Sriracha Bloody Mary & having fun with garnishes
Enjoy the savory, spicy and bright flavors of sriracha in classic bloody mary drinks. If you love a good bloody mary, then you have to try this zesty, umami spicy version. This Sriracha Bloody Mary Recipe post was one of our first recipe posts back in 2009. It’s an oldie but goodie!
Video: Sriracha Bloody Mary Cocktail Recipe
Spicy Sriracha Bloody Mary
Oh, wait! Drink it? What a great idea! A Sriracha Bloody Mary recipe is now born and ready to blow the socks off anyone who is a self-proclaimed sriracha and Bloody Mary addict. The savory, spicy and rich umami flavors of sriracha hot sauce are perfect to replace regular tabasco. We’re on a culinary journey to create a small, but sinfully spicy collection of sriracha infused recipes. And loving every minute of it! Playing with a bottle of hot sauce has never been so hot and gratifying
- Previously, we’ve shared our homemade sriracha-style chili hot sauce recipe
- here’s an addicting creamy spicy hot sauce mayo that you can lather on just about anything
- a party pleasing recipe for hot sriracha chicken wings!
- Sriracha shrimp cocktail is so flavorful
What Hot Sauce to Use?
You can use your favorite hot sauce to replace the conventional Tabasco hot sauce used in most Bloody Mary recipes. This sriracha addition will leave you with an equally quenching, but slightly brighter spicy flavors from your traditional Bloody Mary. There are many recipes for Bloody Marys out there, so you can stick to your tried-and-true favorite Bloody Mary recipe and all you need to do is squirt in the sriracha instead of the Tabasco. The Asian inspired tangy heat from the sriracha is definitely different, but subtle and bright enough to excite your Bloody Mary taste buds with something new. Below are some of our favorite flavors, including our homemade version using fresh chiles.
Some of our Favorite Sriracha Hot Sauces
Sriracha Bloody Mary Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 Tablespoons (45 ml) Vodka (1 1/2 ounces), or to preference
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) Tomato Juice (4 ounces)
- 2 teaspoons (10 ml) fresh Lime Juice
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.25 ml) freshly grated Horseradish or Creamy prepared Horseradish *see note above
- 1/4 teaspoon (1.25 ml) Celery Salt
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) Sriracha Sauce (or more to taste)
- 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 ml) Worcestershire Sauce (about 2 dashes)
- fresh cracked black pepper , to taste
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients into a serving glass (1 1/2 oz (45ml) vodka, 4 oz (120ml) tomato juice, 2 teaspoons (10ml) lime juice, about 1/4 teaspoon (1.25ml) horseradish, 1/4 teaspoon (1.25ml) celery salt, 1/2 teaspoon (2.5ml) sriracha sauce or to taste, 1/2 teaspoon (2.5ml) Worcestershire sauce, and black pepper to taste). Feel free to adjust any of the amounts to your liking.
- Add ice and stir to fully chill and combine ingredients.
- Garnish – Garnish with whatever you like on your bloody Mary. Our favorite is a celery stalk, lemon wedge, and strip of bacon, but there are a ton of variations. Go with what you prefer… Celery Stalk, Lemon Wedge, Lime Wedge, Pickled Green Tomatoes, Cherry Tomatoes, Olives (add a little olive juice for a dirty Bloody Mary), Baby Carrots, Cocktail Onions, Bacon…
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Different Cocktail Garnishes
Cocktail garnishes are something we’re really fascinated by because having a great garnish can really make folks swoon over a cocktail. It’s easy to find fun veggies and herbs as quick and accessible garnishes all year round. All these garnishes are not just for decorative purposes. They’re all edible as well to compliment each sip of the bloody mary cocktail.
- Above: Use a thin wedge of lime or lemon ribboned on a skewer is always pretty. Or slices of citrus cut into wedges are great too. It also allows the guest to squeeze extra lime or lemon juice into their bloody mary.
- Thin, tender stalks of celery with the leaves are classic but pretty too. The crunch and grassy flavor of celery with each sip of the tomato juice is amazing.
- Use baby carrots for the perfect shot of Bloody Mary!
- add some skewered cherry tomatoes for a visually pleasing garnish. And if you’re a tomato lover, pop a tomato in your mouth for that extra pop of tomato flavor.
- Fresh herbs are fantastic. The fragrant herbaceous quality of fresh herbs takes this drink to another level.
- All the savories you can think of: crispy bacon and more. Some folks go crazy over bloody mary garnishes like you see here. But you decide how over-the-top you want to go.
- Have fun at your next brunch or party with a big pitcher of this Sriracha Bloody Mary and definitely don’t forget to get creative with your garnishes. Make everyone drool and swoon with excitement over so much beauty in a glass.
Cocktail Goodies & Barware:
We are obsessed with sexy barware and cocktail supplies. A great bar setup doesn’t need a lot of supplies, but having a few quality tools adds that a classiness and bit of swagger to that evening cocktail. Choose your favorite style and create a set around them. Here’s are a some of our favorites:
- Nick & Nora and Coupe Glassware: Easily our favorite styles of cocktail glassware. Classic & timeless. Beautiful for any shaken cocktail and great to drink out of. If we were forced to only have one style of glassware for a shaken cocktail, give us a Nick & Nora or a coupe. Perfect for any martini or paper plane cocktail.
- Double Old Fashioned Glasses – Especially ones with clean cuts & solid feel like this one
- Japanese Style Ice Pick – Perfect for breaking down large ice
- Bell Jiggers – Easily our favorite style jigger
- Bitters Bottles – If you make bitters, you need a beautiful bottles
- Hawthorne Strainers – Our favorite style of strainers
- Wooden Muddler – A must for using fresh herbs & berries
- Mixing Glass – For muddling magic
More of our Sriracha hot sauce inspired recipes:
The addition of sriracha to the Bloody Mary was so great. Really cool flavor.
Just what I was looking for! Your photos are inspirational. I absolutely love the variations of glassware. I had an idea for a drink and had some a great garnish promo. The lime and carrots looks delish!
Thanks Gloria!
Made these for Super Bowl and was amazing! Hubby likes it extra spicy so he doubled the sriracha. I added some extra horseradish. Thanks for the inspiration!
Drinking one of these right now with my lover and i must say, this is DELICIOUS!!
Thank you for sharing this recipe!!
I am officially changing my position on only advocating a 16oz pint glass for this wonderful cocktail. Thanks for the inspiring post.