Cucumber-Chile Margarita
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
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Salt for Rims
- 2 teaspoons red chili powder (not "chili" powder, which has extra ingredients, we use ground ancho)
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt, such as kosher salt (we use mesquite-smoked salt)
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Drinks
- 2 large limes
- 11 -12 ounces English cucumbers
- 2 -3 tablespoons fresh minced jalapenos (more to taste, we use 1 very large jalapeno for two drinks)
- 1⁄2 cup simple syrup
- 1 cup premium silver tequila, such as Patron
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Finish and Garnish
- ice cube
- cucumber, slices (optional)
- thin round lime slice (optional)
directions
- On a saucer, stir together the ground chile and salt.
- Slice limes in half and rub one of the halves around the rim of four cocktail glasses. Dunk the wet rims of the glasses into the chile/salt mixture to coat.
- Squeeze the lime halves into a small pitcher.
- Halve cucumber and cut 4 thin rounds from the center to garnish the glasses. Peel remaining cucumber halves and chop coarsely. Place cucumber, jalapeno, and simple syrup in blender jar and puree. Pour into a pitcher and add the tequila.
- Fill salt-rimmed glasses halfway with ice. Add margarita mixture and garnish before serving.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
zeldaz51
United States
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