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Watermelon-Cucumber Lime Agua Fresca with Chili Rim

Juicy watermelon and crisp cucumber blended with tart lime, sipped through a sweet-spicy chili-lime rim.

Watermelon-Cucumber Lime Agua Fresca with Chili Rim

Ingredients

  • 2⅓ cups diced350 gWatermeloncut into chunks, seeds removed
  • ½ medium (8 in.)150 gCucumberpeeled and roughly chopped
  • 1 cup240 gWatercold
  • 2½ tbsp35 gLime juice
  • 1½ tsp10 gHoney
  • ¼ tsp1 gChili powder
  • 1 tsp4 gGranulated sugar
  • a pinch0.3 gSalt

Steps

  1. Make the rim mix: on a small plate, stir together the chili powder, sugar and salt.
  2. Pour about 1 teaspoon of the lime juice onto a second small plate. Dip the rims of two glasses in the lime juice, then in the chili rim mix, and set the glasses aside.
  3. In a blender, combine the watermelon, cucumber, cold water, honey and the remaining lime juice.
  4. Blend on high until completely smooth, about 45 seconds.
  5. Pour through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher, pressing on the pulp; discard the pulp.
  6. Fill the rimmed glasses with ice, pour in the agua fresca and serve cold.

Allergens: none of the nine major allergens in the ingredients as written.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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