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Michelada Recipe

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By: IsabelPosted: 8/6/18

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This refreshing Michelada recipe made with Clamato juice and Mexican beer is the perfect cocktail for brunch or alongside your favorite Mexican party foods!

This refreshing Michelada recipe made with Clamato juice and Mexican beer is the perfect cocktail for brunch or alongside your favorite Mexican party foods!

A Michelada in a glass rimmed with salt and chili powder.

Say hello to the best Mexican brunch cocktail – the Michelada! It’s light, refreshing and made with a dash of hot sauce. My kind of cocktail.

I made and photographed this Michelada recipe when my husband was out of town so naturally I ended up drinking both glasses. Oops! I didn’t want to be wasteful and have to throw one away or anything. I was just doing the right thing if you think about it. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.

If you’ve never heard of a Michelada before, you may be asking yourself…

What is a Michelada?

A Michelada is a Mexican cocktail made from tomato juice, beer and spices.

I like to think of Micheladas as the Mexican version of a Bloody Mary because they’re often served at brunch, they’re both touted as hangover cures and they both have that tomato-y quality. But instead of mixing the drink with vodka like a Bloody Mary, it’s mixed with a Mexican beer.

Coarse sea salt and chili powder on a white plate for the rim of a michelada.

Michelada Ingredients

  • Clamato juice
  • lime juice
  • Worcestershire sauce
  • soy sauce
  • hot sauce
  • Mexican lager beer

Most of the ingredients in a Michelada are fairly well known except for maybe the Clamato juice. In case you’ve never heard of it, Clamato juice is a tomato juice cocktail made from tomato juice, spices and clam juice. That’s right, clam juice. It may sound a little weird, but it’s delicious!

It’s similar to a V8 tomato juice, but lighter and has a distinct flavor which works well with all the other ingredients, especially the Mexican beer.

You can find it at your local grocery store near the other juices or you can grab it on Amazon here.

Two micheladas topped with lime wedges next to hot sauce.

How to make a Michelada

  1. Run a lime wedge around the rim of a glass and dip in coarse sea salt and chili powder. Fill beer glass with ice cubes.
  2. Add Clamato juice, lime juice, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, hot sauce and a dash of chili powder.
  3. Top with your favorite Mexican beer. Stir and enjoy immediately.

A Michelada on a marble countertop next to lime wedges, Mexican beer and hot sauce.

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Recipe

4.61 from 41 votes

Michelada Recipe

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This refreshing Michelada recipe made with Clamato juice and Mexican beer is the perfect cocktail for brunch or alongside your favorite Mexican party foods!
Prep: 5 minutes
Total : 10 minutes
This refreshing Michelada recipe made with Clamato juice and Mexican beer is the perfect cocktail for brunch or alongside your favorite Mexican party foods!

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons kosher salt (or any flaky sea salt)
  • 3/4 teaspoon Tajin seasoning (or chili powder)
  • 1 lime, cut into wedges
  • ice cubes
  • 2/3 cup Clamato juice (or V8 tomato juice)
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 4 drops worcestershire sauce
  • 4 drops soy sauce
  • 4 drops hot sauce
  • 1 12-ounce bottle Mexican lager beer

Instructions

  • Mix together the salt and Tajin seasoning on a shallow plate.
  • Moisten the rim of two pint glasses with a lime wedge. Dip the glasses into the salt mixture to coat the rim.
  • Fill both glasses 2/3 full with ice.
  • Divide the Clamato juice, lime juice, worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and hot sauce evenly into each glass.
  • Top both glasses evenly with beer.
  • Garnish with lime wedges and enjoy!

Isabel’s Tips:

If you prefer your Michelada spicy, add more hot sauce.
Any variety of V8 tomato juice will work. The Spicy Hot variety is my personal favorite!

Nutrition Information

Serving: 1drink Calories: 106kcal (5%) Carbohydrates: 26g (9%) Protein: 1g (2%) Fat: 0g Saturated Fat: 0g Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g Monounsaturated Fat: 0g Trans Fat: 0g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 692mg (29%) Potassium: 94mg (3%) Fiber: 0g Sugar: 4g (4%) Vitamin A: 200IU (4%) Vitamin C: 14mg (17%) Calcium: 10mg (1%) Iron: 0.2mg (1%)
Author: Isabel Eats
Course:Drinks
Cuisine:Mexican
This refreshing Michelada recipe made with Clamato juice and Mexican beer is the perfect cocktail for brunch or alongside your favorite Mexican party foods!
Did you Make my Michelada Recipe?Leave a comment below and tag @isabeleats on social media!
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  1. AvatarEstu says

    Posted on 2/17 at 11:35 pm

    4 stars
    Worcestershire sauce… its American sauce hahaha. Took me a while to figure that out in Mexico. My Mexican wife (I mean doesn’t speak English wife) lives on Michelada’s. Everywhere I go in Mexico, from Querteratero to Chetumal I get differences in them. I am trying to find the perfect one.

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  2. AvatarRichard H Bennett says

    Posted on 4/23 at 9:07 pm

    I was raised in E. Los Angeles and tomato beer was the thing. Then I grew up some and made true micheladas. I love them. Now my daughter the heart doc scolds me for all the sodium just in the clamato juice. So I compromised I use low salt spicey V8 juice, more Picante sauce, more lime, and some crushed up cilantro. Yummy a heart-healthy michelada.

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  3. AvatarChris says

    Posted on 12/14 at 7:34 pm

    LOVE micheladas!!! After returning to the US from living in Mexico City for 4 years I bought 8 glass mugs like the ones you show to keep in the freezer for micheladas. I have turned so many people on to this wonderful Mexican drink, especially in the summer though I like them all the time. When you can get Key Limes, they are slightly sweeter and appeal to some. Great recipe and I had not thought to use Clamato, duh!

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  4. AvatarNelda says

    Posted on 9/18 at 12:10 pm

    5 stars
    Instead of just salt on the rim, you can try Tajin seasoning instead. Yummm.

    Reply
    • IsabelIsabel says

      Posted on 9/19 at 10:19 am

      I’ve seen that at restaurants before. Great idea!

      Reply
    • AvatarBkhuna says

      Posted on 7/25 at 6:59 pm

      That’s the way I do it. Tajin is also always at the ready for corn on the cob.

      Reply
      • AvatarDavid says

        Posted on 4/10 at 2:51 pm

        5 stars
        It is delicious on watermelon too!

        Reply
  5. AvatarRGB says

    Posted on 8/4 at 12:07 pm

    Would love to see the recipe for a pitcher, has anyone figured that ratio out?

    Reply
  6. AvatarKenani says

    Posted on 8/19 at 10:17 am

    5 stars
    Dear Isabel, Actually you can substitute fish sauce for soy sauce and it kicks the flavor up quite a bit, but be careful it’s very salty add a touch then taste it, before adding more. Thank you.

    Reply
    • IsabelIsabel says

      Posted on 8/20 at 8:03 pm

      Thanks, Kenani. I’m definitely going to try that next time!

      Reply
  7. Avatarj says

    Posted on 6/7 at 11:14 am

    This is a variation of a Canadian drink called a Caesar. Instead of beer it calls for vodka or gin. It is delicious. You must try it. I will try this to compare and let you know. My heart and tastebuds belong to the Caesar but I am willing to give the Michelada a chance. 🙂

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    • AvatarStephen says

      Posted on 10/7 at 4:11 pm

      5 stars
      No, the Caesar and the Michelada are both variations of the American Bloody Mary. I like all three, but the Bloody Mary is clearly the one that gave rise to the others.

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      • AvatarBarbara says

        Posted on 12/30 at 8:56 am

        Love the recipe but need to provide you with the historical facts of the Caesar
        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar_(cocktail)
        BTW, plan to try a variation on your Michelada with a new toy I received for Christmas, the smoking gun.Ill let you know what it adds to the Michelada:-) https://www.sousvidetools.com/toolshed/recipes/smoked-bloody-mary-smoky-mary/

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        • IsabelIsabel says

          Posted on 1/1 at 4:35 pm

          Ooh, that smoking gun sounds great! I’ve always wanted to try one!

          Reply
      • AvatarJeff says

        Posted on 10/15 at 4:45 pm

        Ah, most definitely! I have been trying to perfect my miches a lot lately and I wish I had seen your receipe a long time ago! Most of my problems are attributed to me making it way to complicated. I’ve been using too many ingredients and to make things worse, I haven’t documented what and how much to use. Which makes for loads of fun when you finally get a good one then attempt to recreate it later. Anyway, I’m about to try your recipe and I’d be willing to bet that simplicity will get me where I’ve been trying to go all this time.

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  8. AvatarRicky Shearer says

    Posted on 1/10 at 4:42 am

    5 stars
    I love the recipe and I appreciate it. I am always looking for different ways to improve or give a different twist to my own recipe. It is fairly similar to mine with only a few additions. Great job!

    Reply

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