Description
Learn how to make a classic margarita at home with simple ingredients.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz triple sec
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- 1/2 oz simple syrup
- Salt for rim (optional)
- Ice
Instructions
- Rim a glass with salt by rubbing a lime wedge on the edge and dipping it in salt.
- Fill a shaker with ice.
- Add tequila, triple sec, lime juice, and simple syrup.
- Shake well for 15 seconds.
- Strain into the prepared glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish with a lime wedge.
Notes
- Use 100% agave tequila for best results.
- Adjust sweetness by adding more or less simple syrup.
- For a frozen margarita, blend with crushed ice.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 0 mins
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: Shaken
- Cuisine: Mexican
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 5mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: margarita, tequila, cocktail, homemade, lime