JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<select id="mooSelect">
</select>
<br>
<button id="addOption" >Add Option</button>
JavaScript
$('#addOption').on('click',addOption);
var i = 0;
function addOption(){
$('#mooSelect')
.append($("<option></option>")
.attr("value",i++)
.text("Option " + i));
}