How to make hot honey sauce, a copycat Mike’s hot honey recipe for wings or chicken you will love. Make as spicy as you want to drizzle over our air fryer wings dry rub recipe at your next party for a killer pop of flavor.
You ready for this??!! We’re makin’ all the things spicy! If you like heat you can literally add homemade hot honey on top of everything for added wow. Since it is homemade you can adjust it to exactly your tastebuds to make it firecracker red or with just a hint of spice. (affiliate links present)
What is hot honey sauce made of?
You only need 5 ingredients, and one of them is the main star created by our bee friends. 😉 Beyond that you need some butter (to thin it out into more of a sauce), hot sauce, salt and garlic powder. Beyond that you can add cayenne pepper, diced jalapenos, dry Sriracha or otherwise to intensify the OMG. 😉
We showed you here How to Make Hot Honey Salmon with Mike’s bottled version. Now we are making our own copycat version of that, because from scratch is always better and can be adjusted just for your family. There are so many other things this is great on too, or served as a dip……we will get into that…..
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Copycat Mike’s Hot Honey Recipe
Ok so I don’t have an insider scoop at the factory or anything but we adjusted, tested, added, subtracted, and tested again to make a mixture that when side by side were SO close. We like it on the medium end of things like our Spicy Honey Instant Pot Chicken or so but go all our friends if ya’ want.
How to Make Hot Honey Sauce
You’re going to need a pot to heat up everything so they meld together and get nice and smooth. It is best served slightly cooled but still warm, keep that in mind. If you do have leftovers you will want a mason jar with a new air tight lid to use to keep in the fridge. Then you can serve it crispy cooked Frozen Chicken Tenders in Air Fryer for lunch that week.
Ingredients
- Butter
- Hot sauce or use our Garlic Chili Paste Recipe
- Honey
- Salt
- Garlic powder
Now there are all different kinds of honey out there. I find the cheaper it is the less flavor it has, buying from local companies are by far the best, and we prefer raw and/or organic.
What can I use hot honey on?
Can I just answer; ALL THE THINGS! I mean that is what I would say if we were standing side by side but will add another beyond the links already shared above. Our Honey Lemon Pepper Wings in Air Fryer are killer with this as a dip y’all. I mean, no question you have to make these. My girls will use it for chicken nuggets and on fish is great.
What can I use to make honey spicy?
Spices like cayenne pepper, chili powder, or smoked paprika can be mixed directly in. Diced hot peppers will add a bit of chunky texture, Frank’s Red Hot Sauce works, I like dry Sriracha for an Asian flare, or this is how to make jalapeno powder.
That isn’t necessary but it does need to be cooled before storing in a tightly sealed airtight container like a mason jar. Keep your hot honey in a cool, dark place, such as a pantry or cupboard. This will prevent it from crystallizing and make it easy to drizzle.
If you added too much heat you can certainly tone it down with more honey. That will add more sugar into the mix making it less hot so you can enjoy it once again.
Hot Honey Sauce
Equipment
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 4 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp hot sauce
- 3 tbsp honey
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- cayenne pepper, start with 1/8 tsp if you want to add more heat after tasting
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter. Add the hot sauce, honey, salt, garlic powder, and stir. Let simmer for about 5 minutes. Taste, adjust heat accordingly with cayenne pepper. Cool and serve.
- Store any leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week. Gentle warming may be needed before using straight from the refrigerator.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
We eat this with tenders all the time.