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2 Ingredients Hot Honey Recipe (Infused Hot Pepper Honey)

Last updated January 25, 2021. Originally posted January 25, 2021 By Jyothi Rajesh Leave a Comment

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hot honey recipe infused with fresno hot peppers
hot honey recipe infused with fresno hot peppers
hot honey recipe infused with fresno hot peppers
hot honey in glass jar with text

There is no easier way to spice up any food than with drizzle of hot honey. Hot honey is simply honey infused with hot pepper so sweet honey has a kick of spices to it! Make your own homemade hot honey recipe with just two simple ingredients – honey and peppers.

hot honey recipe in glass jar

Never Made Hot Honey? Here’s Why You Should Try It-

  1. If you have been a fan of “Mike’s Hot Honey”, now you can easily make it at home with simple ingredients. It’s so much easier and cheaper to make it at home!
  2. The sweet-spicy flavors of hot honey makes is great addition to any food.
  3. This is no ordinary honey hot sauce, it is ‘the condiment’ you should have. It’s spicy, sweet and sooo addictive!
  4. Take your favorite dish to next level with hot honey drizzle over fried chicken wings, roasted carrots, over your favorite pizza, ice cream, on biscuits, just about everything!
  5. You can use just about any pepper of your choice to infuse hotness into honey. Jalapenos, Fresno, Serano, Holland Red chili, red chili peppers produces milder kick. Whereas Habanero, scotch bonnet, Thai birds eye chilies will produce real kick. Choose peppers according to your taste preference.
  6. It makes a great gift!
  7. It’s great condiment to have in your pantry.

Ingredients You’ll Need-

Here’s what you’ll need-

all ingredients for hot honey infused with red hot peppers
  • 1 cup honey (use good quality organic honey)
  • 2-4 Fresno red peppers (use your favorite hot chilie peppers in the recipe – Jalapenos, Fresno, Serano, Holland Red chili, red chili peppers for milder kick, Habanero, scotch bonnet, Thai birds eye chilies for real kick)

Additions & Substitutions

For more balanced flavors, you can add these ingredients:

1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (to add a bit of acidity to honey)

How To Make Hot Honey?

Mike’s hot honey copycat recipe is easy to make with only 2 ingredients.

If using fresh chili peppers, chop off stem and discard. Chop the peppers into thin slices. If you do not want real kick, remove seeds and discard it. Seeds in will infuse more kick to honey. Choose according to your taste preference and spice tolerance levels.

chopping fresno chilies to make hot honey recipe
chopping fresno chilies to make hot honey recipe

Note: please use disposable gloves while cutting hot peppers. If you do it with bare hands like me, remember to thoroughly wash hands with soap and DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE/EYES! It can burn like hell.

In a small sauce pan pour honey.

Add sliced/chopped chili peppers. I used Fresno red peppers for the recipe.

simmer honey and red peppers in sauce pan

NOTE: use your favorite hot chilie peppers in the recipe – Jalapenos, Fresno, Serano, Holland Red chili, red chili peppers for milder kick, Habanero, scotch bonnet, Thai birds eye chilies for real kick.

Heat honey on low heat, do not cook on high heat as it will boil over a create a complete mess. So hard to clean messy, sticky honey off the stove.

Simmer and cook for 30 minutes to 60 minutes on lowest heat depending on how much flavor of chili you want to be infused in the honey.

simmer honey and red peppers in sauce pan

Keep stirring frequently to avoid the sides from burning.

Turn off flame. Let chilies and honey sit for atleast half an hour.

You can choose to filter out the chilies from honey before storing or leave it on if you want strong flavors!

Please store hot honey only in glass bottles. I do not recommend storing in plastic or metal jars.

Store hot honey in cool place away from direct sunlight. No need to refrigerate.  It will keep for 3 months.

honey infused with hot peppers

How To Use Spicy Honey Infused With Peppers?

There are endless possibilities to use spicy honey.

Take your favorite dish to next level with hot honey drizzle.

Drizzle it on

  • fried chicken wings,
  • roasted carrots,
  • over your favorite pizza,
  • ice cream,
  • on biscuits,
  • just about everything!
honey infused with hot peppers

Tips To Make Best Hot Honey Recipe

  1. While making hot honey, simmer it on low heat. Else honey will boil over – a complete mess to clean up.
  2. Keep stirring frequently.
  3. Use your favorite hot chilie peppers in the recipe – Jalapenos, Fresno, Serano, Holland Red chili, red chili peppers for milder kick, Habanero, scotch bonnet, Thai birds eye chilies for real kick.
  4. Filter out chilies after infusing or leave it on as it is.
  5. Store hot honey in glass jars once completely cooled. Do not use plastic or metal jars.

MORE CONDIMENTS TO HAVE IN YOUR PANTRY-

Pomegranate Molasses

Homemade Cherry Jam

Spicy Sweet Chili Sauce

Mango Habanero Hot Sauce

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2 Ingredients Hot Honey Recipe (Infused Hot Pepper Honey)

Jyothi Rajesh
There is no easier way to spice up any food than with drizzle of hot honey. Hot honey is simply honey infused with hot pepper so sweet honey has a kick of spices to it! Make your own homemade hot honey recipe with just two simple ingredients – honey and peppers.
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Prep Time 2 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup honey use good quality organic honey
  • 2-4 Fresno red peppers use your favorite hot chilie peppers in the recipe

Instructions
 

  • If using fresh chili peppers, chop off stem and discard. Chop the peppers into thin slices. If you do not want real kick, remove seeds and discard it. Seeds in will infuse more kick to honey. Choose according to your taste preference and spice tolerance levels.
  • Note: please use disposable gloves while cutting hot peppers. If you do it with bare hands like me, remember to thoroughly wash hands with soap and DO NOT TOUCH YOUR FACE/EYES! It can burn like hell.
  • In a small sauce pan pour honey.
  • Add sliced/chopped chili peppers. I used Fresno red peppers for the recipe.
  • NOTE: use your favorite hot chilie peppers in the recipe – Jalapenos, Fresno, Serano, Holland Red chili, red chili peppers for milder kick, Habanero, scotch bonnet, Thai birds eye chilies for real kick.
  • Heat honey on low heat, do not cook on high heat as it will boil over a create a complete mess. So hard to clean messy, sticky honey off the stove.
  • Simmer and cook for 30 minutes to 60 minutes on lowest heat depending on how much flavor of chili you want to be infused in the honey.
  • Keep stirring frequently to avoid the sides from burning.
  • Turn off flame. Let chilies and honey sit for atleast half an hour.
  • You can choose to filter out the chilies from honey before storing or leave it on if you want strong flavors!
  • Please store hot honey only in glass bottles. I do not recommend storing in plastic or metal jars.
  • Store hot honey in cool place away from direct sunlight. No need to refrigerate. It will keep for 3 months.

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Notes

  1. While making hot honey, simmer it on low heat. Else honey will boil over – a complete mess to clean up.
  2. Keep stirring frequently.
  3. Use your favorite hot chilie peppers in the recipe – Jalapenos, Fresno, Serano, Holland Red chili, red chili peppers for milder kick, Habanero, scotch bonnet, Thai birds eye chilies for real kick.
  4. Filter out chilies after infusing or leave it on as it is.
  5. Store hot honey in glass jars once completely cooled. Do not use plastic or metal jars.
 
Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on products used.
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