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Honey Sriracha Sauce

Sticky, sweet, garlicky chilli glaze for wings, popcorn chicken, prawns and cauliflower. Five ingredients, ten minutes.

Honey Sriracha Sauce
The ratio
  • 3 partsSriracha
  • 2 partsHoney
  • 1 partSoy + rice vinegar
What you need
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) sriracha
  • 1/4 cup (90g) honey
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely grated
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds and sliced spring onion, to finish
Makes
About 200ml, enough for 1kg of wings
Ready in
10
Keeps
2 weeks in the fridge
How to make it
  1. Combine the sriracha, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar and garlic in a small saucepan.
  2. Simmer over medium heat for 3-4 minutes, stirring, until it bubbles and thickens slightly.
  3. Take off the heat and stir in the butter until glossy.
  4. Toss hot fried wings, chicken, prawns or cauliflower in the glaze and finish with sesame seeds and spring onion.
About this sauce

Honey sriracha is the sticky orange-red glaze on wings and popcorn chicken at modern Asian bars and food trucks. Sriracha is a Thai-style chilli sauce made with chilli, garlic, vinegar and sugar, and honey turns it into a glaze that clings to anything fried.

A splash of soy and rice vinegar keeps it from being too sweet, and butter at the end makes it glossy. Toss hot fried food through it straight away. For a creamy version, try bang bang sauce.

What to put it on

Chicken wings, popcorn chicken, fried prawns, crispy cauliflower, tofu bites and salmon.

Use it on karaage or crispy prawns from prawn tempura, or swap it in for the glaze on fried cauliflower. For burgers, try Kewpie sriracha burger sauce.

Uses this sauce

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Pairs well with

Dishes this sauce suits. These recipes make their own glaze or dressing, so you can swap this sauce in.