5 minutes
Jump to Recipe This easy honey chipotle mayo is a fantastic topping for anything from tacos to burrito bowls. It's sweet, spicy, smoky, and full of intense flavors but at the same time not harsh at all. You can easily make it in 5 minutes with pantry ingredients.
Recipe ingredients and notes:
- Instead of the more commonly used lime juice I opted for rice vinegar in this recipe. Rice vinegar isn't as harsh as lime juice but still adds a delicious tartness that works great with the other flavors.
- You only need a small amount of chipotle peppers and adobo sauce for this recipe. Check out these recipes with chipotle peppers in adobo sauce for ideas how to use the rest of the can.
How to make it:
Step 1. Finely chop chipotle pepper.
Step 2. Add all ingredients to a bowl.
Step 3. Whisk together.
What to serve it with:
- This mayo is incredible as a taco sauce. Drizzle it on shrimp, fish, chicken, beef, pork or shrimp and chorizo tacos. (If you're making grilled shrimp tacos I recommend this chipotle lime seasoning for the shrimp. Its flavors are perfect with this chipotle mayo.)
- You can also use this mayo on just about any other Mexican-inspired meal. Think burrito and taco bowls, nachos, quesadillas and more!
- This sauce also makes a great salad dressing, especially for a meat salad.
How to store it:
Store the sauce in an airtight container in the fridge. Consume within 3 days.
How spicy is it?
This honey chipotle mayo is mildly spicy from the chipotle pepper and the adobo sauce. If you prefer it spicier, add more adobo sauce and chipotle pepper to taste.
More spiced topping and dipping sauces:
- Sweet and Spicy Apricot Dipping Sauce5 Minutes
- Ginger Sriracha Aioli5 Minutes
- Dipping Sauce for Andouille Sausage5 Minutes
- Chipotle BBQ Aioli35 Minutes
Did you make this recipe? Please let me know how you liked it in the comments below! Thank you!
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Honey Chipotle Mayo
This sweet and spicy honey chipotle mayo is perfect for tacos and other Mexican-inspired dishes!
Equipment:
- measuring cups and spoons
- knife and cutting board
- mixing bowl
- whisk
Ingredients:
- ¼ cup mayonnaise
- ½ finely chopped small canned chipotle pepper,* (about 1 teaspoon)
- ½ tablespoon adobo sauce
- ½ tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon unseasoned rice vinegar
Instructions:
- Add all ingredients to a bowl and whisk together until smooth.
Notes:
*For a less spicy sauce, use only half of that amount.
Deb
Wow, this sauce was fantastic! I only recently found your blog and am overwhelmed how delicious this was. I made corn tamale cakes and this was the perfect sauce. I'm looking forward to trying your other recipes. Thank you so much!
Nicole B.
You're so welcome, Deb! Thank you so much for coming back and leaving such wonderful feedback, I really appreciate that!!