Hatch Chiles

Bringing some to the bash? Been trying to see if I can work out a way to make it.

Excellent idea. Raleys/BelAire has them on sale this week. Got to get me some more.

A weed burner does a great job with the roasting part.

I can smell them peppers roasting all the way over here. Nice............

Central Market here in Texas has the big roasters going out front this time of the year.

A few years back I ordered a case from Hatch and ended up with a 40 pounder ($40)which was way more than I could use in a year. I ended up giving about half of the box away. That said, I roasted, grilled and sweated away the skins and all of the hair on my arms, Took me all day. Now I see all of those homemade chile roasters out there for less than $100.

Anyway, for the amount that I use and for the relatively low price, I have been buying my chiles already roasted. I will get a couple of pounds and be happy with that. I will probably stop by today and get some.

Last Saturday, I did go by the Central Market and they had a bunch of recipes that they had cooked up utilizing the chiles. I did buy some unroasted chiles to make a salad with, Here is the recipe. Even my kids loved it.

Mango diced
Jullianne slices of Hatch Chiles
Watermelon Vinegarette (I used Marie's Lowfat vinegarette and it worked about the same.)
Spring mix
(I also added some cilantro which I think made it even better than the recipe that they used)

We order 3 boxes like that every year and usually just barely make thru till the next harvest. When the chile's come off the grill just pop the whole lot in a big trash bag to sweat then when they cool off you can bag em up. My wife grew up in Albuquerque and there is not much that can't be improved with a little green chile.:-D