Addictive Mango Habanero Sauce (Great for Wings)
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This mango habanero sauce has an upfront sweetness that quickly gets replaced by a spicy zing!
This recipe is super easy to whip up and will elevate any cut of chicken you’re cooking.
My personal favorite is to make these smoked mango habanero wings.
How to make Mango Habanero Sauce
When making this mango habanero sauce, you will likely have some of the ingredients on hand, but you will also need to make sure you pick up some fresh habanero peppers and some mango nectar.
You should be able to find mango nectar in the Mexican section of your grocery store. If you can’t find mango nectar, you could also use fresh or frozen mango.
Start by putting the mango nectar, garlic, habanero peppers, apple cider vinegar, and smoked paprika into a blender.
I used my Magic Bullet and blended it for about 2-3 minutes until it was completely incorporated.
Pour the blended ingredients into a pot, add in the raw honey, and cook it over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes.
Stir the pot every 2 minutes to help the sauce evaporate and not stick to the bottom of the pan.
Once the sauce has started to thicken, remove it from the heat and add in the unsalted butter and stir it until it has melted.
Serve it immediately over cooked wings, or you can store it in a mason jar in the refrigerator for up to a week.
How to use it
You can serve this over some freshly smoked/grilled wings, but honestly, this sauce will go great with any type of grilled chicken. Don’t stop there tho, it works great as a glaze for pork chops, pork loin, or ham or even on a bagel with cream cheese.
Storage
This recipe makes enough to coat 4 pounds of chicken wings. If you do have any leftovers, you can store it in an airtight mason jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
You can also reheat it gently in a pot on the stovetop.
Mango Habanero Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup mango nectar
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 habanero peppers - seeded
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- ⅓ cup raw honey
- 4 tbsp butter - unsalted
Instructions
- In a blender, combine mango nectar, garlic, habanero peppers, apple cider vinegar and smoked paprika. Blend for 2-3 minutes until it is completely incorporated.
- Pour it into a pot, add in the raw honey, and cook over medium-low heat for about 10 minutes stirring every 2-3 minutes.
- Once it starts to thicken, remove from heat, add in the unsalted butter and stir until melted.
- Serve immediately over cooked wings, or store it in a mason jar.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated and should be used as an approximation only. If you’re worried you could always add a side of kale.
I followed recipe to the “T” and sauce was very thin, hot and very orange. Not what I expected based on picture. Hope to salvage this sauce rather than waste it.
OMG, AMAZING, FLAVORFUL, and yes, ADICTING!!
This recipe is simple enough and punches you in the face with flavor! On my second round I doubled the recipe and used dark brown sugar instead of honey and added 1/4 cup of guava nectar to it for a stronger exotic citric flavor!! Thanks for your recipe it’s amazing!
Hi, I tried this recipe with some habaneros I had grown that I was trying to use up. At first I thought it was going to be way too hot for me when I tasted it from the blender but like magic it tamed down a good bit and was incredibly tasty when it was finished and had time to “mellow.” It was fantastic on chicken wings and yes, I bet it would be great on cream cheese too, drizzled on. I honestly ate it with a spoon from the chicken bowl of leftovers after the chicken was gone as it was so tasty I couldn’t waste it, lol.