Vampiro Drink
The Vampiro Drink is a cocktail with a bite! This effervescent Mexican tequila cocktail is sweet, salty, savory and spicy all at once.
Servings 1
Calories 238kcal
Ingredients
Vampiro cocktail
- 3 ounces sangrita see note
- 1 ½ ounce blanco tequila
- 1 ½ ounce lemon-lime soda
- ½ ounce lime juice from about ½ lime
- 1 pinch chili-lime seasoning plus more for the rim
- 1 wedge lime for garnish
- 1 top jalapeño pepper for garnish
Sangrita
- 6 ounces tomato juice
- 4 ounces orange juice
- 2 ounces lime juice
- 1-2 dashes hot sauce to taste
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch black pepper to taste
- 1 medium jalapeño pepper or ancho chile pepper, halved with seeds left in
Instructions
Sangrita
- In a mixing bowl, combine tomato juice, orange juice, lime juice, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Stir together.6 ounces tomato juice, 4 ounces orange juice, 2 ounces lime juice, 1-2 dashes hot sauce, 1 pinch salt, 1 pinch black pepper
- Add the pepper halves with seeds and leave them in for 15-30 minutes, depending on how spicy you’d like it to be.1 medium jalapeño pepper
- Remove the pepper halves.
- Decant into a pitcher. Refrigerate until ready to drink or serve immediately over ice.
Vampiro drink
- Place chili-lime seasoning. Rub a lime wedge around the edge of the glass. Roll the rim of the glasses in the seasoning to coat the rim.1 pinch chili-lime seasoning
- Add sangrita, tequila and lime juice to a cocktail shaker filled with ice.3 ounces sangrita, 1 ½ ounce blanco tequila, ½ ounce lime juice
- Shake well and strain into a rocks glass filled with ice.
- Top with lemon-lime soda and add another sprinkle of chili-lime seasoning.1 ½ ounce lemon-lime soda, 1 pinch chili-lime seasoning
- Garnish with a lime wedge and the top half of a cut jalapeño pepper.1 wedge lime, 1 top jalapeño pepper
Notes
If you do not wish to create sangrita from scratch, you can make a substitute mixture of two parts tomato juice and one part each orange juice and lime juice. For one cocktail, shake up 1½ ounce tomato juice, ¾ ounce grapefruit juice and ¾ ounce orange juice.
Nutrition
Serving: 6.5oz | Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 170mg | Potassium: 952mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 1582IU | Vitamin C: 148mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 2mg
