Jalapeño Margaritas

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⏱ 10 mins 🍽 ['2', '2 margaritas'] 🌶 mexican 🏷 Drink

This recipe creates a zesty and spicy margarita, blending fresh jalapeño with classic cocktail ingredients. You will combine tequila, triple sec, lime juice and agave nectar in a shaker for a perfectly balanced drink. The glasses are prepared with a salted rim and filled with ice before the mixture is strained in. It's a quick and simple process, taking just 10 minutes to make two servings of this popular Mexican cocktail.

Jalapeño Margaritas

Ingredients

  • kosher salt
  • ice cubes
  • 4 fluid ounces tequila
  • 2 fluid ounces triple sec
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar
  • 0.5 jalapeno pepper, seeded and diced
  • 1 limes, cut into wedges

Method

  1. Spread a layer of salt about 1/4 to 1/2 inch deep onto a small plate. Wet the rims of two margarita glasses and press them into the salt to coat. Fill the glasses with ice cubes and set them aside.
  2. Add ice to a cocktail shaker. Pour in the 4 fluid ounces tequila, 2 fluid ounces triple sec, fresh lime juice, 1 tablespoon agave nectar and the diced 0.5 jalapeno pepper. Secure the lid and shake the mixture hard until the shaker feels very cold.
  3. Pour the cocktail through a strainer into the waiting glasses. Add a lime wedge to each glass as a garnish before serving.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories298 kcal
Sugars21 g
Protein1 g
Sodium205 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDrink
Cuisinemexican
AuthorAllrecipes Member