Smoked Classic Margarita

Closeup of a pair of smoke margaritas with lime wedges and a salt rim on a distressed wooden board.

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Take your next at-home happy hour to the next level with our Classic Smoked Margarita! A perfectly balanced homemade tequila or mezcal margarita is given a deliciously smoky finish with your smoking saucer and a handful of wood chips - just add a handful or tortilla chips and our favorite dip!

Prep: 10

Smoking Time: 1

Total: 11

Recipe makes approximately 1

Equipment Needed

Smoking saucer
Cognac cherry or applewood chips

Ingredients Needed

2 ounces tequila (or mezcal)
1 ounce Cointreau (or other good orange liqueur)
1 ounce fresh lime juice
¾ ounce agave syrup
ice
lime wedge + coarse salt (for the rim - you can also use smoked salt or Tajín here, or even a salt-sugar combination)

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Instructions

Rim a rocks glass with lime and salt (half rim looks best). Fill with fresh ice.
Smoke the glass using your smoking saucer (cognac cherry or applewood both work well) and set aside.
Add tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, and agave to a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice and shake hard until very cold and slightly diluted — about 15 seconds.
Double strain into the smoked glass. Garnish with a lime wheel or wedge.

Recipe Notes

Use mezcal: Mezcal in place of the tequila will make a slightly more complex margarita.

Pick your rim: There are so many different rim options depending on what you fancy: just salt (choose a nice sea salt for the best flavor), sugar and salt for a bit of sweetness, or Tajin and salt for a spicy kick!

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