Three Power Ginger Shot Recipes
- PREP 5min
- TOTAL 5min
Your body will love these ginger shots. Ginger is excellent for your digestive system and lemon is a powerful immunity booster. In general, you are looking for about 1 teaspoon of ginger juice for each shot. More than that and it’s going to be difficult to drink. We don’t peel ginger before juicing. Simply scrub and rinse the ginger root to remove grit then pass it through your juicer. Since we’re talking about making shot-sized juices — it doesn’t make much sense to get out the juicer every morning. Instead, we’ve gotten into the ritual of juicing a big piece of ginger then keeping it in the fridge and using it over the next few of days.
You Will Need
Lemon Ginger
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1 large lemon
Carrot Ginger
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1 medium carrot, scrubbed clean
1 large lemon
Green Apple Ginger
1-inch length piece fresh ginger, scrubbed clean
1/2 small green apple, seeds removed
1 cup packed spinach leaves
1 large lemon
Very small pinch cayenne pepper, optional
Directions
Prepare Ingredients
Chop everything into thin pieces small enough to easily go through the juicer.
Cut away the yellow peel from the lemon, leaving most of the white pith and lemon flesh. Cut into slices and remove any seeds.
Make Shots
Turn the juicer on and push everything through, alternating between harder ingredients and the softer lemon, apple or spinach (if using). Divide the juice between small glasses and drink the shot. It’s best to do this quickly — the ginger will be spicy (but well worth it).
Adam and Joanne's Tips
- How to make ginger shots in a blender: Add everything to a high-powered blender and blend until smooth. Then press the pulp through a fine mesh strainer to separate the juice from the pulp. A juicer will makes a much better juice and will have less waste when it comes to the juice, but this gets you close. Greens don’t do well in the blender, so stick to using a good juicer for those.
- Make-ahead: Fresh juice is best enjoyed soon after juicing, but you can make it a day or two in advance. Store in glass, airtight containers. If you have used a cold pressed juicer, it should last a little longer.
- Nutrition facts: The nutrition facts provided below are estimates. We have used the USDA Supertracker recipe calculator to calculate approximate values. Nutrition facts below are for the Lemon Ginger Shot. The Carrot Ginger Shot is approximately 28 calories and the Green Apple Shot is approximately 33 calories.
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