Basic Margarita

Name: Basic Margarita
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 2 ounces Tequila (Reposado gives the best flavor, but any will do); 1/2 ounce Triple Sec (Look for Cointreau, or any orange-flavored liqueur); 1 ounce Fresh lime juice; 2 teaspoons Superfine sugar; Ice; Salt

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Prep 5 min
Total 5 min
Servings 1

Bring a taste of sunny Mexico into your own kitchen with this basic recipe for making the best ever margarita! MORE+ LESS-

By TBSP Susan

Updated July 14, 2015

Ingredients

ounces Tequila (Reposado gives the best flavor, but any will do)

1/2

ounce Triple Sec (Look for Cointreau, or any orange-flavored liqueur)

ounce Fresh lime juice

teaspoons Superfine sugar

Ice

Salt

Steps

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1

Get your glasses ready before you start mixing the margarita. Use a lime wedge to wipe around the rim of the glass, and dip the glass into a saucer of salt.
2

Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker, and tip in a cup of ice. Cover and shake for a few seconds. Pour margarita into the prepared glass over ice.

Expert Tips

Mix in blended fruit or other juices to change the flavor and color of your margarita. Strawberry margarita: Substitute the fresh lime juice for 1 1/2 oz of limeade, and add a handful of strawberries into the mix. Use frozen strawberries and mix ingredients in a blender to create a frozen strawberry margarita. Blue margarita: Use blue curaçao in place of triple sec to create a blue margarita cocktail with a very similar taste.