Food and Recipes Drinks Cocktails Tailgate Margaritas Are The Only Way To Complete Game Day 4.0 (1) 1 Review It's time to teach your favorite drink a few new tricks. Our tailgate margarita recipe requires just four ingredients—silver tequila, lime juice, agave nectar, and salt—then passes the ball to you to add your favorite mixer. Tone it down with sparkling water, booze it up with sparkling wine, or give it a sweet, nostalgic glug of orange soda. However you build your favorite margarita, it'll be just what you need to keep cheering your team on to victory. By Marianne Williams Marianne Williams Marianne Williams is a recipe tester and developer who has been working in the Dotdash Meredith test kitchens since 2016. Her recipes are featured in Food & Wine, Southern Living, Real Simple, Rachael Ray, Health, Cooking Light, and in various other publications and digital platforms. Southern Living's editorial guidelines and Josh Miller Josh Miller Josh Miller is a writer, editor, recipe developer, and food stylist who has been writing about Southern food and working in the publishing industry for the past 20 years. His work has appeared in Southern Living, Food & Wine, Cooking Light, Taste of the South, and Southern Cast Iron magazines. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on August 31, 2024 Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen Recipe tested by Southern Living Test Kitchen The Southern Living Test Kitchen has been publishing recipes since 1970, four years after the first issue of Southern Living Magazine appeared on newsstands. The Southern Living Test Kitchen team includes a team of professionals with deep expertise in recipe development, from pastry chefs and grilling experts to nutritionists and dietitians. Together, the team tests and retests, produces, styles, and photographs thousands of recipes each year in the state-of-the-art test kitchen facility located in Birmingham, Alabama. Learn more about the Southern Living Test Kitchen Rate PRINT Share Close Photo: Greg DuPree; Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall; Prop Stylist: Claire Spollen Active Time: 5 mins Total Time: 5 mins Servings: 12 Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Ingredients 4 1/4 cups blanco tequila 4 cups pure lime juice (such as Natalie’s) 1 1/4 cups light agave nectar 1 1/4 tsp. kosher salt Ice Sparkling water, sparkling wine, or orange soda (such as Sunkist or Crush), for serving Lime wheels (from 2 medium limes), for garnish Directions Combine ingredients: Stir together tequila, lime juice, agave, and salt in a pitcher. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Finish margaritas: Divide margarita mixture evenly into cups filled with ice, and top each with a splash of sparkling water, wine, or orange soda. Garnish with lime wheels. Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox Rate It Print