The Best Margarita Recipe
We took the classic combination of tequila and lime and added a zing of orange citrus flavor to make an extra summery margarita—in fact it’s our best margarita recipe! Serve it alongside our delicious pulled pork tacos with jalapeno pineapple salsa and you have the perfect pairing for a summer meal.
This recipe is super versatile, so have fun (we did) playing around with different ingredients to add your own personal touch. You can easily nix the Rose’s lime juice and use fresh squeezed lime if you don’t want to buy extra ingredients. Same goes for the orange juice.
Mixers like Grand Marnier and Cointreau are staples to every home bar and can be used in various other cocktail recipes.
Something to keep in mind when you’re scanning the aisles for the best-priced tequila—the higher the quality is, the less you will pay for it in the morning.
The Best Margarita Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 oz tequila, gold
- 1 1/2 oz Cointreau liqueur, orange-flavored
- 1 1/2 oz Grand Marnier cognac liqueur, orange-flavored
- 1 1/2 oz orange juice
- splash orange bitters
- splash lime juice
- splash lemon lime soda
- juice of 1 wedge of lime
- wedge lime, to garnish
- margarita salt
Instructions
- Wet the margarita glass with water from the faucet and place the glass in your freezer for a few minutes to achieve a nice frost.
- Next, fill the cocktail shaker with ice then get out a jigger or shot glass to measure the ingredients for the margarita. A shot of liquor is 1.5 oz.
- Pour a shot of gold tequila, a shot of Cointreau, a shot of Grand Marnier and a shot of orange juice into the shaker.
- Next, add a splash of orange-flavored bitters, Rose’s lime juice, lemon lime soda and a squeeze of fresh lime. Remember, just a splash of each—you don’t want to overdo the flavor of the margarita. Using more than one splash of bitters will make your drink taste too sour!
- Place the cap on the cocktail shaker and then shake vigorously. For an extra-cold margarita, place the cocktail shaker in the freezer for a few extra minutes to chill.
- Meanwhile, pull the margarita glass out of the freezer. Because the glass is already ‘wet’ with frost, just dip the rim in margarita salt. If you don’t freeze your glass prior to pouring the drink, just wet the rim with water before rimming with salt.
- Pour fresh ice in a glass or use the ice already chilling in the cocktail shaker.
- Remove the cocktail shaker from the freezer and give it one more good shake! Then pour the mixture into the margarita glass.
- Garnish with fresh lime and enjoy!