Taco Cocktail

Time: 15 min.
Complexity: easily
Quantity: 1 cocktail

Bartenders sometimes garnish their cocktails with ingredients from the kitchen, but this unique drink is more than half made up of ingredients from the famous Mexican snack, the taco. Nacho-flavored chips, cilantro, radishes, beef broth, fresh jalapeños, and spices seem like they have nothing in common with the drink, but when paired with tequila, mezcal, and Mexican beer, you'll have a stunning taco-flavored cocktail. Before serving, rim the glasses with lime juice and dip them in a mixture of crushed chips and spices. Each drink is garnished with cilantro and vegetable slices, a delightful accompaniment to the savory concoction.

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Recipe:

In a blender, combine 0.5 cups each tomato juice and beef broth, 6 nacho chips, 1/4 cup cilantro, 4 jalapeño rings, 0.5 teaspoon ancho chili powder, and 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve. For each cocktail, combine 60 ml in a shaker with ice. tomato mixture for making a cocktail, 30 ml. tequila, 15 ml. mezcal, 7 ml. lime juice, and a pinch of salt. Shake, then strain into a wide-bodied glass filled with ice and rimmed with crushed nacho chips mixed with chili powder and cumin. Top each glass with Mexican lager. Garnish with cilantro, lime, jalapeño, and/or radish.