Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a refreshing Spicy Jalapeño Margarita! I make mine by muddling fresh jalapeño and shaking it with tequila, cointreau, lime juice and vanilla syrup!
Course Drinks & Adult Beverages
Cuisine Mexican
Keyword adult beverage, cinco de mayo, cocktail, drink, jalapeño, margarita, tequila
Place sugar and salt on a small plate. Wet the lip of 2 glasses with a wedge of lime and dip into the sugar and salt. Fill each glass to the top with ice and set off to the side.
Add desired jalapeños into a cocktail shaker and muddle. ( I prefer 1/2 a jalapeno) The more jalapeños the spicier! If you don’t have a muddler, use the blunt end of a wooden spoon.
Next pour in 1/2 cup (or 4 ounces) both fresh squeezed lime juice and tequila blanco.
Then pour in 2 ounces vanilla syrup and 1 ounce cointreau. Add in a few handfuls of ice. Top the shaker with the strainer and cap before shaking well to combine.
Pour/strain the margarita among thetwo glasses. Garnish with a lime wedge and jalapeño half or slices.
As always, drink responsibly.
Notes
Make sure you use a spicy jalapenos. Sometimes jalapenos have very little to no heat to them.