Michelada Recipe (with Homemade Clamato Juice)
Made with Mexican beer, homemade Clamato Juice, hot sauce, and fresh lime juice, this Easy Michelada Recipe is a light, refreshing, and delicious way to beat the summer heat.
Servings: 2 drinks
Calories: 175kcal
Ingredients
For the Clamato Juice
- 2.25 cups unsweetened tomato juice
- 1 cup clam juice
- 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce - plus more to taste
- 2 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
For the Micheladas
- 3 tablespoon coarse sea salt
- 1 tbsp + 1/4 tsp chili powder - divided
- ice cubes
- ¼ cup fresh lime juice
- ⅔ cup Homemade Clamato Juice
- 4 drops Hot sauce - plus more to taste
- ⅔ bottle Mexican Lager Beer - approximately 4 ounces each cocktail
Instructions
For the Clamato Juice
- Add all ingredients (tomato juice, clam juice, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, lemon juice, onion powder, black pepper) for the Clamato juice to a large pitcher. Using a long spoon, mix well to combine. Cover with plastic wrap or seal with a fitted lid until and store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
For the Micheladas
- Mix together the sea salt and chili powder on a small, shallow plate.
- Run a lime wedge along the rim of each beer glass and immediately dip them into the sea salt mixture to coat.
- Fill each glass with ice. Divide the lime juice and homemade Clamato juice between the two glasses. Divide the remaining 1/4 teaspoon chili powder and hot sauce. Mix well to combine.
- Top off each glass with your favorite Mexican Lager beer and stir. Garnish with lime wedges or jalapeño wedges, if desired.
Notes
- Nutrition information is for the entire batch of homemade Clamato juice + two Michelada cocktails. As such, the calorie and sodium content per cocktail shown is significantly higher than it would be per cocktail.
Nutrition
Calories: 175kcal | Carbohydrates: 34g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 11093mg | Potassium: 958mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 3545IU | Vitamin C: 73.1mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2.9mg
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