Drink - Classic Margarita recipes
Just three ingredients—tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. Icy cold, shaken (not stirred), with good blanco tequila and plenty of fresh lime juice, this classic cocktail quenches like none other.
Classic Margaritas On the Rocks

Classic Margaritas recipe - Just 4 ingredients to a homemade margarita on the rocks: Repasado Tequila, Cointreau, Lime juice, and a pinch of sweetener.
Provided by: Aberdeen
Total time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 2 servings
Number of ingredients: 6
Provided by: Aberdeen
Total time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 2 servings
Number of ingredients: 6
Ingredients:
- 4 ounces Reposado tequila
- 2 ounces Cointreau (you can also use triple sec)
- 1 1/2 ounces fresh lime juice
- 1/2 ounce sweetened lime juice (optional, otherwise use another 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice)
- Agave nectar or simple syrup to sweeten, as desired
- Coarse salt and lime slices to garnish
How to cook:
- Run a lime slice along the rim of your margarita glass. Dip the rim the glass onto a small plate with coarse salt until coated. Set aside.
- Mix tequila, cointreau, and lime juices together in a cocktail shaker. Shake until combined.
- Taste and add sweetener as desired. Start with a small amount, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon. Mix after each addition and taste again (I prefer mine with little to no sweetener but most people like a touch of sweet).
- Fill salt rimmed glasses with ice. Pour the margarita mix in the cocktail shaker over the ice. Garnish with a lime slice and serve immediately.
Classic Margarita

The Margarita is a classic for a reason! Just three ingredients—tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. Salted rim optional.
Provided by: Garrett McCord
Total time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 6
Provided by: Garrett McCord
Total time: 10 minutes
Prep time: 10 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Number of ingredients: 6
Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 ounce blanco tequila (also called plato or silver tequila)
- 1 ounce orange liqueur, such as Triple Sec, Cointreau, or Grand-Marnier
- 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
- Plenty of kosher or flake salt for glass, optional (do not use iodized salt)
- Ice cubes, optional
- Lime wedges for garnish, optional
Nutrition:
- Calories: 168 kcal
- Carbohydrate: 9 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Sodium: 1 mg
- Sugar: 8 g
- Fat: 0 g
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Salt your glass (optional): Pour some kosher salt into a wide bowl or small dish. Take a wedge of lime and generously rub it around the rim of your glass. Dip the rim into the salt. Fill the glass with some fresh ice and set aside. (Skip the ice if you like your margarita straight up.)
- Make the cocktail: Place the tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake for 10 seconds, and then strain into a prepared cocktail glass. Garnish with a lime wedge if desired.
Classic Margaritas on the Rocks

This classic margarita recipe on the rocks combines freshly squeezed lime juice, tequila and a splash of orange liqueur. It's the best margarita you'll wrap your lips around.
Provided by: Lisa B.
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: Mexican
Number of ingredients: 4
Provided by: Lisa B.
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: Mexican
Number of ingredients: 4
Ingredients:
- 1 oz. freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1.5 oz. tequila (good tequila! Don't skimp here!)
- 1 oz. orange liqueur
- 1/4 oz. simple syrup
How to cook:
- Pour ingredients into a shaker filled with ice.
- Shake until well combined.
- Pour over ice into salt-rimmed glasses.
Perfect Margarita

Is there anything quite like a perfect margarita? Icy cold, shaken (not stirred), with good blanco tequila and plenty of fresh lime juice, this classic cocktail quenches like none other.
Provided by: The Modern Proper
Total time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: Mexican
Number of ingredients: 5
Provided by: The Modern Proper
Total time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 1 serving
Cuisine: Mexican
Number of ingredients: 5
Ingredients:
- 2 oz blanco tequila
- 1.5 oz fresh squeezed lime juice
- .5 oz triple sec (like Cointreau or Combier)
- 2 splashes Angostura bitters
- salt (optional)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 269 calories
- Carbohydrate: 4 grams carbohydrates
- Cholesterol: 0 milligrams cholesterol
- Fat: 0 grams fat
- Fiber: 0 grams fiber
- Protein: 0 grams protein
- Saturated Fat: 0 grams saturated fat
- Sodium: 0 milligrams sodium
- Sugar: 1 grams sugar
- Place salt on a small plate
- Rub rim of a rocks glass with lime (reserve for serving); dip the rim in plate of salt
- Fill with ice and set aside.Combine tequila, lime juice, cointreau and bitters in a cocktail shaker
- Fill shaker with ice, cover, and shake vigorously until outside of shaker is very cold, about 20 seconds
- Pour through a strainer into prepared glass