Being Mexican, my boyfriend made this one night, and it was delicious. In a tasty salsa verde sauce, beef, onions, garlic, and peppers are simmered. Serve with tortillas, beans, and rice. To make the sauce creamier or to use as a garnish, you can also add some sour cream.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 3 quarts |
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons crushed fresh mint leaves
- 1 quart boiling water
- ½ cup instant iced tea powder
- 1 cup white sugar
- 2 quarts cold water
- 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
Instructions
- In a 1 gallon pitcher, combine the mint leaves, 1 quart of boiling water, instant tea powder and sugar. Stir to dissolve sugar. Let stand for 15 minutes.
- Stir in the cold water and lemonade concentrate. Serve in tall glasses over ice. Strain out mint leaves, if desired.
Reviews
This was refreshing! I loved the addition of the fresh mint leaves, and since the mint in my yard is going crazy right now, it was nice to use a bit of it in this drink.
I’ve made this recipe a number of times and it gets rave reviews every time. I skip the sugar and used sweetened iced tea mix and the mint is a mixture of English mint and spearmint (fresh from the garden of course!). I usually guess as to how much mint to put in. This is a keeper for sure!
I can’t imagine making this as per the recipe. I used real brewed tea to avoid the sugar in instant iced tea powder. I used frozen lemonade as per recipe, which is also quite sweet. Added the juice of half a lemon (would have put a whole but that is all I had). I added zero sugar to this recipe and am very pleased with how it turned out – we prefer refreshing drinks in our household rather than sweet. I would suggest to start with very little sweetener and add to your taste. Great idea though, my new favorite summer drink!
This was like a mint Arnold Palmer, and my boyfriend and I love Arnold Palmers. This recipe made a lot. My boyfriend loved this drink so much that he didn’t want to share when we had company over. I used six green tea bags instead of the instant. I also cut the sugar in half, and it was still a little sweet for me. I highly recommend fresh mint. Perfect summer drink!
Maybe I shouldn’t rate this, because my friend was supposed to bring fresh mint from her garden and forgot when I had her over for lunch. I made it without the mint, and it was delicious!! I can’t wait to try it with the mint, though, I imagine it will be even better.
I’m not sure if I did something wrong, but I tried to follow the directions as is and when it was done, it tasted like regular tea. So, I tried again. But this time, I didn’t add the tea and followed the rest of the directions exactly. The outcome was a very refreshing mint lemonade.
loved it..
I used this recipe as a base to what I was trying to make, and it turned out great. I used rasberry instant iced tea, 12 oz of frozen lemonade concentrate, and half the sugar. It was pretty sweet, but turned out great!
Excellent, I love it. I had to substitute sweet & low for sugar since my hubby cannot have sugar. It was still great and less calories too.
My husband couldn’t stop asking me for more. Great recipe.
I wasn’t a real big fan of this. Things I did differently – I used a little less than half of the sugar in the recipe and Wyler’s instant peach iced tea mix. My mom LOVED it. It was a little too sweet for me, but still pretty tasty. Good recipe overall.
I am addicted to this stuff. Thanks for the great recipe
I followed the recipe as written and it was way too sweet. Next time I’ll use fresh brewed tea.
Brought this to a summer party…everyone loved it…luckily I have mint overgrowing my garden so it was also very inexpensive to make…
Decided to make this tonight after a day of working in the yard. I used freshly brewed suntea and frozen lemonade concentrate (from Schwans). Since I’m a Yank, I didn’t add the additional sugar but I thought it was perfect, and very refreshing! Even my son, who normally sweetens his tea with a ridiculous amount of sugar thought it was awesome. I’ll be sharing this one with my friends! Thanks!
Very refreshing. I brewed regular tea, rather than using instant. I also used about half as much sugar and lots of whole mint leaves. Turned out great!
Very refreshing and a different twist on my regular iced tea. I used organic green tea and since I used lemonade concentrate I omitted the sugar, it was sweet enought for my taste. The fresh mint leaves gives a great taste.
this was very good but I did make quite a few changes to make it healthier. I brewed 5 regular lipton tea bags in 1 quart of water instead of powdered stuff and cut the sugar to 3/4 cup which I dissolved in the boiled water with the tea. I squeezed three smaller lemons into it. and added 3 more quarts of cold water. I left out the mint entirely because I wanted more of an “Arnold Palmer” (1/2 tea 1/2 lemonade) type drink. It was very good. I think I’ll add an extra lemon next time too.
It was very refreshing, but a little too sweet. I’ll try half the sugar next time.
This is so tasty in the summer, it’s just flat out refreshing.
This was fast, easy and delicious.