Shortcut Homemade Hot Honey
This 2-ingredient, Shortcut Homemade Hot Honey recipe will have you drizzling this spicy condiment in minutes, not hours. It dresses up biscuits, chicken, pizza and adds a kick to hot tea, ice cream and cheese trays. I've even got a shortcut to the shortcut!
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 64kcal
Cost: 4
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon crushed red chile pepper flakes
Instructions
- Combine honey and pepper flakes in a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup.
- Microwave at HIGH for 30 seconds or just until the honey is warm and thins out. Let stand 15 minutes.
- Strain the chile pepper flakes through a fine metal sieve or strainer. Store in an air tight container. See note for storing infused honey with fresh ingredients.
Notes
Tip: Before straining pepper flakes from honey, you may need to heat it up 10 seconds in the microwave to thin it out again.
Storing infused honey using fresh peppers-Although the refrigerator is not the ideal place to store honey, the microbial problems introduced by the fresh peppers requires it. You can always warm the honey back up before serving. It drizzles better warmer than cooler. Infused honey made with dried peppers can be stored at room temperature in an air tight container.
Heat levels per 1/2 cup honey:
- Mild- 1 teaspoon chile pepper flakes or 1 dried, crushed red Fresno pepper, 15 minutes
- Medium- 1 1/2 teaspoons chile pepper flakes or 2 dried, crushed red Fresno peppers, 30 minutes
- Hot-1 1/2 teaspoons chile pepper flakes or 2 dried, crushed red Fresno peppers, 2 hours or up to overnight
Nutrition
Serving: 1tablespoon | Calories: 64kcal