Grilled Pineapple Margarita
Margarita de Piña Asada
Recipe Yield
6 to 8 servings
Cooking time
20 minutes
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Ingredients
- Vegetable oil for greasing the grill
- 1 pineapple peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2-inch rings, crosswise
- 1 jalapeño chopped, or more to taste
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro leaves and upper stems
- 3 cups pineapple juice
- 1 cup white or silver tequila
- 3/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/2 cup agave syrup or simple syrup
- 2 tablespoons kosher or coarse sea salt
- 2 tablespoons ground piquín chile or Mexican dried ground chile
- 1/2 cup turbinado or dark brown sugar
To Prepare
- Preheat a grill to medium-high heat. Brush the grill with oil and place the pineapple rings flat on the grill, and cook, flipping once, until charred on both sides, about 3 minutes. Set aside to cool while you mix the cocktail.
- In a large pitcher, add the jalapeño, cilantro and 2 tablespoons of the brown sugar. Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, begin to muddle or crush the ingredients together. Chop all but 2 pieces of the pineapple (will be used for garnish) into 1-inch pieces and muddle those with the jalapeño mixture. Add the tequila, pineapple juice, lime juice and syrup and stir well to combine. Let sit for at least 10 minutes or place in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
- In a small saucer, combine the remaining sugar, salt and chile powder. Dip the rims of the margarita glasses into another saucer with water to wet the rims, alternately rub rims with half a lime, then dip into the sugar, salt and chile mixture. Fill each glass with the chunky margarita (making sure you are adding the chunks of muddled fruits and vegetables) and garnish with a wedge of pineapple.
Comments
38comments inGrilled Pineapple Margarita
Warren
Jul 24
Pour over spice rimmed glass filled with ice!
Pati Jinich
Oct 05
Yes, yum!
Angel
Oct 06
OMG my buddy and loved it. Delicious
Pati Jinich
Oct 18
Glad you enjoyed!
Josie Farley
Feb 20
Eagerly anticipating this cocktail!!! The ingredients guarentee that it will be the next best thing to a Baja resort !
Will report back on my blended results! Love you little Pati!
Pati Jinich
Feb 20
Hope you enjoy it!
Redverse L.
May 05
Made this today to Celebrate Cinco DE Mayo. Me and my wife enjoyed it with some homemade tacos . This is on of the best Margaritas I’ve made and had ,and it really hit the spot.
Thanks Pati
Pati Jinich
May 11
Thanks to you! This margarita is one of my faves as well 😉
Becky Ritchie
May 03
Made these today. Didnt have cilantro this time will definitely make again….so good, thanks for the inspiration.
Pati Jinich
May 03
Yumm! Aren’t margaritas perfect in any kind of weather? 😉
Shy Anne Brown
Jul 13
This is the best margarita I have ever had. It’s amazing
Pati
Jul 13
Yay…so glad to hear that, Anne!
Lisa
Feb 08
Wow. I just saw the video and i am saving it for later use. Looks spicy.
Pati
Feb 09
Oh I hope you enjoy the margarita, Lisa.
Sandra
May 24
Is there a way to watch your episode on making this? I tried to Google online but no luck. I will be trying this recipe with my family.
Pati
May 25
I don’t have a clip of it up online yet…but soon :)!
Pat Humphries
Jul 19
My family wanted to know why I didn’t have this at the last family get together 🙂 They’re calling it Patti’s hooch lol
Morrigane
Jul 18
First I want to say I found your show and love it and
all those Mexican goodies you make. I will be making
them all (one at a time of course) but on this recipe for
What other syrups would you suggest?
Gracias 😉
Pati
Jul 19
You can use simple syrup (you can make it by simmering equal parts of sugar and water, just until diluted), or agave syrup, you could also use maple syrup!
ttdang
Oct 26
Made this to go along with a family bbq. It was devoured! It is now our go to drink for gatherings. Thank you for sharing!
Pati
Oct 27
Thank you for trying it!
Pat Humphries
Jul 05
Caught your TV series for the first time and this drink caught my attention. Tried it yesterday and took to our family 4th of July celebration and everyone LOVED it! Will definitely do this again. Thanks!!!
Pati
Jul 07
Thank you for making it for your family!! So happy everyone enjoyed…
Gail Johnson
May 30
Love your show! My husband and I watch it often on WVIZ/Create. I surprised my daughter with a Mother’s Day brunch featuring your Grilled Pineapple Margarita, Morelia-Style Gazpacho Salad, and Creamy Chicken Enchiladas. Needless to say, they are her new favorites.
Pati
May 30
Hi Gail, Thank you for watching & for trying my recipes for mother’s day! So glad to hear everyone enjoyed!!
Sam
May 25
Memorial weekend in Destin Florida. Gonna give this recipe a try. I have been wanting to try them since I saw ur episode 2 weeks ago. My 10 year old daughter and I LOVE ur show. I wanna try everything u make. I love authentic Mexican food.
Pati
May 26
I hope you tried it and liked it, Sam!
Bryan
May 17
I saw this episode a few days ago, and am excited about making the carnitas and gazpacho salad tonight, but I’m sure I remember Pati pouring 1 cup of tequila (from a pretty glass flask) into the margarita pitcher with 3 cups of pineapple juice (not 3 cups of tequila and 1 cup of juice). I’ll report back on how it turned out!!
Pati
May 18
You are right! I had it upside down…
Aaron
May 12
I just saw this episode on “wusf create”, and came to your website to get the recipe, but I feel a little unsure about the ingredients. It states 3 cups of tequila, 1 cup of pineapple juice, and 3/4 cup of lime juice. It appears to be quite heavy on the alcohol. Is this accurate?
Pati
May 12
Yep! You can tone it down for sure…
Diane
May 17
Hi Pati, I’m re-watching your Family Fiesta episode and you definitely said to your friend Laura to add 1 (generous) cup of silver tequila and 3 cups pineapple juice to the pitcher. I can’t wait to try this the way you prepared it on your show! It sounds very yummy!
Pati
May 18
You are on it, Diane!! Enjoy, I love biting the pieces of pineapple as I sip along…
Tina
May 05
Best margarita ever! Definitely worth the extra effort of grilling the pineapple. All of these ingredients blended together created a flavor explosion. Hit of our Cinco de Mayo celebration.
Pati
May 05
Tina, So good to hear! Thank you for making it!!
Florcita
Mar 07
OMG! I just told my coworkers about this margarita and they want one! LOL yum!
Sarah Jane
Mar 05
I’ll never forget this margarita! I love the different flavors and the rim made it taste like Mexican candy. It was a fun day! Thank you for this.
Lopez
Jan 09
Your print function needs to include the photographs. The photo above just about pushed me to the grill.