Our Firecracker sauce with 7 ingredients is hot, gooey and a little sweet. It’s the perfect sauce for basting chicken, seafood, roasted vegetables and more!
Hot and sweet firecracker sauce
We can’t get enough of this hot and sweet firecracker sauce! We pour it over chicken thighs to make our Crispy Firecracker Chicken, or we even mix it with shrimp or use it as a marinade for salmon recipes.
What is cracker sauce?
Firecracker sauce is a sauce made from ketchup, honey, and spicy pepper that’s blended with soy sauce to create a sweet and tangy sauce that people just love.
Why you will love it!
Easy to do: You only need 7 easy-to-find ingredients and no heating is required to make this sauce!
Versatile: Use this fireworks sauce as a marinade, to drizzle or as a dip.
Yummy: It’s hot and sweet and so delicious. What’s not to love?
Ingredients for the cracker sauce
To make your own firecracker sauce, all you need are the following 7 ingredients. That’s right, just 7 easy-to-find ingredients!
- Ketchup
- Honey
- soy sauce
- chili sauce
- Sriracha
- Water
- sesame oil
How to prepare firecracker sauce
Preparing your own firecracker sauce takes just 1-2-3 minutes in just 5 minutes!
mix ingredients
Put all the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl and mix. Make sure the honey is thoroughly mixed.
Pour into a container with a lid
Pour the cracker sauce from the bowl into a mason jar or other container with a lid.
save or use
Set aside and either use immediately or store covered in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Try it!
Crispy cracker chicken thighs
Use this firework sauce for our incredibly crispy firework chicken thighs. you will love them!
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Best Tips
Make a large batch: Triple this recipe and use as a marinade or add to meat and seafood proteins throughout the week.
Use clear filtered honey: Raw honey solidifies faster, so we don’t recommend using it in this cracker sauce recipe.
Spices to your liking: Do you like it a little hotter? Feel free to tweak the Sriracha Chili Sauce. Hoping for a sweeter cracker sauce? Increase the honey. That’s your sauce, so taste it, then season it to your liking.
FAQs
What is cracker sauce made of?
Krachersauce is a combination of spicy and sweet ingredients. Ours consists primarily of ketchup, honey, soy sauce, sriracha, and chili sauce.
What does firecracker sauce taste like?
Firecracker Sauce tastes spicy and sweet with the spiciness of sriracha chili sauce and the sweetness of honey.
What goes well with cracker sauce?
anything! We love pairing our cracker with chicken, fish, seafood and more.
storage
Store your firecracker sauce in a jar with a lid in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.
Use: Drizzle, toss or pour over chicken, salmon, shrimp – whatever your heart desires!
Photography: The photos captured in this post are by Ashley McGlaughlin of The Edible Perspective.