We have recipes for your upcoming happy hour! Today we’re doing recipes for the classic Mai Tai and some Shrimp Tostada Bites. Enjoy!

Mai Tai Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 oz Orgeat Syrup

  • 1/3 oz Orange Curacao

  • 1/3 oz Rock Candy Syrup

  • 2/4 oz Bacardi Gold Rum

  • ½ oz Bacardi 151 Rum

  • 1 ¼ oz Fresh Lime Juice

  • ¾ oz Bacardi Select Rum

Instructions:

  1. Build over crushed ice and float with ¾ oz Bacardi Select 

  2. Garnish with lime wheel, sugar cane stick (if you have one!), mint leaf and Vanda orchid (totally optional!)

Shrimp Tostada Bites Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 20 mini round tortillas - cut from large flour tortillas – 1.5-3″

  • 1 can refried beans

  • 1 can petite diced tomatoes

  • 1 cup shredded white cheese - I used a queso blanco

  • 1 small bunch cilantro

  • 1 small bunch green onions

  • 20 shrimp - small size, tail-off, de-veined

  • 3 tablespoons fajita seasoning

  • 1 teaspoon ground black pepper

Instructions:

  1. Use a small round cutter to create mini rounds from larger flour tortillas. Bake at 350 degrees for 3-5 minutes or until toasted.

  2. When cooled enough to handle, spread on refried beans and top with diced tomatoes.

  3. Sprinkle with cheese.

  4. Dice cilantro and green onions and add on top.

  5. In a grill pan, saute the shrimp in 1 tablespoon olive oil with fajita seasoning and black pepper until thoroughly cooked.

  6. Top each tostada bite with a sauteed shrimp.

  7. Keep warm on a baking sheet in a warm oven.