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Cucumber Jalapeño Margarita

Total Time
40 min
19m prep · 21m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🌱 Vegan 🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥛 Dairy-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

This cucumber jalapeño margarita recipe is so refreshing! Nothing tastes better than the combination of tequila and jalapeño — the cucumber just adds a freshness and helps to balance the heat. The longer it chills, the more jalapeño and cucumber infuse into the tequila. Serve over ice in a salt-rimmed glass, garnished with cucumber slices.

Ingredients

  • 0.5 cups tequila , or more to taste
  • 0.5 cups fresh lime juice
  • 0.25 cups orange liqueur
  • 0.25 cups simple syrup
  • 1 jalapeño chile pepper , halved and seeded
  • 4 thins slices cucumber , or more to taste
  • 4 wedgess lime
  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt , or as needed
  • ice , as needed
  • 4 slices cucumber

Instructions

  1. 1

    Combine tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, and simple syrup in a pitcher with a lid; add jalapeño and 4 thin cucumber slices. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.

  2. 2

    Meanwhile, run lime wedges along rims of 4 pint glass; pour salt onto a flat plate. Dip moistened rims into salt to coat.

  3. 3

    Fill prepared glasses with ice; pour chilled margarita over top. Garnish each drink with 1 cucumber slice.

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