10 Hot Honey Recipes to Add Sweet Heat to Your Table
Spice up your meal with these recipes for fried chicken, pizza, and salads made even better with hot honey.
Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen
Some like it hot, some like it sweet, and some like both flavors at once. If that's you, then you need some hot honey. You can make your own hot honey with a local honey and Calabrian chiles, or buy one of the many varieties at the store. From there, drizzle it on cheese, ice cream, fried chicken, crackers, pizza, grilled meats, or anything else you think would benefit from the combination of flavors. Hot honey turns a warmed block of cream cheese into an appetizer, and plain chicken fingers into something irresistibly dippable. However you like hot honey, we have the recipe for you.
Air Fryer Fried Chicken with Hot Honey
This low-fuss air-fried chicken recipe begins with a hot sauce-buttermilk soak, then is dredged in a well-seasoned flour mixture and beaten egg. The finished chicken is paired with hot honey mixed with guajillo chile and apple cider vinegar for extra smoky, tangy flavor.
Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings with Hot Honey Glaze
These sweet, buttery wings are tossed with lemon pepper seasoning and cooked in an air fryer until crispy, then are blanketed with hot honey and served with more of the glaze for dipping. A garnish of cilantro adds color and more brightness to the dish.
Hot Honey Halloumi Sliders
Greg Dupree / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Thom Driver
Sweet and salty cheese sliders are sandwiched between two pillowy slabs of Hawaiian rolls for an easy-to-assemble party dish. Layers of arugula and roasted red bell pepper bring bright, punchy, peppery flavor, while the Calabrian chile–spiked honey marinates the cheese to add spicy and fruity notes. The sliders and buns are brushed with more hot honey before they're toasted to impart even more flavor.
Grape, Walnut, and Labneh Crostini with Spicy Honey
Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Audrey Davis
Creamy and tart labneh is spread on toasted sourdough and topped with roasted red grapes, roasted walnuts, and a drizzle of hot honey in this recipe adapted from author Adeena Sussman’s cookbook Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals From My Table to Yours. A quick roast in the oven enhances the grapes’ color and sweetness. Thyme, flaky sea salt, and black pepper sprinkle in fresh herbal, floral, and salty notes as well as a bit of texture to finish.
Hot Honey Chicken Thighs with Lemon-Oregano Potatoes
Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Margaret Monroe Dickey / Prop Styling by Christine Keely
Perfectly crisp, golden chicken thighs cook skin-side down, undisturbed, to allow the fat to render, which is then used to season the potatoes. A simple hot honey–lemon drizzle and crumbles of salty feta finish this one-skillet dish.
Roasted Hot Honey Sweet Potato Salad
Hot honey dressing provides a bit of tangy heat to these sweet potatoes, which are balanced out by smoked paprika and cumin. Homemade pickled red onions, crunchy toasted pecans, and fresh parsley complete the dish for a colorful side that can accompany a variety of mains.
Roast Chicken with Hot Honey
The hot honey for this dish can be made up to a week in advance and includes apple cider vinegar, cayenne, paprika, garlic, and salt. You'll have more than you need for the chicken; we love using the extra honey drizzled over a pizza or cheese plate.
Soppressata Pizza with Calabrian Chiles and Hot Honey
Soppressata, chopped chiles, and a drizzle of hot honey come together for a pizza that's greater than the sum of its parts. Fiery Calabrian chiles from Italy add heat and a distinct fruitiness; the hot honey mirrors the flavors of the chiles and adds a touch of sweetness.
Cornflake-Crusted Fried Chicken Drumettes
Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Emily Nabors Hall / Prop Styling by Claire Spollen
Super crispy on the outside and moist and juicy on the inside, this fried chicken is a classier eating affair than most. The bone of meaty chicken wing drumettes creates a playful, lollipop-like handheld appetizer that's drizzled in mildly spicy hot honey that works so well with the chicken.
Hot Honey–Carrot Flatbreads with Basil Chermoula
Sweet-spicy honey-glazed roasted carrots are served atop ricotta-smeared naan and drizzled with bright basil chermoula for chef Suzanne Cupps' fresh, zingy appetizer. The chermoula can be prepared a couple days ahead of time, but is just as easily made while the carrots are roasting.
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