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How to Rim a Glass with Salt

How to Salt the Rim of a Margarita Glass

Contributor: Christine Pittman

Yes, you can have a wonderful margarita with salt rim at home. Here’s how. 

  • Author: Christine Pittman
  • Prep Time: 1 minute
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 1 minute
  • Yield: 1 serving 1x
  • Category: Drink
  • Method: No-Cook
  • Cuisine: American

Ingredients

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  • 1 lime
  • a glass
  • kosher salt
  • a dish that is bigger in diameter than the glass

Instructions

  1. If you remember ahead of time, chill your glass. If you’re doing a bunch of margaritas and/or if you have a glass-rimming kit, you’ll want to juice some limes and put the liquid on a rimmed plate or into the rimmer where it says “lime juice”. If you’re just making a few, do the following.
  2. Get yourself a quarter of a lime. Cut a notch in the fruit part of the lime quarter.
  3. Run that notch all around the rim of the glass until the glass rim is really wet.
  4. Put some salt in the dish.
  5. Tip the glass over into the salt. I always do this like a cookie cutter, twisting it around, because I don’t mind if some salt falls in my drink. If you do mind, hold the glass at an angle such that only the outside of the glass touches the salt. Done! 

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