The best part about living in ABQ is being able to go to the farmers market and buy a quart-sized bag of roasted hot green chile for $6
I’ve seriously become addicted to this stuff since I’ve moved here.
by Lomobu
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_cinnamon_buns
Sounds like you got your red and green card!
stdbc02
Albuquerque has it better than almost anyone. We ship these out to other states to roast locally.
mst3k_42
This time of year one of our grocery stores ships pounds and pounds of hatch chiles from New Mexico. You can buy them fresh but they also have a chile roasting day where they roast a crap ton and you can buy them that way. This is in NC.
gratusin
The roasters are coming out now. They produce one of the world’s greatest scents.
5DsofDodgeball69
My local grocery store in bum-fuck Missouri does this out in the parking lot on Saturdays.
acreagelife
Crazy that’s the price now.
ChalkLicker
Yeah, no need to rub that in. The smell of roasting chile across the entire 505. I remember. Thankfully, 25 pounds of them just showed up on my doorstep in NYC
Yes, they’re hitting all the farmers markets in Colorado too!
R_A_H
Fuck yeah red chili green chili shit is so legit
Ixmore
The Fred Meyers I work at are doing that with Hatch Chilies
Bizarro_Murphy
My mom is from Abq, and we used to visit family there a couple of times every year. Chili roasting season was always one of my favorite times of year to visit.
Unfortunately, I haven’t made it back in the last 5 years (as my grandma there passed away during covid). Once my kid is a bit older and traveling is easier, I’ll take my family there for a vacation and will prioritize chili season.
In the meantime, I grow Big Jim’s at home (Minnesota) and roast/freeze them every summer, just to scratch that itch.
EGGlNTHlSTRYlNGTlME
Hot food + ziplock = microplastics and other chemicals in your food
Maybe still worth it to you lol but it’s something to seriously consider
Air4021
Very addictive, because they add such a unique but not overwhelming flavor to everything. From here, I take off the rest of the skin, lay them out on a cookie sheet, put them in the freezer to then bag and use individually when needed.
YourDadThinksImCool_
What do you eat it with?
morkler
It’s something that those who don’t live in the southwest don’t understand. I’m in Colorado so there is a “turf war” between Pueblo chiles and Hatch lol. They’re all good in my book.
One of my favorites is throwing a bunch on a cheeseburger with a bunch of jack or meunster cheese. Or make rajas con queso tamales, or even just simple chiles and cheese quesadillas.
And they definitely are addictive. One of my favorite smells is chiles roasting.
kpidhayny
Pueblo Chile > nm chili
Top_Shoe_9562
Once I had a few left over. I roasted, peeled, and chopped them up and put them in some sausage gravy I was making for my breakfast. I won’t make it any other way now.
Matthews628
I like roasted peppers in general and have never ever understood the frenzy people go in to over these. Are there really that many New Mexicans??
eerhtcm
Just had ten pounds fresh show up fresh at my door. Will be roasting all night
21 Comments
Sounds like you got your red and green card!
Albuquerque has it better than almost anyone. We ship these out to other states to roast locally.
This time of year one of our grocery stores ships pounds and pounds of hatch chiles from New Mexico. You can buy them fresh but they also have a chile roasting day where they roast a crap ton and you can buy them that way. This is in NC.
The roasters are coming out now. They produce one of the world’s greatest scents.
My local grocery store in bum-fuck Missouri does this out in the parking lot on Saturdays.
Crazy that’s the price now.
Yeah, no need to rub that in. The smell of roasting chile across the entire 505. I remember. Thankfully, 25 pounds of them just showed up on my doorstep in NYC
https://preview.redd.it/263aplmooeif1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a56247f5f5c26a5bf8c9ef99a149d1a831b2aa05
Yes, they’re hitting all the farmers markets in Colorado too!
Fuck yeah red chili green chili shit is so legit
The Fred Meyers I work at are doing that with Hatch Chilies
My mom is from Abq, and we used to visit family there a couple of times every year. Chili roasting season was always one of my favorite times of year to visit.
Unfortunately, I haven’t made it back in the last 5 years (as my grandma there passed away during covid). Once my kid is a bit older and traveling is easier, I’ll take my family there for a vacation and will prioritize chili season.
In the meantime, I grow Big Jim’s at home (Minnesota) and roast/freeze them every summer, just to scratch that itch.
Hot food + ziplock = microplastics and other chemicals in your food
Maybe still worth it to you lol but it’s something to seriously consider
Very addictive, because they add such a unique but not overwhelming flavor to everything. From here, I take off the rest of the skin, lay them out on a cookie sheet, put them in the freezer to then bag and use individually when needed.
What do you eat it with?
It’s something that those who don’t live in the southwest don’t understand. I’m in Colorado so there is a “turf war” between Pueblo chiles and Hatch lol. They’re all good in my book.
One of my favorites is throwing a bunch on a cheeseburger with a bunch of jack or meunster cheese. Or make rajas con queso tamales, or even just simple chiles and cheese quesadillas.
And they definitely are addictive. One of my favorite smells is chiles roasting.
Pueblo Chile > nm chili
Once I had a few left over. I roasted, peeled, and chopped them up and put them in some sausage gravy I was making for my breakfast. I won’t make it any other way now.
I like roasted peppers in general and have never ever understood the frenzy people go in to over these. Are there really that many New Mexicans??
Just had ten pounds fresh show up fresh at my door. Will be roasting all night
which farmers market?
You lucky duck!