Spicy Chili-Lime Michelada
A tangy, spicy Mexican beer cocktail with a chili-salt rim, lime juice, and hot sauce. Mix, pour, and sip—no prep required beyond rimming the glass.
- Total time
- 5 min
- Servings
- 1
- Calories
- 145
- Protein
- 1g
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Ingredients
- 12 fl oz Mexican lager or pilsner beer
- ½ whole lime
- ½ tbsp hot sauce (e.g. Valentina or Tabasco)
- ¼ tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp chili powder
- ½ tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Mix chili powder and salt on a small plate. Rub the rim of a tall glass with lime, then dip into the chili-salt mixture.
- 2
Fill the glass with ice. Squeeze the remaining lime half into the glass.
- 3
Add hot sauce and Worcestershire sauce to the glass.
- 4
Pour the cold beer slowly into the glass, stirring gently to combine.
- 5
Serve immediately with a lime wheel on the rim if desired.
Tools you’ll need
- small plate
- tall glass
- bar spoon or cocktail stirrer
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