Salty Chihuahua, A Grapefruit Cocktail
This salty chihuahua cocktail was one of our first recipe posts back in 2009, an oldie but goodie. It’s fun to see how our photography and garden has changed over the years! We had just planted a new set of citrus trees. One of which is our Red Rio Grapefruit. Now this tequila cocktail with grapefruit juice is on our regular rotation. In honor of our happy little grapefruit tree, we are going to celebrate a hand callousing week with a Salty Chihuahua cocktail.
Salty Chihuahua Recipe
After a couple months of no serious gardening, we have gone fruit tree crazy. Those who have seen our garden tour video, will already know that for an urban home, we have a decent amount of fruit trees. We want more! This last week we have added 6 new fruit trees and we are still hunting down a couple rare trees to add to the family: over 40 fruit trees. With all of the new additions, we have had a labor intensive week of building new planters, re-potting, and rearranging our landscape. Our grapefruit tree is giving us so much fruit, now it’s time for this refreshing salty chihuahua cocktail. This drink has grapefruit juice, tequila and some orange liqueur. It’s simple, yet so refreshing and delicious. Also, we aren’t telling what our new trees are yet. That post will have to wait until after we acquire all of the season’s new delights. (Yes, we may even do an updated garden tour video after everything is settled in!) But we are happy to share that many of our old stand-bys are now able to find new root room in their updated locations.
Kinda like a Margarita?
Yes the salty chihuahua is similar to a margarita, but instead of lime juice you use much more grapefruit juice. But there is no simple syrup in a salty chihuahua. This cocktail is slightly more bitter coming from the grapefruit juice and a little more acidic. Think of a salty chihuahua as grapefruit juice spiked with tequila and there you have it.
Salty Dog Cocktail vs Salty Chihuahua Cocktail
The classic salty dog cocktail is made with vodka or vodka, grapefruit juice and a salted rim. This tequila version of a Salty Dog cocktail is the Salty Chihuahua. Currently, it is one of Diane’s current favorite cocktails. The combination of fresh grapefruit juice, tequila, and the salt make a bright, refreshing cocktail. Perfect for the rest of you who have to imagine what it is like to be in warm and sunny weather. Make this for all those who love grapefruit juice. It’s also perfect for brunch! P.S. Don’t short cut and leave off salting the rim, because it completes the cocktail drink.
Salty Chihuahua Cocktail
Ingredients
- 5 ounces (150ml) fresh Grapefruit Juice
- 2 ounces (60ml) Tequila
- 1 ounce (30ml) Orange Liquer (Cointreau, Grand Marnier, Triple Sec, etc.)
- kosher or sea salt
Instructions
- Rub the rim of an old fashion glass with a bit of the grapefruit. Swirl the rim through a small pile of kosher or sea salt to salt the rim.
- Add grapefruit juice, tequila, and the orange liquer in an ice filled shaker, and shake until nicely chilled (@ 15 seconds).
- Put a few large cubes of ice into your old fashion glass. Strain the cocktail into the glass and enjoy.
Nutrition Information per Serving
Try Oro Blanco Juice
If you want to try another delicious version, try replacing the grapefruit juice for oro blanco grapefruit. This is a white grapefruit with so much wonderful flavor and it’s less acidic than regular grapefruilt. Oro blanco is sweeter, less bitter and very aromatic. It’s also called “white gold”! Enjoy this salty chihuahua cocktail with oro blanco!
Love this drink and how beautifully you’ve shown it off! It reminds me of that joke “1 tequila, 2 tequila, 3 tequila…floor!”
what a fun name, and in answer to your question, no, i don’t want to drink a chihuahua. as i watch the snow come down, i have to stress just how very jealous of ya’ll i am. ๐
Of course the drink looks totally amazing – wonder if I could substitute grapefruit for another citrus –
The color of your grapefruits is so seductive! We’re awaiting our next snow storm here in RI — I cannot imagine being out in the garden. Oh, to be in California….
This looks really good. If I make my apartment a southern paradise, by turning up the heat. I think I would love this drink. It is beautiful. Oh by the way, extremely jealous of your fruit trees.
Guys,
I just started making whiskey sours, and now you turn me on to this???? The only problem is that it was 10 below when I got up this morning in the country (!) so I probably have to wait a couple of months.
By the way, that plane rescue was going on two blocks from our office on Thursday. I’m cold just thinking about it. But what luck. What an amazing pilot and what amazing rescuers. NYC was quite an amazed – and happy – City that day.
It’s wonderful to have something to feel good about. Now, if we can just get to Tuesday, perhaps we’ll be on our way back. Let’s all toast the new administration, shall we?
Yes, I am doing my best to imagine a warm and sunny weather!;) Actually today was quite sunny, but cold, well below freezing. The cocktail looks very refreshing, though, and I simply love pink grapefruit! I once grew some seedlings from the seeds of a pink grapefruit I bought from a store, unfortunately they did not get very big, neither did they last very long.
Greetings,
Tiina
Looks so good…..Tequila…..For me it would be 1….2…3…drink!…..sleep (probably on the floor)…
Nice photos guys!
Wow! That is one lovely and refreshing looking libation! We’ve got Ruby Reds all over the place around here and are always looking for new ways to use them. Thanks for the great idea!
i absolutely MUST make this now that i HAVE a teeny little chihuahua!
what sort of rare trees are you thinking? That would be my dream yard – all edible.
Ahhh, that is a surprise to be named later. A little hint, though. One is from Japan. Another is from Australia. Another is a new variety developed by the same people that created the pluot. Diane has let a few secrets out in her twitters, though. -WORC
Oh, wow, guys, that looks amazing and reminds me of my childhood days in Florida and my grandparents’ citrus fruit trees – fresh grapefruit for breakfast, plucked right off the tree (and lemons, tangerines…). What a refreshing chill-out that drink is! I’m with Diane – I think if I’d ever had this cocktail it’d be my favorite, too. ๐ Love me some grapefruit!
Now that is sweet! Love those Red Rios and just have two left from my box!
80’s!!!! 80’s!!!! This morning it was 2 here. That that was our high!!! I’m so jealous!
I’m so jealous that you have warm weather! And you can grow fruit trees in your garden! I do pretty well for an urban garden, but if I were to plant any trees, I wouldn’t have sun for anything else…
I envy you with all these beautiful fruit trees. This drink will be refreshing when we have some sun & warmer weather. It looks beautiful.