider vinegar can be purchased at Costco, Amazon, and most Canadian health food grocery stores.
- Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
- Un-filtered, Un-Pasteurized
- 5% Acetic Acid
- Non-GMO Verified
- No Preservatives
Raw Unpasteurized Honey
Our honey comes from a family-run business in Breslau, Ontario, called Snyders Acres.
You can use any honey for this recipe, but I suggest using a good-quality product for the best results.
A 5th generation family-run farm. We pride ourselves on our honest farm custom work and our delicious maple syrup. – Find them on Facebook.
If you live in the area or know someone like us, send them a message on Facebook to order either to pick up or deliver.
Snyder Acres delivers for free within a 24-minute drive of their farm on orders $20+. For addresses within 25-35mins from the farm, they add $3.
Snyder Acres is widely known for its 100% pure maple syrup, which we also purchase.
How about raw, local honey 🐝 to help your immune system through flu season?
- Maple Products:
- 100ml Maple Syrup – $3.50 250ml
- Maple Syrup – $7 500ml
- Maple Syrup – $12
- 1L Maple Syrup – $20 2L
- Maple Syrup – $32
- 4L Maple Syrup – $56
- 150g Maple Sugar – $8
- 1lb (454g) Maple Sugar – $16 150g
- Maple Dry Drub – $8
- Honey:
- 500g Raw Honey – $10
- 1kg Raw Honey – $16
Italian Calabrian Chili Peppers
We used an Italian Calabrian chili pepper to make this hot honey recipe, but you can use any.
Some people like to open the chili pepper to release the seeds and casing, which holds the heat.
Since we don’t like to make our hot honey recipe so spicy that it sends us into the refrigerator begging for milk, we keep it whole.
Some of the seeds may pop out, which is fine, and you can scoop them out while the hot honey recipe is cooling off.
For anyone who wants to add crushed chili peppers to the hot honey recipe, you can do one of two things;
- Keep the seeds in the honey, which will, over time, make it hotter
- Remove the chili seeds by straining the honey right into a sterilized jar.
The same will happen if you leave a whole chili in the completed hot honey recipe, increasing the heat over time.
I like to keep the chili pepper whole in the honey for about 3 days, as that seems to be a good spice level for us.
If you want a hint of spice in your hot honey recipe, take the pepper out as soon as the honey is done.
I’d suggest testing the honey to see if you like its flavor or want to leave it to steep longer.
Store in a cupboard for up to 5 months.
How To Make A Honey Honey Recipe
What Is Hot Honey Made Of?
- 1 cup raw unpasteurized honey
- 2 tsp organic apple cider vinegar
- 1 dried whole chili pepper or 1 tsp flakes
You’ll also need one small sterilized clear glass jar to pour the hot honey into.
Yield: 1 cup of hot honey
You can double and triple this recipe to make a larger batch of hot honey.
Why Do You Need To Add Vinegar to Hot Honey?
Vinegar adds acidity and stabilizes the honey to stay thick and balance sweet and spicy flavours.
How Long Will Homemade Hot Honey Last?
A jar of homemade hot honey will last for up to 5 months in a dark cupboard.
What Can You Use Hot Honey On?
You can use a hot honey recipe on anything deep-fried, air-fried, or even pizza!
- Hot Honey added to pizza is delicious.
- Add hot honey to pasta recipes.
- Drizzle hot honey on chicken, seafood, or steak.
- For hints of sweet and spicey add hot honey to baked goods such as granola bars, cookies, muffins, and homemade chocolate bars.
- Hot honey is delicious on fried mozzarella sticks, chicken wings, and chicken nuggets.
- Top homemade hummus with a drizzle of hot honey and pomegranate seeds.
Hot Honey Recipe Perfect For Sweet And Savoury Dishes
Try this easy Hot Honey Recipe to spice up your meals; it's perfect for drizzling over crispy air fryer chicken breasts.
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw unpasteurized honey
- 2 tsps organic apple cider vinegar
- 1 dried whole chili pepper or 1 tsp flakes
Instructions
- In a medium pot, add one cup of raw, unpasteurized honey and heat it on medium until it starts to bubble.
- Set the whole dried chili pepper or add flakes to the honey.
- Add two teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar, stir, and let it heat until it bubbles, and then remove it from the heat.
- Use the honey warmed up or let it cool before using and bottling.
- Remove the whole chili pepper, strain, or use a spoon to scoop the pepper seeds from the honey, or leave if you like extra-hot honey.
- Pour or strain into a small sterilized jar (boil in hot water for 5 mins, then cool) to use as needed.
- Chili- See Notes For Options
- Store in a cupboard for up to 5 months.
Notes
Store in a cupboard for up to 5 months.
Use a dry whole chili pepper or dried crushed chili pepper
Leave the seeds or whole pepper or remove them by straining them before putting them into a sterilized jar.
Some people strain the honey right into the jar, which is ideal.
I used a spoon to remove any floating seeds from the whole pepper.
