Frozen Strawberry Margarita Recipe

If you prefer your margaritas smoothly blended, ice-cold, and summery, this frozen strawberry margarita recipe from registered dietitian and recipe developer Jaime Shelbert should be right up your alley. "I love how quick and easy this recipe is," Shelbert says. "It's a real crowd pleaser, too, and can easily be made in multiple batches."

In the great "which would you rather?" fights of food and beverage history, "frozen or blended?" ranks just behind chocolate or vanilla. We'd like to think that there is enough room in margaritaville for those who like their margarita blended, and those who would rather have it on the rocks. While some tequila purists prefer drinking a margarita on the rocks, a frozen margarita ensures that each sip has a perfect balance of all the ingredients; not to mention, the temperature remains consistently cold. It doesn't take much to make these tasty margaritas, and you'll love sipping on the sweet strawberry goodness all summer long (and, let's be real, well into colder seasons, too.)

For this recipe, you'll need a lime wedge, coarse salt, a bag of frozen strawberries, silver tequila, and some triple sec. You might also want to have some additional limes and strawberries to garnish the margaritas.

You'll also need a can of frozen limeade concentrate. "Frozen limeade is a shortcut ingredient in this recipe. No juicing of limes required," Shelbert says. "The result is a sweet, slushy margarita that is restaurant quality."

Place the salt on a small plate. Run the lime wedge around the rim of two margarita glasses. Dip the juice coated rims into the plate of salt and rotate, coating the rims evenly with salt. Set the glasses aside.

Add the strawberries, limeade, silver tequila, and triple sec to a blender. Blend on high for 1 minute. Then, add ice to the blender and blend until smooth. The amount of ice you need may vary, depending on the consistency that you want the margaritas to be. Add more ice for thicker margaritas, and less ice for more liquidy ones.

So, why use silver, AKA blanco tequila specifically? "I recommend blanco tequila for its clean taste," Shelbert says. "Even better if it's 100% agave."

And that's it! You have a pitcher of delicious, frozen strawberry margaritas ready to go. "These would be a hit served up at a Cinco de Mayo party alongside a taco bar," Shelbert says. "Or host a summer happy hour with chips, salsa, queso and guacamole." If you'd like to prep a pitcher of strawberry margaritas ahead of time, you can mix everything together except for the ice. Once you're ready to serve the margaritas, pour everything into the blender with the ice, blend, and serve. You can also store batches of these frozen margaritas in the freezer in Ziploc bags — just make sure to give yourself 10 minutes to thaw before serving.