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Spicy Skinny Margarita
This spicy skinny margarita is for you if you're looking for all the flavor and balance of a classic margarita but want it all in fewer calories. It's made with a chili-infused spicy tequila, lime juice, and agave nectar. Garnish your cocktail with a dried orange slice, and you won't miss anything but the calories.
Prep Time
10 mins
Infused tequila
1 d
Total Time
1 d 10 mins
Servings: 1
Calories: 182 kcal
Course:
Drinks
Cuisine:
Mexican
Ingredients
Chili-infused spicy tequila
- 2 ounces silver (blanco) tequila ideally 100% agave and not mixto
- 1 Jalapeño or other chili pepper
Spicy margarita salt
- 2 tablespoons coarse salt
- ⅛ teaspoon chipotle powder
- ½ lime for wetting the outer rim of the glass
Spicy skinny margarita
- 2 ounces spicy tequila
- 1 ounce lime juice
- ½ ounce agave nectar amber agave preferable
- dried orange slice or lime wheel for garnish
Instructions
Chili-infused spicy tequila
- Slice your chili pepper and put it into a clean glass jar with 2 ounces of tequila per cocktail. Leave the jar in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
- Strain out the pepper and seeds.
- If not using right away, store the spicy tequila in a cool, dark place.
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Spicy margarita salt
- Combine the salt and chipotle powder on a small plate.
- Rub the lime wedge around the outside of half of the glass.
- Hold the glass at a 45 degree angle and rotate the outside edge of the glass into the spicy salt. Tap off any excess.
Cocktail
- Combine the spicy tequila, lime juice, and agave nectar in your cocktail shaker with a handful of ice. Shake for 10 seconds if serving your margarita over ice. Shake for 15 seconds if you are serving it neat.
- Double strain into your prepared glass, garnish with the dehydrated orange slice or lime wheel, and enjoy!
Notes
- There are several ways to make a spicy margarita. Infusing tequila takes a bit of time, but gives you more complex flavor.
- Use jalapeño to make a cocktail that's just a little spicy. Or make this skinny spicy margarita even spicier by using hotter peppers.
- The classic teaching is that cocktails with only liquor should be stirred, and cocktails with citrus juices should be shaken in order to aerate the cocktail.
- Rim only half the glass with the spicy salt to give you and your guests an option of sipping this spicy skinny margarita with and without salt.
- Using an orange slice gives you the orange scent and flavor that's missing without the Cointreau.
Nutrition Information
Calories
182kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
0.1g
(0%)
Fat
0.1g
(0%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.01g
Sodium
2mg
(0%)
Potassium
35mg
(1%)
Fiber
0.1g
(0%)
Sugar
10g
(20%)
Vitamin A
14IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
11mg
(12%)
Calcium
4mg
(0%)
Iron
0.1mg
(1%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 182
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 182kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 0.1g | 0% |
| Fat | 0.1g | 0% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.01g | 0% |
| Sodium | 2mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 35mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 0.1g | 0% |
| Sugar | 10g | 20% |
| Vitamin A | 14IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 11mg | 12% |
| Calcium | 4mg | 0% |
| Iron | 0.1mg | 1% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.