Hatch chilies!!!!

[Yellowboat]

Just bought 10# can't wait should last me about 5 days

 

[Joker]

Picking up 80 lbs on Saturday. Bringing them home to roast

 

[Wmc]

Roasted some this morning and then made chicken enchiladas. Good

 

[Yellowboat]

Just had a few with some caramelized onions, garlic and a few oz of sirloin steak cooked rare. I ment to take pics, but it kind of disappeared too quick.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Roasted some this morning and then made chicken enchiladas. Good
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Bust out that recipe fooool...

 

[rrrr]

When I was a kid growing up in Albuquerque, every August my Mom would go to a produce wholesaler down by Old Town and buy two 50 lb burlap sacks of Mesilla Valley green chiles. Mom roasted them over a two day period, and after they were peeled, she would slit the pepper, remove the seeds, and lay them out flat.

Twenty chiles made a stack, and they would go into a quart Ziploc bag to be frozen. For the next several months, we had green chile for enchiladas, burritos, green chile stew and other New Mexican favorites, and we also put chile slabs on sandwiches, hamburgers, steaks, eggs, mac and cheese, pizza, and whatever else was for dinner.

I have so many great memories of my Mom doing things like that, working hard so her family was happy, doing special stuff I took for granted at the time. I miss her.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Gawd do I miss good green chilies. That bile they serve in AZ and CA certainly isn't it, and NFW can you get it out here.

I need to just order some up, or load up the Cessna one weekend and make a run to New Mexico for a few hundred pounds of the things...

 

[PDQH2O]

Fresh roasted Hatch chilis are the way to go. But if you can't get fresh, Sams club and Walmart have them diced and frozen in tubs. The problem with theis that when thawed, they retain too much water and need to be drained well. During the season, they also roast fresh chilis in front of the store.

In NM, there is a small burger chain, Blake's Lottaburger that does a decent Hatch green chili cheeseburger. Pretty tasty.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Anytime in NM we stop and get a Lotaburger at Blake's.

 

[troostr]

I’ve got my barter deal coming this week! A pickup load of hatch green coming my way to swap for a pickup load of sweet corn! Everyone on the dairy and farm should have enough sweet corn and green chili’s for most of the year

 

[WildWilly]

do any of the stores here in Havasu have a day they roast them for you?

 

[rrrr]

Gawd do I miss good green chilies. That bile they serve in AZ and CA certainly isn't it, and NFW can you get it out here.

I need to just order some up, it load up the Cessna one weekend and make a run to New Mexico for a few hundred pounds of the things...

Sounded good to me! I'm stranded in Texas, forced to eat Tex-Mex. I'd choose a beef sopaipilla from Stufy's over the best Tex-Mex in Dallas.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Sounded good to me! I'm stranded in Texas, forced to eat Tex-Mex. I'd choose a beef sopaipilla from Stufy's over the best Tex-Mex in Dallas.

With me and full fuel I can get 450 lbs in the cabin. Das alotta chilies...

 

[Yellowboat]

more, only this time I am going to mix them and a bunch of cheddar cheese into some cornbread.

 

[Gelcoater]

View attachment 789798 more, only this time I am going to mix them and a bunch of cheddar cheese into some cornbread.

I did this tonight.
https://www.riverdavesplace.com/forums/threads/spicy-cheesy-corn-dip.190119/

Thanks @F.U.IRS it was awesome, I added a few Hatch Chile, that I roasted and peeled earlier today.

This was a quick fix.
Going to the super secret IE location to buy a box of Hatch this week

Try this recipe, YB, good stuff.

 

[playdeep]

Anytime in NM we stop and get a Lotaburger at Blake's.

Still pretty good...
But ever since they got bought out not nearly what they were.
Whataburger uses real Hatch chili&I think they're better...now.

 

[Joker]

do any of the stores here in Havasu have a day they roast them for you?

You can roast them on your bbq. Roast, put in baking pan and cover with wet towel. Cut tip off and package when cooled.

 

[ridebig]

Still pretty good...
But ever since they got bought out not nearly what they were.
Whataburger uses real Hatch chili&I think they're better...now.

Have you tried Laguna Burger? One of the best in town!!!

 

[Old Texan]

Houston's Fiesta and a few select HEB markets roast them out front. We've been getting an ample supply of fresh for the past few years.

 

[playdeep]

Have you tried Laguna Burger? One of the best in town!!!

Agreed.. forgot about them.
Definitely better than Lota Burger...

 

[rrrr]

Still pretty good...
But ever since they got bought out not nearly what they were.
Whataburger uses real Hatch chili&I think they're better...now.

Old fookers like me remember when Lotaburger had just couple of locations and was the one and only original big ol' green chile cheeseburger in town.

Another favorite as a kid was Mac's Steak in the Rough, located next to the original location of Uncle Cliff's Kiddieland on Lomas. Uncle Cliff's had a Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter fuselage on the grounds. It was great fun to play Air Force pilot in the huge structure. This is a photo of a C-97.

Uncle Cliff's moved to its present location on Osuna Rd in 1963, and the name was changed to Cliff's Amusement Park. Cliff's was opened at the original location on Lomas in 1959, this year is their 60th anniversary.

This photo was taken at the old location sometime between 1959 and 1963. Check out the open mesa all the way to the mountains. There wasn't much development north of Central Ave and east of San Mateo at the time. The state fairgrounds were on the edge of town back then.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Still pretty good...
But ever since they got bought out not nearly what they were.
Whataburger uses real Hatch chili&I think they're better...now.

The place I worked at in ABQ took care of Blake's airplane. They had stack of free burger coupons in the back, told us to take as many as we liked. I ate a lot of those burgers.

 

[Hava-Schiada]

do any of the stores here in Havasu have a day they roast them for you?

I believe Food City roasts them on select days while in season.

 

[Hava-Schiada]

Have you tried Laguna Burger? One of the best in town!!!

We are heading to NM over Labor Day for the Hatch Chile Festival. I’ll have to check it out on the way down!

 

[playdeep]

We are heading to NM over Labor Day for the Hatch Chile Festival. I’ll have to check it out on the way down!

If you're going down I-25 stop in at the Owl cafe in San Antonio.
Their Green chili cheeseburgers were once voted #1 in the country.
They're great along with the Onion rings...

 

[sintax]

Staters is doing Hatch roasting in the IE over the next few weeks. Here are some of the dates and locations...

 

[warlock250]

I found a place in silver city NM that always had good green Chile and awesome pinto beans and they ship.
Diaz farms.com

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[Boozer]

Green Chile season is my favorite time of year. I have 3 bushels if roasted Chiles in my freezer, that will probably last until January.

I like to make large batches of Chile Verde. We do ours a little different than they do it in NM because we out pork in ours. There will be a batch of Chile verde in my fridge from now until I run out of roasted Chiles. We put it on just about everything so it goes quick around here.

This was my dinner 2 nights ago. Mexican hamburger w/ fries all smothered in Chile Verde that I made with my own secret recipe. The peppers I use are called inferno and dynamite so you can imagine how spicy I make it.

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[Havasu blue label]

Looks good

 

[Guest06]

They have guys on half the corners in Winslow and every year i say I’m going to buy some, think I’ll really do it this year thanks to this thread.

Now we need a “Cooking with NM Green Chili’s” thread

 

[Yellowboat]

They have guys on half the corners in Winslow and every year i say I’m going to buy some, think I’ll really do it this year thanks to this thread.

Now we need a “Cooking with NM Green Chili’s” thread

Brush with oil, a little salt grill or roast them... put them on, everything.

 

[warlock250]

Green Chile goes good with everything.

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[Joker]

Time to start roasting

 

[Gelcoater]

Time to start roasting

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Heeeey, friend.

 

[Yellowboat]

Time to start roasting

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So what time are they done? My 10# was gone yesterday morning

 

[Havasu blue label]

Any recipes thanks

 

[rrrr]

I like to make large batches of Chile Verde. We do ours a little different than they do it in NM because we put pork in ours.

My Mom made her green chile stew with cubed pork tenderloin. She also made awesome puffy sopaipillas, which were great with the stew.

Just writing this is making me hungry!

 

[Sleek-Jet]

They eat lots of pork in NM. My favorite dish of all time is ripe chilie sauce (the red ones) and cubed pork roast, known as Carne Adovada.

 

[Joker]

They eat lots of pork in NM. My favorite dish of all time is ripe chilie sauce (the red ones) and cubed pork roast, known as Carne Adovada.

My mother in law lived in Santa Fe and the food she made with both red and green chile was amazing. I miss the food in New Mexico and thats about it.

 

[pwerwagn]

I love NM green Chile threads! We eat green/red on everything. Even pancakes. This time of the year, the smell of roasting green in the air everywhere can’t be beat.

My fam grows a lot of green in Arrey, which is actually where most “hatch” green come from. Most chile grown in hatch now days gets grown till red and sold to makeup companies for dye.

As far as green chile cheese burgers...everyone has their favorite.

Blake’s can’t be beat for repeatability.
I’m not a huge laguna fan but they’re ok.
Rustic along i40 at the corner of Carlisle is good too.
Benny’s in Bosque Farms has most of them beat.
Sparkys/owl/buckhorn(now owned by the sichlers, who are known for their chile) are all good for a drive.

IMO..the best, is at Santiago’s at Eubank and Indian school.

 

[snowhammer]

I'm an upper midwest guy who loves southwest food. I picked up a couple hatch chilies at the store today and roasted them on the grill alongside some seasoned chicken breast. Once the skin was charred, I removed the chilies, covered them in a bowl, removed the skin once cool and diced. It was a great addition to the meal along with the sliced avacado.

Outside of that, how are you preparing the chilies both for fresh and freezer or canned storage?

 

[Joker]

I'm an upper midwest guy who loves southwest food. I picked up a couple hatch chilies at the store today and roasted them on the grill alongside some seasoned chicken breast. Once the skin was charred, I removed the chilies, covered them in a bowl, removed the skin once cool and diced. It was a great addition to the meal along with the sliced avacado.

Outside of that, how are you preparing the chilies both for fresh and freezer or canned storage?

We roast them, cover with a wet towel to let them steam for a while. Cut the tips? Place em in freezer ziplocs. Usually 6 per bag. When you’re ready, defrost them, pull the skin and dash with garlic salt.

 

[rrrr]

They eat lots of pork in NM. My favorite dish of all time is ripe chilie sauce (the red ones) and cubed pork roast, known as Carne Adovada.

Tomasina's, in Santa Fe, has the best carne adovada.

 

[Joker]

Tomasina's, in Santa Fe, has the best carne adovada.

Couldn't agree more. I love that place along with Modelos in Albuquerque for great burritos and sopapillas

 

[Old Texan]

Question for the roasting pros.....What's the best / easiest way to get the skins off after roasting?

This has been the part I hate to mess with. Need guidance.

 

[warlock250]

Question for the roasting pros.....What's the best / easiest way to get the skins off after roasting?

This has been the part I hate to mess with. Need guidance.

After I roast them I package them in zip lock bags a d freeze them with the skin on. When I use them later the skin just comes off easy after defrosting them.

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[Boozer]

After I roast them I package them in zip lock bags a d freeze them with the skin on. When I use them later the skin just comes off easy after defrosting them.

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This is how I do it as well.


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[pwerwagn]

Couldn't agree more. I love that place along with Modelos in Albuquerque for great burritos and sopapillas

I like tomasitas and El modelo as well. But one of the best places for carne is tia Betty blues on San Mateo. Another is stripes biscuit company on Gibson. Both make insanely good carne burritos.

And actually, Blake’s makes a wicked carne burrito.

Sadie’s makes some awesome carne nachos, and I’m not a huge sadies fan.

Can’t beat homemade carne tho!

 

[rrrr]

Sadie’s makes some awesome carne nachos, and I’m not a huge sadies fan.

When Sadie's was a greasy spoon inside the Valley Bowl, the food was great. I've never liked the commercialized version.

 

[playdeep]

Tomasina's, in Santa Fe, has the best carne adovada.

Let you in on a little secret...
The same people who own Tomasita's own a little place in the Devargas mall.It's called Atrisco's.That's where the locals all go.
Same food at 1/2 the price&larger less hurried prepared portions.
Also...
Have you tried La Choza?It's owned by the same people who own the Shed.
It's in the Railyard area....waaaay better than Tomasita's.