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Hot Honey Recipe

This Hot Honey recipe is a tantalizing combination of sweet and spicy. It's perfect for drizzling on fried chicken, pizza, ham and ice cream!
Course Sauces and Condiments
Cuisine American
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 24
Calories 65kcal
Author Tonia Larson

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups honey
  • 1 tablespoon dried crushed red peppers* or use 2 tablespoon for more heat
  • 2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions

  • Pour the hot honey into a saucepan and add the crushed red peppers (use one tablespoon for less heat or use two tablespoons for more intense heat).
    adding crushed red peppers to saucepan
  • Warm over low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally, to infuse the honey. Do not boil. If bubbles start forming around the edges, remove it from the heat for a while.
    stirring hot honey with crushed red peppers in a saucepan
  • Remove from heat and stir in the apple cider vinegar.
    adding apple cider vinegar to the saucepan
  • Strain the honey to remove the crushed red peppers. (You can also opt to leave them in so that they will add even more heat over time.)
    poring hot honey into a strainer

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Notes

*The fresher the jar of crushed red peppers, the hotter the honey will be. As crushed red peppers get older the red color will darken and they will be less potent.

Nutrition

Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 65kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 0.05g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 6mg | Potassium: 18mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 99IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 2mg | Iron: 0.1mg
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