Sticky, hot and sweet, this easy honey sriracha sauce is about to be your new favorite condiment. It’s a delicious sauce that you can use on nearly all of your favorite foods.
This homemade sauce combines the spiciness of sriracha with the sweetness of honey. Then vinegar and butter round it out for the perfect balance of flavors.
The next time you’re looking for a quick sauce to take your dinner (or any meal) to the next level, try this simple recipe. This sauce is about to become your new best friend.
What is Honey Sriracha Sauce?
Sriracha sauce itself was created in the 1930’s in Thailand, originally formulated with the purpose of saucing fish. It became wildly popular in the United States in the 2000’s and is now used on a variety of foods or as a dipping sauce.
Honey sriracha sauce uses the spicy sriracha as a base for this sauce that combines sweetness and heat. It’s a balanced sauce with spicy flavors from the sriracha, acidity from the white vinegar, and fat from the butter, and saltiness from salt itself as well as the soy sauce.
Why You’ll Love this Honey Sriracha Sauce Recipe
This sauce is bound to be an instant favorite in your house if your family loves a sauce that has a sweet heat.
- Easy – This sauce comes together in a matter of minutes.
- Versatile – Use the sweet, spicy sauce on anything from fish and meat to veggies or appetizers like crab rangoon.
- Convenient – You’ll likely have many of the ingredients already in your pantry.
- Customizable – You can adjust the ratio of the ingredients to get just the right level of spiciness and sweetness for your palate.
Ingredients
These simple ingredients are easy to find at the grocery store — or you may already have them in your pantry.
- Sriracha sauce – Sometimes called rooster sauce, this sauce gets its kick from red chilis and is balanced with garlic, vinegar, sugar, and salt.
- Honey – We prefer using local honey, but you can use any brand that you prefer.
- White vinegar – The slight acidity in the sauce comes from white vinegar.
- Low sodium soy sauce – Soy sauce imparts umami in the sauce.
- Garlic powder – This pantry staple adds extra garlicky flavor.
- Coarse kosher salt – This is our favorite salt to use for this recipe.
- Unsalted butter – Be sure to use unsalted butter since there’s salty flavor in the sauce from the soy sauce, sriracha, and kosher salt.
What To Serve Sriracha Honey Sauce With
The list of dishes made better with Honey Sriracha Sauce is nearly endless!
- Protein – This sweet sriracha sauce is a delicious marinade but it’s also great drizzled over grilled or roasted chicken, beef, pork, seafood, or your preferred plant-based alternative. It’s also a great dipping sauce for chicken nuggets or tenders.
- Vegetables – Tossed roasted or steamed vegetables with the sauce.
- Potatoes – Spoon the sauce over mashed, baked, or roasted potatoes or dip french fries in it. It’s also perfectly complements a sweet potato.
- Eggs – Add a little pizazz to your morning meal by drizzling the sauce over scrambled eggs or omelets.
- Starters – Use this as a dipping sauce for egg rolls, dumplings, and other appetizers.
- Chicken wings – Swap out your Buffalo sauce for this sweet and spicy sauce.
- Salads – Trade your typical salad dressing for this sauce.
Variations
You can customize this sauce to be as spicy or sweet as you like, or get creative with other changes.
- Heat – Use more sriracha, black pepper, or other spicy peppers. You can also add crushed red pepper flakes, cayenne pepper, gochujang, or your favorite hot sauce.
- Sweet – Increase the amount of honey or try using maple syrup instead.
- Infused honey – Create an interesting flavor profile by using a honey infused with other flavors. If you’re a big fan of spicy foods you can try using hot honey.
- Vinegar – Try a different variety of vinegar like rice vinegar, apple cider vinegar, or white wine vinegar.
- Citrus – Add an element of citrus by swapping out some of the vinegar for lemon juice, lime juice, or orange juice.
- Oyster sauce – Swap out some or all of the sauce for oyster sauce for a truly unique flavor.
Common Questions About Honey Sriracha Sauce
Sriracha sauce is spicy, but not overly so. It clocks in at 2,200 on the Scoville Scale which is close to that of some jalapenos.
Sriracha contains capsaicin which is known to boost metabolism as well as endorphins.
Actually, sriracha sauce’s red chili peppers are thought to be an anti-inflammatory.
Storage, Make Ahead and Freezing
Since it does contain butter, you do need to store this sauce in the refrigerator or freezer.
Make ahead: You can make the sauce ahead and store in a small bowl (covered) or a sealed container. Serve when you’re ready, either hot, cold, or at room temperature.
Refrigerator: Store the sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Freezer: Store the sauce in the freezer for up to 2 months in a ziploc bag or a freezer-safe container.
More Sweet and Savory Sauces
- Sweet and Sour Sauce
- Chipotle Honey BBQ Sauce
- Cran-Blueberry BBQ Sauce
- Nashville Hot Sauce
- Chamoy Sauce
- Sriracha Mayo
Honey Garlic Sauce
Avocado Crema
Honey Sriracha Sauce
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Sriracha sauce
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/8 teaspoon coarse Kosher salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, whisk together the Sriracha, honey, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic powder and salt over medium heat until combined.
- Add the butter, whisking until melted and no streaks remain.
- Remove from the heat and use immediately or allow to cool.
- If you’ve tried this recipe, come back and let us know how it was in the comments or star ratings!
loved this honey sriracha sauce
I really like that this is easy to make and customizable. I will probably try your other suggested variations too.
quick delicious!
Great sauce! I used it to make some really good salmon recently.
Homemade sauce is always the best. Thanks for the simple recipe.
Hi,
I like the versatility of uses of your Honey Sriracha Sauce! Sound like it’s great for game day. Thanks for sharing
Loved this sauce. Really easy and really good. I used salted butter and it was still great.