Spicy Bloody Mary With Cilantro and Fried Shallots

⏱ 5 mins 🍽 Serves 6 🌶 thai 🏷 Drink

This unique cocktail takes inspiration from Thai flavours, blending tomato juice with vodka, fresh lime juice, cilantro and spicy sambal oelek. It is seasoned with fish sauce and olive brine for a savoury depth, then sweetened with brown sugar syrup. The drink is finished with a pour of pale lager for fizz and a garnish of crispy fried shallots, creating a complex and refreshing beverage. It serves six people and can be prepared in about 5 minutes.

Spicy Bloody Mary With Cilantro and Fried Shallots

Ingredients

  • 3 cups (720ml) tomato juice or V8
  • 1 1/2 cups (360ml) vodka
  • 1/4 cup (7g) minced fresh cilantro, from 1 bunch
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) freshly squeezed lime juice, from 6 to 8 limes
  • 2 tablespoons sambal oelek
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) brown sugar simple syrup (see note)
  • 3 tablespoons (45ml) fish sauce
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) green-olive brine, such as from Manzanilla olives
  • 1 1/2 cups (360ml) pale or rice lager, such as Singha or Sapporo
  • 1 recipe Thai-Style Fried Shallots

Method

  1. Place the tomato juice, vodka, minced cilantro, lime juice, sambal oelek, simple syrup, fish sauce and olive brine into a large pitcher. Stir the mixture thoroughly until everything is well combined. Gently stir in the beer.
  2. Take six tall beer or Collins glasses and fill each one with ice. Divide the prepared cocktail evenly among the glasses. Finish each drink with a garnish of the fried shallots.

Nutrition (per serving)

Sodium1181000 mg

Recipe details

CategoryDrink
Cuisinethai
AuthorNiki Achitoff-Gray