A simple chicken salad recipe with some good additions. Try adding either 1 teaspoon of cumin or curry to it to change it up.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 16 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup mint leaves, packed
- ¼ cup grated lime zest
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1 ½ cups citrus-flavored sparkling water
- 2 tablespoons rum (Optional)
Instructions
- Heat the water, sugar, and mint leaves in a saucepan over medium heat, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes to extract the mint flavor. Set the mixture aside to cool, and strain out the mint leaves.
- Pour the cooled mint mixture, lime zest, lime juice, sparkling water, and rum into a bowl and mix well. Pour into the container of an ice cream maker, and freeze according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Serve immediately for a softer texture, or freeze in a sealed container for a harder sorbet. Let hard-frozen sorbet thaw a few minutes before serving.
Reviews
I used 1/2 cup lime juice and 1/8th cup of lemon zest (no limes in fridge at the time)—plus 2 tablespoons of rum~ Yum! I still followed everything according to boiling the water and simmering the mint leaves together. However, after it cooled down, I added pre-boiled water (one cup) to make it less sweet. Perfection 🙂 Would try again~
Yumm! I used even less lime just over 1/4 cup and more mint 1 cup like the other reviews it was awesome (I was looking for more of a sweet effect) plus I added another TBSP of rum and it was Perfection. It is such a great palate cleanser, nice and refreshing!
Perfection! Great balance with mint/lime by using 1 cup mint leaves. I followed someone else’s advice and added the leaves after boiling the simple syrup. I also only used 3/4 cup of lime juice. I’m very happy w/the result! So refreshing!
To really get the good mint flavor, use 1 cup of mint, and instead of boiling it (boiled mint is not the tastiest in any recipe) bring the sugar and water to a boil, turn off the heat, add the mint leaves, and let it steep for 30 minutes before straining out the leaves and cooling the syrup. I also cut the lime juice to 3/4 cup. I liked it, a lot like a real mojito 🙂
Not the best I’ve ever had.. I used more mint than it called for and I still can’t taste the mint. I love sour, and this is even too much for me.. its hard to eat without puckering! I probably won’t make it again.
I have trouble rating this one. I made it just like the directions but I felt it was a little too sour for my liking but I shared it with my mother-in-law and she loved it. It was very sweet and sour so much in fact that I could not taste the mint in it. I plan on making it again but I think I am going to cut the amount of lime juice and lime zest. By the way, to make this recipe according to instructions you will need 5 to 6 fresh limes.
Tastes like the real thing! Very refreshing!