Description
A salty and tangy margarita recipe featuring pickle brine and an optional chamoy rim.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 oz Tequila Blanco
- 1 oz Fresh lime juice
- 0.75 oz Triple sec or Cointreau
- 0.75 oz Pickle brine (from dill pickles)
- 0.25 oz Agave nectar (optional, adjust to taste)
- Chamoy sauce for rim
- Tajin seasoning for rim
- Ice
Instructions
- Prepare the rim: Run a lime wedge around the rim of your glass. Roll the rim in a mixture of chamoy sauce and Tajin seasoning.
- Combine tequila, lime juice, triple sec, pickle brine, and agave nectar (if using) in a cocktail shaker.
- Fill the shaker with ice.
- Shake well until thoroughly chilled.
- Strain the mixture into your prepared glass filled with fresh ice.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
- For a mocktail version, substitute the tequila with 2 oz of sparkling water or non-alcoholic spirit.
- Adjust the amount of pickle brine based on your preference for saltiness and tang.
- Use brine from dill pickles, not sweet or bread-and-butter pickles.
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 0 min
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: Shaking
- Cuisine: Mexican-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 drink
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 8
- Sodium: 650
- Fat: 0
- Saturated Fat: 0
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 10
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 0
- Cholesterol: 0