Spicy Skinny Margarita

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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 Time10

Infused tequila1

Total Time1 10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings:

Calories: 182kcal

Author: Joanne Stekler

Equipment

1 Cocktail shaker

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.
2 ounces silver (blanco) tequila, 1 jalapeño or other chili pepper
Strain out the pepper and seeds.
If not using right away, store the spicy tequila in a cool, dark place.

Spicy margarita salt

Combine the salt and chipotle powder on a small plate.
2 tablespoons coarse salt, ⅛ teaspoon chipotle powder
Rub the lime wedge around the outside of half of the glass.
½ lime
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.
2 ounces spicy tequila, 1 ounce lime juice, ½ ounce agave nectar
Double strain into your prepared glass, garnish with the dehydrated orange slice or lime wheel, and enjoy!
dried orange slice or lime wheel

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.

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