Michelada con Camarones (Spicy Beer Cocktail with Shrimp)

Name: Michelada con Camarones (Spicy Beer Cocktail with Shrimp)
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 4 Drinks
Ingredients: 24 cooked, peeled shrimp; 2 1 ⁄ 2 cups Clamaato juice; 1 ⁄ 2 cup lime juice, plus extra for glass rims; 1 ⁄ 4 cup fresh orange juice; 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce; 3 ⁄ 4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper; 1 ⁄ 4 tsp. kosher salt; 1 clove garlic; 1 ⁄ 2 serrano chile, stemmed; 4 lager beers; Chile powder, for dusting glass rims and shrimp

Serves
makes 4 Drinks

TODD COLEMAN

This spicy cantina favorite makes an excellent appetizer and thirst-quencher on a hot summer night.

Ingredients

24 cooked, peeled shrimp
2 ¹⁄₂ cups Clamaato juice
¹⁄₂ cup lime juice, plus extra for glass rims
¹⁄₄ cup fresh orange juice
1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
³⁄₄ tsp. freshly ground black pepper
¹⁄₄ tsp. kosher salt
1 clove garlic
¹⁄₂ serrano chile, stemmed
4 lager beers
Chile powder, for dusting glass rims and shrimp

Instructions

Step 1

Pour some lime juice on a plate and chili powder on another; dip rims of 4 pint-size beer mugs in juice, then chili powder. Dip tops of shrimp in chili powder; set aside. Purée Clamato juice, lime juice, orange juice, Worcestershire sauce, pepper, salt, garlic, and serrano chile in a blender. Divide among mugs, and fill with ice; top each with a lager beer. Place 6 shrimp each on 4 skewers; place a skewer across each mug.