Fresh Strawberry Margarita On The Rocks
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A delicious drink for a Cinco de Mayo happy hour or your next taco night, this delicious and easy fresh strawberry margarita on the rocks is full of simple ingredients like real strawberries, blanco tequila, and fresh limes.
Strawberry season is the BEST in Michigan. The strawberries grown in the field here are a different variety than what I can buy in the stores and the berries taste so different when they’ve been allowed to ripen on the vine (vs on a truck from California or Florida).
My daughter and I always pick many, MANY pounds of strawberries each summer and with that comes an array of delicious strawberry recipes to make. These fresh strawberry margaritas are one of my favorite ways to use those fantastic berries.
Because this easy margarita recipe uses fresh strawberries (instead of strawberry puree), the strawberry flavor is a bit more subtle. Want to increase the strawberry flavor? Add another berry or two to the cocktail shaker when you’re muddling and/or swap out the simple syrup for strawberry syrup.
Why serve a traditional margarita on the rocks? Because I’m too lazy to get out a blender and that’s a lot of dishes to wash!
And because when it comes to cocktails – especially margaritas – I like my ice in cube form instead of whirred into the ingredients. Can you make this into a frozen margarita? Absolutely. Just add all of the ingredients into a blender instead of a cocktail shaker, along with 4-5 ice cubes, and blend it up!
Ingredients
- Blanco tequila – Choose your favorite good blanco tequila or silver tequila. Skip the gold or reposado tequila for this recipe. They’re aged in oak barrels and that flavor will overwhelm the strawberry in this drink.
- Fresh lime – Fresh lime juice is a key ingredient in any margarita. It’s what separates a good margarita from a great margarita. Always squeeze a fresh lime for your drink. Plus you’ll want a lime slice for garnish. You’ll need about 1 lime per cocktail.
- Simple syrup – Easy to make at home with 2 ingredients, stir up your simple syrup a few hours before you make your drinks so it has time to chill.
- Orange liqueur – Choose your favorite orange liqueur for this recipe. I prefer Cointreau in my margaritas, but you could use a different orange liqueur like Grand Marnier or triple sec in your drink if you prefer, or if that’s what you have on hand.
- Fresh, ripe strawberries – Super ripe berries work best for this recipe. Can’t find any? Use frozen strawberries, just be sure to let them thaw completely before using so they’re easy to muddle. If using slices, thaw out 4-5 per drink. For whole berries, just thaw 1 (or 2 if preferred).
- Salt and/or sugar (for garnish) – The choice is yours. Most restaurants server sugar rims with their fruit margaritas, but I find love the sweet/salty combination of a salted rim.
How to Make a Strawberry Margarita on the Rocks (Step by Step)
Prep Your Glass:
Mix together equal parts coarse salt and white sugar crystals in a shallow dish. Run a slice of lime around the rim of a rocks glass.
Dip the rim of the glass into the salt-sugar mixture. (I added crushed, freeze/dried strawberries here.)
Fill your glass with fresh ice and set aside.
Make Your Drink:
Place the strawberry slices and lime juice in a cocktail shaker.
Muddle to crush the strawberries.
Add tequila, simple syrup, and orange liqueur. Fill the shaker half full with ice cubes.
Cover and shake well. Strain into your prepared glass. Garnish with a lime wedge and/or small strawberry. Enjoy!
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Fresh Strawberry Margarita on the Rocks Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 oz silver tequila
- 1 oz lime juice, fresh squeezed
- 1 oz simple syrup
- 0.5 oz orange liqueur
- 1 large fresh strawberry
- Salt and sugar, garnish
Instructions
- Mix together equal parts coarse salt and white sugar crystals in a shallow dish.
- Run a slice of lime around the rim of a rocks glass.
- Dip the rim of your glass into the salt-sugar mixture.
- Fill your glass with ice and set aside.
- Cut the greens off the strawberry and slice it up.
- Place the strawberry slices in a cocktail shaker.
- Add lime juice and muddle to crush the strawberry.
- Add tequila, simple syrup, and orange liqueur.
- Fill the shaker half full with ice cubes.
- Cover and shake well.
- Strain into your prepared glass.
- Garnish with a lime wheel and/or small strawberry.
- Enjoy!
Notes
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How to Garnish a Strawberry Margarita
You can dress up this strawberry and tequila drink in lots of fun ways!
- Garnish this delicious strawberry margarita with a fresh strawberry, dehydrated lime wheel, lime wedge or fresh lime slice .
- Want to really go over-the-top with your garnish? Finely crush some freeze dried strawberries and mix them with coarse salt and/or sugar crystals and use it for rimming the glass. NOTE: Use this mixture immediately. If you let it sit, the strawberry pieces will soften and it will get gummy and unusable.
- Leave out the sugar for a salted rim, or leave out the salt for a sugar rim. I love them mixed together, but that’s personal preference so make it your own!
- Use a large, clear ice cube for maximum impact from the gorgeous color of this margarita.
Looking for More Strawberry Drink Recipes?
Strawberries are so delicious in drinks, wither fresh, frozen, or made into syrup. Try my easy strawberry moscow mule or strawberry lemon drop, both made with homemade strawberry simple syrup. Fresh berries are muddled for my fresh strawberry pineapple martini. Or pair them with your favorite bourbon for my summery strawberry bourbon cocktail.
Increase the Strawberry Flavor with Simple Syrup
Want to increase the amount of strawberry flavor in your cocktail? Swap out the traditional simple syrup for strawberry syrup for lots of big strawberry flavor in your margarita. >Get the recipe for my homemade strawberry syrup
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