Margarita recipe

Tequila, Cointreau and lime juice, shaken and strained into a margarita glass, garnished with a slice of lime and salt around the rim of the glass.

  • 2 mins total
  • 4 ingredients
  • Margarita glass
Margarita frozen in a margarita glass with a lime wheel

Recipe card

Margarita

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Margarita glass

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ice, tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice to your cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into a margarita glass.
  4. Garnish with a slice of lime, and salt around the rim of the glass.

No cocktail shaker? Do this instead

  1. Add ice, tequila, Cointreau, and lime juice to a margarita glass.
  2. Garnish with a slice of lime, and salt around the rim of the glass.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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