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Spicy Mango Margarita

A sweet and spicy margarita with mango and jalapeño.

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Spirit
Tequila
Glass
Rocks glass
Method
Shaken
Difficulty
Intermediate

Riff on: Margarita

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A frozen mango margarita in a stemmed glass with a chili-salt rim, garnished with a star fruit slice

Spicy Mango Margarita

Ingredients

Ingredients for Spicy Mango Margarita. Tick each one as you add it.
AddedMeasureIngredient
2 oz
1 oz
½ oz
½ oz

Steps

  1. Muddle a few slices of jalapeño in a shaker.
  2. Add the rest of the ingredients with ice and shake well.
  3. Strain into a salt-rimmed rocks glass filled with ice.
  4. Garnish with a lime wheel and jalapeño slice.

Garnish Lime wheel and jalapeño slice

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Batch it For a party of 4–20

Makes 8 drinks, about 40 oz · 1200 ml before ice.

Spicy Mango Margarita batch
AmountIngredient
16 oz · 480 mlTequila
8 oz · 240 mlMango Puree
4 oz · 120 mlLime Juice
4 oz · 120 mlSimple Syrup
Sliced Jalapeño
8 oz · 240 mlCold water, for dilution (approx.)

The water stands in for the melt from shaking: about 25% for a shaken drink. It is an approximation, so taste and adjust. Chill the batch at least 2 hours and pour over fresh ice.

Use a 2 liter pitcher, or split it between two 1 liter bottles.

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Why it works

Mango purée gives body and a ripe sweetness, so only a little simple syrup is needed; lime keeps it bright. Sliced jalapeño, shaken with the drink, adds heat that builds slowly rather than burning up front. A hard shake blends the purée smoothly and chills everything, and serving over ice in a rocks glass tames the spice as it dilutes.

Substitutions

  • Frozen mango, blended and strained, works in place of purée.
  • For milder heat, remove the jalapeño seeds or shake with just one slice.
  • A chili-salt rim adds heat without more jalapeño.

Variations

Questions

How do you control the heat?
Use fewer jalapeño slices, remove the seeds, or strain the drink through a fine strainer to catch the pieces.
Fresh or bottled mango purée?
Either. Bottled purées are often sweetened, so taste and reduce the simple syrup if needed.

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