Hot Honey Recipe (3-Ingredients)
All you need are 3 basic ingredients to make hot honey at home with this simple recipe.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons crushed red pepper flakes
- 2 teaspoons apple cider vinegar*
Instructions
Make it hot:
- Measure and add the honey and red pepper flakes into a small saucepan. Turn the heat on to medium and bring the mixture to a light simmer, stirring a few times throughout. Simmer it for 2 minutes while stirring, and turn off the heat.
Infuse:
- Let the hot honey sit, with the heat turned off, for 10 to 15 minutes. The mixture will cool down as it sits. Taste test it after 10 minutes; the longer it sits, the more intense the heat.
- Add the apple cider vinegar to the spicy honey and mix to combine.
Strain (optional):
- Once the honey is spicy or mild enough for your liking, strain it through a fine mesh strainer into a jar. Otherwise, transfer it directly into a jar as is.
Storage:
- Store the hot honey in a sealed jar in your pantry (indefinitely).
Notes
- Using whole red chili peppers will yield a spicier honey. Simply chop 2 red chili peppers per cup of honey and omit the flakes from the recipe. Follow the rest of the steps.
- You can omit the vinegar completely. The vinegar cuts down on the sweetness and lets the spice shine through, but you can't taste it.
- Straining is optional. Once all the spicy oils are released into the honey, the pepper flakes will be there for decoration.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 tablespoon | Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.04g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.05g | Sodium: 25mg | Potassium: 41mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 445IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 6mg | Iron: 0.3mg
