These Honey + Sriracha Onion Rings are crispy, crunchy, and fresh. The spicy Sriracha chili paste is added for some sizzle and fresh honey {straight from the hills of Tennessee y’all} is paired with it to tone down the fire a bit and add some sweet afterthoughts. These sweet and spicy onion rings are incredibly easy to make and take just minutes to find your plate!
Hey hey! Y’all we made it to Friday {she gets up and throws up her ‘whoop’ hands}! How fast did this week go? Dang it went by quick.
Looking back on the week (and the week before) I realized how popular those BBQ + Buttermilk Onion Rings were and thought to myself, “self, why don’t you go throw another onion ring recipe out there and make the world a happier place?“
Well I’ll be, that girl went out there and did it. Again. {and I’m fixin’ to throw a third onion ring at ya here in the next few weeks!}
I concocted another hella good version of my onion rings with a sweet and spicy twist, introducing the Honey Sriracha Onion Ring to the fam.
I’ll give ya a moment to let it sink in {dont worry, the Hubster needed a moment too, it’s completely normal after news like this}.
The rings are once again crispy, crunchy, and fresh. Then ya add spicy Sriracha chili paste for some sizzle and fresh honey {straight from the hills of Tennessee y’all} to tone down the fire a bit and add some sweet afterthoughts.
Do I have your attention yet? Good. If I haven’t mentioned this fun fact yet, then let me tell ya, these are also super simple to make and don’t take long at all.
Let’s get to goin’, shall we?

Honey + Sriracha Onion Rings
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups white rice flour
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 TBSP sriracha
- 3 TBSP fresh honey
- 2 inch onions cut into rings 1/2 thick
- 2 tsp black pepper
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp granulated garlic or garlic salt
- oil for frying
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat with 1/2-1 inch of oil.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt and pepper, cayenne, paprika, and garlic together. In another mixing bowl, combine the egg, buttermilk, sriracha, and honey.
- Place each onion ring in the liquid egg mixture, dredging it, allowing excess to drip off of it, and then directly placing it in the flour mixture, being sure to coat the entire ring.
- Quickly place each ring in the hot oil and allow to turn a golden brown (approx. 1-3 minutes each side). Once golden, flip the onion ring over and allow the second side to brown.
- Carefully remove the onion ring from the skillet and place on a paper towel-lined baking sheet.
- Allow to sufficiently cool before enjoying it messy!
Don’t be afraid of a little extra honey and sriracha for a little drizzle {fo shizzle} over top of your rings too. It’s delicious!
I love a good onion ring, these look so delicious. Enjoyed pinning.
Mmm, your sweet and spicy dipping sauce sounds like something I could eat all day! I think I’ll try it with agave, love that stuff. Thanks for a great idea, and I love your blog!
These look incredibly delicious! Exactly the way onion rings are SUPPOSED to look. Well done. 🙂 Pinned.
Freakin’ awesome. I am stealing your dredging mix 🙂
Yum! Yum! Yum!! I use sriracha in a lot of my recipes (I would pour on my cereal if I could) and you nailed this recipe pairing it off against the honey… Most excellent!!
I would try it on my cereal too if I felt that I wouldn’t be heavily judged! Hehe. I love the sweet and spicy thing too 🙂
You can keep those onion ring recipes coming because if they look as awesome as this who can say no?
Haha! okay! I’ve got one more in the works in the coming weekd for sure and working on a few new “creations” too. 🙂
Yummm!! These look delicious J! My mouth is watering right now!
Awww! Thanks dear! I appreciate the compliment!
These onion rings look killer. I love some onion rings, and definitely love Sriracha. Yum! I’ve been so into sweet and spicy lately.. Going to have to try these!
Oh they were killer girl! Let me know what ya think of them once ya try ’em! 🙂
I’ve made honey sriracha wings, but wouldn’t have thought to make onion rings like this. They look fab! And I’ll bet they taste even better 🙂
The world definitely needs more onion rings. So bring it on! Love this spicy-sweet combo. I’ll take the whole tray, please!
WOW, just wow. I can’t wait to try these!
Good thing I’m not over, I would eat them ALL! 😀
I do love a good onion ring! This recipe sounds really great! I am gonna save it and try it when I have time! Yum!
These sound great! I love the sweet n’ spicy combo — fantastic way to dress up the plain old onion ring! Also, may I note that I love, love, love your blog’s name!
Holy sweet hotness! Could I have your address, please? I would love to stop by and have just a small plateful of these; WOWSA! These onion rings look just wonderful!
Love onion rings! Didn’t think they could get any better but you’ve done it! Sweet and spicy, crunchy, this weekend it’s gonna be all about THIS!
My mouth was literally watering while scrolling through your photos! I love onion rings, but have never paired with sriracha, it sounds like the perfect combination! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Oh my word. I am in love. My son is begging me to make these and I will. They look great!
I recently did an crispy fried onion post, too, and man! It’s all I can think about!!! Which isn’t helping me in my efforts to reverse the effects of over-indulging on our summer vacation. I love that the onion is coated in the sauce before the flour. Layers and layers of flavor….mmmm…..