Best Green Margarita Recipes

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GREEN GATOR LIME MARGARITA



GREEN GATOR LIME MARGARITA image

Categories     Fruit     Drink

Yield 14 glasses

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 1/2 cups ice
14 oz. lime margarita mixer
1/4 tsp margarita salt
1 tbsp tequila
1 8 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
1 tsp citric acid
1/4 cup pineapple juice

Steps:

  • In countertop mixer, mix tequila, salt, and citric acid. Meanwhile, blend remaining ingredients in blender. Blend for 11 minutes on medium. Add to mixer and mix on low for 14 minutes. Pour into 14 margarita glasses or cocktail dispenser. Serve.

GREEN MARGARITA



Green Margarita image

For this bright margarita, use your favorite tequila (we loved it with silver).

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     beverage

Time 5m

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 10

Lime wedge, for rim of glass, plus lime slice, for garnish
Coarse salt, for rim of glass
2 ounces Super Green Juice, recipe follows
2 ounces tequila
1 ounce orange liqueur, such as Cointreau
1 to 2 large, juicy lemons, peel and pith removed
1 medium Granny Smith apple, peeled and cored
2 romaine leaves
1/2 large cucumber
1 cup loosely packed hearty greens, such as spinach or kale

Steps:

  • Moisten the rim of a margarita glass with a wedge of lime, and then roll the glass at an angle in the salt so that only the outside of the glass is salted.
  • Combine the Super Green Juice, tequila and orange liqueur in a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake vigorously for 8 to 10 seconds. Strain into the prepared glass over ice. Garnish with a slice of lime.
  • Juice, in this order, the lemons, apple, romaine, cucumber and greens, following your juicer's specific settings for each. Serve the juice immediately over ice, if desired.

GREEN TEA MARGARITA



Green Tea Margarita image

Provided by Sara Perry

Yield Serves 1

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 lime or lemon wedge
Sauce of granulated sugar for coating rim of glass
1/2 to 2/3 cup strongly brewed Green Chai Spa Tea Blend , frozen into 6 to 8 small ice cubes
2 1/2 tablespoons (1 1/4 ounces) premium tequila
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon orange liqueur, such as Cointreau
2 teaspoons sugar

Steps:

  • Rub the lime wedge around the rim of an old-fashioned glass. Dip and rotate the rim in the saucer of sugar, making sure to keep the sugar on the outside. In a blender, combine the chai ice cubes , tequila, lemon juice, orange liqueur, and sugar. Blend on the pulse setting until slushy. Pour into the sugar-rimmed glass.
  • For those who prefer their libations over ice, fill a sugar-rimmed old-fashioned glass one-third full of chai ice cubes . Follow the recipe for Green Tea Margarita, using the blender's pulse feature to blend the ingredients until the ice is just coarsely chopped and the mixture is frothy. Strain the mixture through a bar strainer into the prepared glass.

SPICY GREEN MARGARITA



Spicy Green Margarita image

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories     beverage

Time 10m

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 0

Steps:

  • Puree 1 cup baby spinach, 1/2 chopped seedless cucumber, 1/2 serrano pepper (seeded for less heat) and 1/4 cup water in a blender; strain through a fine-mesh sieve. For each margarita, shake 1 1/2 ounces each green juice and silver tequila, 3/4 ounce lime juice and 1/4 ounce agave in a shaker with ice. Strain into an ice-filled glass rimmed with chili-lime seasoning. Garnish with a cucumber slice.

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