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Drink · 6 min · 1 rocks glass

Spicy margarita

Press a slice of jalapeño, don't muddle a handful. Heat should finish, not lead.

The sheet · 1 rocks glass · 6 min

easy

Why tonight. Press a slice of jalapeño, don't muddle a handful. Heat should finish, not lead.

What it needs

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  • tequila
  • lime
  • cointreau
  • jalapeno

Method

  1. Muddle two or three slices of jalapeño gently in the tin — press, do not pulverize, or you get bitter green.
  2. 2 oz tequila, ¾ oz lime, ¾ oz Cointreau. Shake and double-strain so no seeds ride along.
  3. Taste before you strain. Chilies vary wildly and heat builds in the shaker while you work.
  4. Salt on the rim matters more here than in a plain margarita — it is what keeps the heat from reading as just hot.

An educational pour, not a reprint of a licensed spec. No allergen or alcohol-safety claim.

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Why each of these is on the list

What the ingredients are actually doing

tequila
Agave, which brings a vegetal, peppery edge no other spirit has.
lime
Sharper and more floral than lemon, and it fades faster — juice it the same hour you use it.
cointreau
Clean bitter orange with real sweetness behind it, so it does two jobs in a sour and lets you use less syrup.
jalapeno
Heat that lives in the ribs and seeds, not the flesh, so you can dial it precisely by how much you take out.

Missing one of them? The substitutions are written against those jobs rather than against a chart, so they say what each replacement costs this dish in particular.

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