Michelada Recipe (with Homemade Clamato Juice)

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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.

Prep Time10

Total Time10

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: Mexican

Keyword: Clamato, Michelada

Servings: drinks

Author: Jessica Randhawa

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

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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.

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