cucumber mint margarita

This cucumber mint margarita is cool, refreshing, and, like any good margarita: perfectly sweet, tart, and strong. I just love the combination of cool cucumber and earthy tequila. Add a salt rim and spicy salsa, and what more could you need? 

There are a lot of fun ways to modify this recipe that I share below. Make it spicy with muddled jalapeños, blend it up for a frozen slushy marg that is just SO good on a hot summer day, or batch it in a big pitcher and pull it out of the fridge when your friends come over. 

This cocktail is simple, elegant and so memorable. I hope you make it today!

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cucumber margarita ingredients:

how to make a cucumber margarita

1. Rim the glass with salt and fill with ice
2. Muddle cucumber, mint and simple syrup in a shaker
3. Add tequila, lime juice and Cointreau
4. Fill with ice and shake until cold
5. Strain twice to remove any bits of mint or cucumber, ending the final strain in the prepped glass
6. Enjoy!

make it your own:

• Muddle in chunks of watermelon
• Make it spicy: muddle some sliced jalapeños
• Swap the mint for cilantro or basil
• Muddle in a few extra-ripe strawberries for a fruity berry note

salt rim variations:

• Spicy rim: mix 2 tsp chili powder with 3 tbsp kosher salt
• Tajin rim (tangy, salty, and spicy!): fill your dish with straight Tajin and rim as usual
• Salt and pepper rim: mix ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper with 3 tbsp kosher salt
• Sugared mint rim: Grind up 4 chopped mint sprigs and 2 tbsp turbinao sugar in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle until finely ground. Stir in 2 more tbsp turbinado sugar and rim as usual.

make this a frozen cucumber margarita (serves 4):

• ½ cucumber, peeled and chopped 
• 8 fresh mint sprigs
• 4 oz (½ cup) simple syrup
• 6 oz (¾ cup) 100% blue agave blanco tequila
• 4 oz (½ cup) fresh lime juice
• 4 oz (½ cup) Cointreau
• 4 cups ice, plus more as needed

Add cucumber, mint and simple syrup to a high-powered blender. Blend until smooth. Add the tequila, lime juice, Cointreau and ice. Blend on high until mixture is a slushy consistency. Add more ice, if needed. Pour in glasses with a salted rim and enjoy!

make a cucumber margarita pitcher (serves 8):

• 1 cucumber, chopped 
• 16 fresh mint sprigs
• 1 cup simple syrup
• 1 ½ cups 100% blue agave blanco tequila
• 1 cup fresh lime juice
• 1 cup Cointreau

Muddle the cucumber, mint and simple syrup in the bottom of a pitcher. Add tequila, lime juice and Cointreau and stir to combine. Chill at least 30 minutes in the fridge. Fill with ice and serve.

more tequila cocktails:

pineapple margarita

mango margarita

hibiscus margarita with ginger sugar

blood orange margarita

spiced tamarind margarita

mezcal sour with strawberries and ginger

mexican mule (tequila ginger beer cocktail)

spicy margarita

strawberry margarita

ranch water

tequila sour

cantarito

what to serve with this cucumber margarita:

avocado salsa

homemade restaurant-style salsa

mango habanero salsa

spicy dried red chile salsa

tomatillo red chili salsa

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