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    If you're looking for a margarita with orange juice, you'll love this Texas margarita recipe. It's so easy to make, and it's such a delicious twist on the standard margarita. 

    You'll love this margarita with orange juice, otherwise known as a Texas margarita

    It's easy to make. With a few simple ingredients, this is the perfect margarita for those hot summer nights! You can easily make just one margarita, or you can easily make this into a batched cocktail. 

    It's refreshing. The fresh orange juice adds such a refreshing twist to a classic margarita recipe. 

    It can be made into a batched cocktail. Because this doesn't have any carbonated ingredients, it can easily be made into a big batch cocktail for your next party. Everyone will love this classic Texas margarita recipe. 

    This orange juice margarita is such a refreshing margarita recipe, and it's also known as a Texas Margarita!

    What is a Texas margarita?

    A Texas margarita has a splash of orange juice on top of all the ingredients of the traditional margarita recipe. It's perfect for happy hour or to pair with your favorite tacos. 

    Ingredients

    Tequila. I recommend using Blanco, or silver tequila, versus gold tequila in this cocktail. That is my favorite tequila when making margaritas. 

    Fresh Orange Juice. I highly recommend using fresh orange juice! Especially if you are only making a few cocktails, it's so easy to get fresh orange juice with a citrus juicer! If you are making this into a big batch cocktail, I totally get not wanting to squeeze a bunch of oranges. If you have grocery stores that offer fresh squeezed orange juice in the produce section, I recommend using that. 

    Fresh Lime Juice. For the best flavor, you have to use fresh lime juice for any margarita recipe. 

    Light Agave Nectar. You need a little bit of sweetness added to get the best margarita, and light agave syrup offsets the zestiness of the lime while still enhancing that sweet orange juice flavor. 

    Orange Liqueur. I always have triple sec on my bar, but you can use Grand Marnier or Cointreau for this margarita recipe, too. 

    How to make a Texas margarita

    1. Using a lime wedge, wet the rim of your glass. Dip the wet rim into margarita salt. Set your prepared glass aside.
    2. In a cocktail shaker, add your tequila, orange juice, fresh lime juice, light agave syrup, and orange liquor.
    3. Add ice and shake until the shaker is frosted.
    4. Add ice to your salted-rim glass and strain your margarita into the glass.
    5. Garnish with an orange wheel and a lime wheel, and enjoy! 
    This orange juice margarita is such a refreshing margarita recipe, and it's also known as a Texas Margarita!

    how to add a salt rim to a margarita glass

    It is so easy to add a salted rim to your favorite margarita cocktail recipes. Here's how to do it.

    1. Place a bit of salt on a plate, or anything with a flat surface. 
    2. Wet the rim of the glass. There are a handful of ways to do this. You can simply use water, agave nectar, honey, or my personal favorite is using fresh lime juice. 
    3.  Dip the wet rim of the glass into the plate with the salt. 
    4. Continue to move the glass around until the rim is properly salted.
    5. Make your margarita and enjoy!

    Garnish ideas

    • Lime Wheel
    • Lime Twist
    • Orange Slice
    • Orange Twist
    • Dehydrated Lime
    • Dehydrated Orange

    Substitutions and variations

    Blood Orange Margarita. Swap out the orange juice for blood orange juice for not only a great cocktail, but the color will be stunning. 

    Spicy Texas Margarita. If you want some heat, I recommend adding a few slices of jalapeno and muddling them. You could also swap out the light agave for hot honey! 

    This orange juice margarita is such a refreshing margarita recipe, and it's also known as a Texas Margarita!

    Best tequila for a Texas margarita

    I always recommend using Blanco tequila, or silver tequila, for margarita recipes. Blanco is not an aged tequila, like Reposado or Añejo, so it allows the flavors of your margarita to be the stars of the show.

    You can use Reposado for margaritas, but you'll get that richer, aged taste. You'll notice that in these photos I used Reposado tequila, and it is delicious! Reposado tequila is aged for anywhere from two months to a year in oak barrels before being bottled. That's where the golden hue and the richer flavor come from.

    Añejo is tequila aged for anywhere from one to three years and is truly made to be sipped on. So, I would recommend not making a margarita with Añejo tequila, and rather pour it over ice and enjoying it straight.

    What to serve with a Texas margarita

    You can serve so many things with this Texas margarita! Air fryer chicken fajitas or baked chicken tacos are great options if you're looking for dinner recipes. If you're looking for appetizers or sides, you can opt for this avocado crema, roasted corn salsa, or the best blender salsa. 

    This orange juice margarita is such a refreshing margarita recipe, and it's also known as a Texas Margarita!

    FAQs

    What is the difference between a Texas margarita and a regular margarita?

    A Texas margarita has orange juice in addition to all the ingredients in a regular margarita. 

    Can I use triple sec instead of Cointreau in margarita?

    ​Yes!

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    This orange juice margarita is such a refreshing margarita recipe, and it's also known as a Texas Margarita!

    Orange Juice Margarita

    This orange juice margarita is such a refreshing margarita recipe, and it's also known as a Texas Margarita!
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    Servings 1 margarita

    Ingredients
      

    • 1.5 oz. Tequila
    • ¼ Fresh Orange
    • ¼ Fresh Lime
    • 3 oz. Orange Juice
    • Ice

    Instructions
     

    • In a cocktail shaker, pour in 1.5 oz. of tequila, ¼ orange, ¼ lime and 3 oz. orange juice per cocktail being made.
    • Add ice into the shaker, shake until visibly frosted.
    • Strain over ice into you margarita glass.
    • Garnish with an orange slice and a lime slice.

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