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Tequila Sunrise Cocktail Recipe
A delicious tequila cocktail recipe made with just 3 simple ingredients; silver tequila, orange juice and grenadine. When it is poured together it looks like a beautiful sunrise with colors of red, pink and orange!
Course
Drinks
Cuisine
Mexican
Prep Time
2
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
0
minutes
minutes
Servings
1
drink
Author
Susie Weinrich
Equipment
High Ball Glass
Cocktail Jigger
Ingredients
4
oz
Orange Juice
2
oz
silver tequila
.5
oz
grenadine syrup
ice
Garnish
orange wheel and/or maraschino cherry
for an upgraded garnish use candied orange wheel (Trader Joe's is great) and Luxardo Brandied Cherries
Instructions
Fill a highball glass with ice.
Pour in the tequila and orange juice.
4 oz Orange Juice,
2 oz silver tequila
Slowly pour the grenadine syrup over the back of a spoon so that it sinks to the bottom of the glass and creates the “sunrise” effect.
Don't stir yet!
.5 oz grenadine syrup
Garnish with an orange slice and a maraschino cherry.
orange wheel and/or maraschino cherry,
for an upgraded garnish use candied orange wheel (Trader Joe's is great) and Luxardo Brandied Cherries
Serve.
When it's time to drink, stir the cocktail to mix the ingredients.
Notes
TEQUILA:
Since this is a fruit forward drink you do not need a super expensive tequila. Here are some mid-range ones we like:
Espolon
Cazadores
Jose Cuervo Traditional
CORONA SUNRISE-
check out this shortcut beer version of a Tequila Sunrise -
Corona Sunrise.