Michelada cocktail

Name: Michelada cocktail
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: Serves 1
Cuisine: Mexican recipes
Ingredients: 2 tbsp sea salt; 1 tbsp chilli powder; Lime juice; 2 tbsp lime juice; 2 dashes hot sauce; 1 dash soy sauce; 1 dash Worcestershire sauce; A pinch of pepper; 1 ice-cold Mexican beer such as Corona; Lime wedges, to serve

Easy
October 2009

Easy
October 2009

Serves 1
Takes 5 minutes

Looking for a beer-based cocktail? Then the Michelada could be the answer. It’s a popular, and refreshing, Latin-American cocktail known in Spanish as cerveza preparada (prepared beer).

And if you’re having a South-American themed-party, here’s a caipirinha recipe for you.

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Ingredients

2 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp chilli powder
Lime juice
2 tbsp lime juice
2 dashes hot sauce
1 dash soy sauce
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
A pinch of pepper
1 ice-cold Mexican beer such as Corona
Lime wedges, to serve

2 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp chilli powder
Lime juice
2 tbsp lime juice
2 dashes hot sauce
1 dash soy sauce
1 dash Worcestershire sauce
A pinch of pepper
1 ice-cold Mexican beer such as Corona
Lime wedges, to serve

Method

Mix sea salt and chilli powder on a saucer, run a little lime juice around the rim of a glass, then dip into the chilli mix.
Fill the glass with ice, add 2 tbsp lime juice, 2 dashes hot sauce, 1 dash soy sauce, 1 dash Worcestershire sauce and a pinch of pepper. Slowly pour in an ice-cold Mexican beer such as Corona. Decorate with lime wedges, stir and enjoy.

Method

Mix sea salt and chilli powder on a saucer, run a little lime juice around the rim of a glass, then dip into the chilli mix.
Fill the glass with ice, add 2 tbsp lime juice, 2 dashes hot sauce, 1 dash soy sauce, 1 dash Worcestershire sauce and a pinch of pepper. Slowly pour in an ice-cold Mexican beer such as Corona. Decorate with lime wedges, stir and enjoy.