Drunken Cranberry Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups white sugar, or more to taste
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1 (12 ounce) package cranberries, divided
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger tequila
1 1/2 oranges, zested

Preparation

Heat a saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir sugar, orange juice, half the cranberries, and tequila in the warmed saucepan until mixture is slightly reduced, about 20 minutes. Add the remaining cranberries and orange zest; cook and stir until cranberries begin to pop, 10 to 15 minutes.