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Straight on shot of a pickle margarita in a mason jar with a pickle inside and a jar of pickles behind it.

Pickle Margarita

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  • Author: Erin Jensen
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 1 serving 1x
  • Category: Drink
  • Method: Counter Top
  • Cuisine: American

Description

This Pickle Margarita recipe is going to surprise you! So bright and delicious and perfect for a hot summer day!


Ingredients

Scale
  • lime wedge
  • coarse kosher salt
  • ice
  • 1.5oz tequila
  • 1.5oz orange liqueur
  • 1oz lime juice
  • 1oz simple syrup
  • 22.5oz pickle juice
  • garnish: pickle spear + fresh dill 

Instructions

  1. Rub a lime wedge along the edge of a glass. Place some coarse kosher salt on a small plate. Flip the glass upside down and rub the rim in the salt, so it sticks to the rim of the glass. 
  2. Flip the glass back over and add ice. 
  3. Add tequila, orange liquor, lime juice, simple syrup, and 2oz pickle juice to a cocktail shaker. Shake to combine and pour over ice. Taste and if you want a little more pickle flavor add another .5oz of pickle juice. 
  4. Garnish with a pickle spear and some fresh dill. 

Notes

  • Pickle flavor: we tested this with 1.5oz, 2oz, and 2.5oz of pickle juice. We agreed 1.5oz just wasn’t enough of a pickle taste. We LOVED 2oz and some of us loved the 2.5oz of pickle juice. For the record we also tested 3oz of pickle juice and it was just … too much pickle 🙂 
  • Pickle Brand: For this recipe I would highly suggest using a brand such as Claussen pickles or our homemade pickles. Something light, bright, and fresh. I wouldn’t use the brands that are artificially colored with that yellow/green color! I just don’t think it would taste the same. 

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 cocktail
  • Calories: 330
  • Sugar: 33.2 g
  • Sodium: 437.9 mg
  • Fat: 0.2 g
  • Carbohydrates: 37 g
  • Protein: 0.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 0 mg