You will want to savor every sip of these sweet and spicy Jalapeño Margaritas served on the rocks. This easy margarita recipe is made with homemade jalapeño tequila and fresh lime juice.
About Jalapeno Margaritas
You can buy jalapeño infused tequila or you can make your own {see below for tips - caution: do not soak for weeks} or you can just use regular tequila. Totally up to you.
Only other ingredients you need are limes because you really must use fresh lime juice, sweetener, orange liqueur (like Triple Sec, Cointreau, or Grand Marnier), a jalapeño, and some ice
Ingredients
For the sweetener, I used agave syrup {I recommend light agave syrup over dark}.
You can also use plain sugar or simple syrup.
Don't go out and buy agave syrup just for this recipe if you don't want to. Regular sugar will totally do the trick.
To infuse your tequila, you need only soak one sliced jalapeño in a cup of tequila. For each cup of tequila use one jalapeño.
Only a few hours of soaking time is needed. But you can soak up to 3 or 4 days (depending on how spicy your jalapeno is). Plus, this is optional. You are still going to be using jalapeño to make these margaritas, so they'll still be spicy.
And the only other thing you might want to know about these delicious sips is that you'll need orange liqueur {like I said earlier}. You can be fancy and get a nice orange liqueur like Cointreau. Or you can be frugal and get something like Triple Sec.
Triple Sec is totally ok to use in your margs and is normal and I wasn't cheating if I didn't get a $40 bottle of fancy orange liqueur that I'll only use for margaritas and sangria.
And if you didn't see the week's earlier post, you must check out the Mojito Limeades {all-time fave}, Red Roosters {total crowd pleaser}, Berry Peach Sangria {greatest summertime sangria ever made}, and Piña Coladas (made with only 5 ingredients and no special mixes or ingredients).
Fun fact: you can make these in a pitcher to serve a crowd. Just increase the ingredients as needed and muddle in a pitcher.
Jalapeño Margaritas
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup lime juice about 3 small limes
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 1 small jalapeño minced
- 2 oz tequila jalapeño infused if desired
- 1 oz orange liqueur
- 1 tablespoon sweetener agave syrup, sugar, simple syrup, etc.
- 1 cup ice plus more for serving
Instructions
- Rub the rim of two glasses with lime. Stir together salt and sugar, and dip the edge of the glass into the salt-sugar mixture. Set aside.
- In a bowl or cup, muddle the jalapeño and ⅓ cup lime juice, so the jalapeño releases its flavor. Add the tequila, orange liqueur, sweetener, & ice. Shake or stir well. Add more lime juice or sweetener if needed.
- Fill the glasses with ice and strain the margarita mixture into the glasses. Garnish with lime or jalapeño slices, if desired.
Notes
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