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A pitcher of bloody marys with two drinks garnished with olives, pepperoncinis, and beef sticks.
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Spicy Bloody Mary Mix Recipe

One sip of these Spicy Bloody Marys, and you will never want the bottled mix again! These have the right amount of heat, and bolder spices than boring tomato juice mixes. Fire-roasted grilled chilies, onions, and fresh ripe garden tomatoes create different flavors that are complex and extraordinary. Set up the ultimate bloody mary bar with classic garnishes and favorite toppings like crunchy celery, beef sticks, pepperoncini's, pickled green beans, stuffed olives, and dill pickle spears.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Drinks & Cocktails
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bloody mary recipe, good bloody mary, homemade Bloody Mary, homemade bloody mary mix recipe, spicy bloody mary, spicy bloody mary mix recipe
Servings: 4
Calories: 260kcal

Ingredients

Bloody Mary Mix

  • 8 small tomatoes roma tomato size or larger
  • 1 small onion quartered
  • 2 tablespoons green chiles use canned or roasted chopped jalapeno, Hatch Green Chiles, or Anaheim chiles.
  • 4 celery ribs
  • ½ fresh lemon juiced
  • 1 tablespoon horseradish
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • ½ teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
  • ½ onion powder
  • ½ garlic powder
  • 1 cup ice
  • 1 ½ cups (4-6 shots) Vodka

Garnishes

  • homemade pickled green beans
  • celery sticks
  • hot sauce dip rim of glass
  • seasoning salt Lawrys or Sriacha salt
  • stuffed olives
  • Slim Jim beef jerky sticks
  • whole pepperoncini's

Instructions

  • Preheat outdoor grill or indoor cast iron grill plate on stove.
  • Place whole green chiles, tomatoes, and onion quarters on the hot grill.
  • Grill for 10-15 minutes until tomatoes, chiles, onion, are roasted with black marks. The grilling really enhances the flavors!
  • Let your green chiles, tomatoes, and onions cool, and remove the seeds from your chilies-they can add way too much heat!
  • Place the grilled deseeded chiles, tomatoes, and onion in a high-speed blender. Next add celery ribs, lemon juice, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.
  • Puree in a high-speed blender. Optional: strain the bloody mary mix through a mesh strainer to remove the tiny bits of tomato peel or any seeds that are left.
  • Keep the bloody mary mix chilled until ready to serve.

Bloody Mary Garnishes

  • To rim the glasses, place hot sauce (like Cholula or Sriracha sauce) on a small plate.
  • Pour your salt choice like Lawry's season salt, celery salt, black lava salt, or homemade sriracha salt on a small plate.
  • Dip the glass rim into hot sauce, and next dip into the salt of your choice.
  • Pour ice into your rimmed glasses, add a vodka shot, pour bloody mary into glasses, mix and garnish as you wish.

Notes

Ultimate Bloody Mary Bar Garnish Ideas

How To Set Up A Bloody Mary Bar

You can set everything on a tray and chill it in the fridge the night before. Then just pull the tray out and have your party!
  • tall glasses
  • a bowl of ice
  • a large pitcher of bloody mary mix
  • a good, chilled bottle of vodka
  • shot glass to measure for a single serving of vodka
  • bottle Worcestershire sauce bottle
  • Cholula hot sauce or Tabasco
  • small plates for rimming glasses with salt
  • Old Bay Seasoning, celery salt, black lava salt, or homemade sriracha salt for the rim
  • assorted garnishes - see below for inspiration
  • bamboo skewers for people to make their own garnish sticks
  • large Mason jars~ serve celery and tall things in jars!
  • small bowls ~ serve things in bowls like olives and pepperoncinis

chiles to try

  • Fresh Jalapenos be sure to fire-grill them for extra flavor, canned jalapenos are fine too. Taste them to make sure they are not too hot!
  • Chipotle In Adobo Sauce are dried and smoked jalapenos in a can. These are usually very hot, go easy with them. One is usually enough.
  • Anaheim Chiles will be delicious, be sure to fire-grill these fresh chiles to get that flavor in your mix.
  • Hatch Chiles can be fresh or use canned Hatch chile products available in the grocery store. Fresh Hatch chiles must be roasted to bring out their special flavor and taste and to remove their tough outer skins. Take a look at my entire tutorial on roasting Hatch Chiles at home and tons of recipes to use with them.

Nutrition

Calories: 260kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 1g | Sodium: 721mg | Potassium: 543mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 1285IU | Vitamin C: 39.5mg | Calcium: 45mg | Iron: 1mg