Fresh, Light Skinny Margarita With Orange

Want a fresh margarita that isn't weighed down by mixers? Learn how to make our favorite skinny margarita cocktail made with fresh squeezed orange and lime juices and sweetened with agave. You don't have to sacrifice taste for a light and tasty marg!

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Total Time 10

Servings

Author Melissa Erdelac

Ingredients

1 ½ ounces (42.52 g) tequila
1 ounce (28.35 g) fresh lime juice about 1 lime
1 ½ ounces (kg) fresh orange juice about ½ orange
2 teaspoons (14.17 g) agave nectar or simple syrup
½ ounce (14.17 g) triple sec
course salt for rimming glass

Instructions

If you like a salt-rimmed glass, use a lime slice to wipe around the top of the glass and then turn over onto a plate filled with course salt. Fill glass with ice.
Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and add a few cubes of ice. Shake vigorously and strain into prepared glass. Garnish glass with lime slice.
1 ½ ounces tequila, 1 ounce fresh lime juice, 1 ½ ounces fresh orange juice, 2 teaspoons agave nectar or simple syrup, ½ ounce triple sec

Notes

Making in a Pitcher

A pitcher of margaritas contains about 11 drinks, or about 6 cups (48 ounces).

2 cups tequila
1 ¼ cup lime juice (about 10-14 limes)
⅔ cup oj (about 3-4 oranges)
⅔ cup triple sec
½ cup agave nectar or simple syrup

Place all ingredients in a large pitcher, mix well, and add ice. Serve with glasses of ice, rimmed with salt, and additional lime wedges.

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