Drinks Cocktails Tequila Cocktails Tequila Mocking Goat Be the first to rate & review! Lime, chiles, cilantro, and ginger set this tequila cocktail apart from the rest. By Stephanie Izard Stephanie Izard A 2011 F&W Best New Chef, Stephanie Izard is the chef of Girl & the Goat in Chicago. The season 4 winner of "Top Chef" and 2013 James Beard Award winner for Best Chef: Great Lakes, she also helms Little Goat, Duck Duck Goat, and Cabra, Food & Wine's Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 3, 2023 Tested by Food & Wine Test Kitchen Tested by Food & Wine Test Kitchen Recipes published by Food & Wine are rigorously tested by the culinary professionals at the Dotdash Meredith Food Studios in order to empower home cooks to enjoy being in the kitchen and preparing meals they will love. Our expert culinary team tests and retests each recipe using equipment and ingredients found in home kitchens to ensure that every recipe is delicious and works for cooks at home every single time. Meet the Food & Wine Test Kitchen Rate PRINT Share Photo: Matt Taylor-Gross / Food Styling Barrett Washburne Active Time: 15 mins Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Servings: 1 serving Looking for a refreshing cocktail with a hint of heat? This spicy lime and ginger recipe from Stephanie Izard features a syrup made with ginger, fish sauce, makrut lime leaves, cilantro, and Thai chiles. The fresh ginger is slightly sweet and gives the syrup a kick, but it’s the Thai chile pepper that brings the real heat. Makrut lime leaves perfume this drink with a hint of their citrus floral flavor. Lime leaves can be found in the produce sections of grocery stores, and are almost always available at Asian food markets. The fish sauce is the surprising inclusion here, but its funky salty flavor balances the sweetness of the syrup. And cooking with cilantro stems is a great way to reduce your food waste — the stems have lots of flavor. You can make this syrup ahead of time, and then mix it with the tequila, lime juice, and soda water anytime you are ready. It makes for a refreshing cocktail you’ll want to sip all summer long. Ingredients Spicy Ginger Syrup 1/2 cup sugar 1 Thai chile, chopped 1 tablespoon fish sauce 1 1/2 teaspoons chopped fresh peeled ginger 3 makrut lime leaves 2 cilantro stems, leaves stripped 1/2 cup water Cocktail 1 1/2 ounces reposado tequila 3/4 ounce Spicy Ginger Syrup 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice 4 ounces soda water, plus more as needed 2 springs cilantro 1 lime leaf Directions Make the syrup n a small saucepan, combine sugar, chilies, fish sauce, ginger, lime leaves, cilantro stems with water and to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until sugar has dissolved and chiles have softened, 5 minutes. Remove from heat and steep until syrup is at room temperature, about 1 hour. Strain syrup into a jar. Cover and chill. Make the cocktail Combine tequila, Spicy Ginger Syrup, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Pour into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with soda water; garnish with cilantro sprigs and a lime leaf. Rate It Print