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¡Micheladas! The perfect recipe for Mexico's (unofficial) national drink
"Want to order some micheladas?" my Mexican friend Gustavo asked me as we sat down for breakfast one morning in the beachside village of Mahahual, Mexico. "What's a michelada?" I asked.
Gustavo gave me the look a school teacher might give a student after he asks a particularly dumb question-- a looked which seemed to say, "Don't you know anything about Mexico?"
"Mexican breakfast," he told me. "Let's get two."
After the first sip of my michelada-- a disturbing-sounding but great-tasting concoction of beer, Tabasco sauce, and Worcestershire sauce-- I was hooked. Like a soccer mom sampling a delicious casserole at a dinner party, I just had to get the recipe.
So here, without further ado, is a simple recipe for the perfect michelada:
Ingredients
2 tsp. Tabasco sauce (more or less to taste)
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
half of 1 lime
pinch of salt
1 beer (I prefer Negra Modelo or Dos Equis, but most lagers work well.)
Rim a glass with salt. Squeeze juice from the lime into the glass and add a pinch of salt. Fill the glass with three or four ice cubes. Add the Tabasco and Worcestershire sauces. Finally, pour in as much of the beer as will fit into the glass. Give it a stir and enjoy your breakfast.
There are dozens of michelada variations-- a popular one uses tomato juice or (yuck) Clamato as well as the ingredients above-- so feel free to experiment with any of the recipes found here.
After all, there's no wrong way to get drunk in the morning.
Filed under: Food and Drink, Mexico, Central America
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
benderillo Aug 20th 2009 4:34PM
I prefer mine with Sol, though it can be hard to find in certain areas of the U.S.
Also, Clamato isn't very good by itself but when mixed with beer it is surprisingly good.
Bill Reals Aug 21st 2009 1:30PM
You can also just have a Chelada
Which is:
half of 1 lime
pinch of salt
1 beer (I prefer Negra Modelo or Dos Equis, but most lagers work well.)
Chris Aug 23rd 2009 10:25PM
Clamato and beer is quite popular here in Canada as the best known hangover cure. My preferred ratio is 1 part Clamato to 4 parts beer, roughly. I don't know how many hangovers I've spent hours cursing the previous nights activities then had the life-saving "Red Eye" (the name of this drink, no egg though, yuck), and then cursed myself for not having drank it hours previously. Works everytime.
Mike Dec 30th 2009 12:13AM
In Mexico, a Michelada consists of the following:
3 tablespoons of Maggi
2 tablespoons Worchestire
1/2 a lime
salt
5 drops of Tabasco sauce.
Best to drink with a straw so you dont get any lime pulp with yer drink.