Spicy Blood Orange Margarita

5 from 2 votes

This Spicy Blood Orange Margarita is refreshing with a kick of peppery spice. Fresh jalapeños and blood oranges work well with blanco tequila and lime in this cocktail.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keyword: alcohol, blood orange, jalapeño, lime, margarita, spicy, tequila

Servings: cocktail

Calories: 223kcal

Author: Kimberly Salem

Equipment

Cocktail shaker and strainer
Jigger or measuring cup
Cocktail serving glass (embossed lowball glass)
Citrus juicer (if using fresh citrus)
Knife and cutting board (for garnish and citrus)

Ingredients

Garnish

1 fresh jalapeño for garnish, plus more if you want to muddle them in the cocktail shaker for an extra kick
½ blood orange slice for garnish
kosher salt for the rim - you can use Tajin chili lime this, but kosher salt will allow the peppery jalapeño flavor to come through more.

Cocktail

¾ ounces lime juice preferably fresh squeezed
¾ ounces jalapeño simple syrup
2 ounces blanco tequila
2 ounces blood orange juice preferably fresh squeezed

Instructions

Garnish Prep

Start by prepping your garnish. Slice a fresh jalapeño and set the slices aside.
Cut a blood orange in half and then cut a ¼" slice of one side. Cut that slice in half and set aside.
Prep your serving glass by cutting a lime in half and rubbing the cut side along the rim of the glass to wet it. Then, dip it in the salt and set aside.

Cocktail

Optional: add a few slices of fresh jalapeño to your cocktail shaker and smash them with a muddler if you want an extra peppery kick.
Add in the lime juice, jalapeño syrup, tequila and blood orange juice into your cocktail shaker.
Fill the shaker with ice and give it about 15-20 hard shakes.
Add ice to your serving glass and then strain the drink into the glass.
Add a few fresh jalapeño slices to the glass and then rest the blood orange slice on the rim of the glass.
Serve immediately.

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