There’s lots of excitement in New Mexico right now. It’s green chile harvest time.
Everywhere we go for the next few weeks, sacks of green chile will abound.
And we’ll see and smell it being roasted. The smell of green chile roasting is a beautiful thing. It makes you feel alive!
Yesterday was the first time we bought a sack of our own and had it roasted.
30 pounds of freshly picked green chiles were put into the chile roaster…
The fire was turned on…
…and the drum turned the green chiles over the fire for about four minutes. Then the chiles were rinsed…
…which created steam… sorry, no smoke for the challenge…
…and the end result of beautifully roasted green chiles.
Life is good. ♥
Morning Bray Farm 
August 15, 2010 at 12:44 pm
It’s official…You’re a New Mexican. But, you will have your fix through the winter now. 🙂
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August 15, 2010 at 12:49 pm
OMG!! I can smell those chilies roasting. We used to live in Tucson, Az. and you could smell them roasting all over town. I love them. I’ve grown what’s called Big Jim’s this year, and they look alot like the Hatch chilies. 🙂
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August 15, 2010 at 12:52 pm
Points for creativity to you! Are these hot chilies? I can’t take really hot spicy food, but these look good!
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August 17, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Shirley,
The ones we bought are hot, but you can get mild as well. Either way, they add a wonderful flavor to all kinds of food.
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August 15, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Up until my move west I’ve only seen folks selling shrimp on the side of the road. Now, I see lots of options for roasted chiles. I haven’t tried them, but a ‘neighbor in the know’ told me I must. So, I can’t wait to sample some. I must admit, I do miss the shrimp sellers!
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August 17, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Cyndi,
You’ve just got to sample some. Your neighbor is absolutely right.
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August 15, 2010 at 1:44 pm
I had never experienced the chile-rinsing step until last year – it practically peels the chiles for you. How cool is that?
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August 17, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Carson,
Very cool. I can’t even imagine how much more work it would have been without that step.
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August 15, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Here in Austin, there’s a place that buys up thousands of pounds of the Hatch chiles and roasts them in front of their store. I can barely breathe for spiciness in the air. Makes my eyes water like crazy.
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August 15, 2010 at 3:31 pm
How I covet some of those chiles! I have only ever seen one place that roasted chiles, and it was only on that day. Nothing better!
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August 15, 2010 at 5:30 pm
I make the best green chili cassarole. That’s it. I’m buying some this week!
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August 17, 2010 at 5:07 pm
Winter,
Hello? 🙂 Aren’t you going to share the recipe? 😀
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August 15, 2010 at 8:01 pm
Looks like it is very tasty. Nice job, makes me want to try them.
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August 16, 2010 at 7:28 am
I think I’m missing out on one of life’s greatest blessings after reading all of these comments – I’ll have to rememdy this!
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August 17, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Nancy,
You are! 🙂
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August 16, 2010 at 7:35 am
YUM!!! Do you keep them in the freezer? They should last you through the winter.
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August 17, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Cathy,
Yes, we keep them in the freezer. Yum!!!
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August 16, 2010 at 8:30 pm
Hi, I have never seen this done before, you learn something new every day! I suppose you use them in cooking..do you freeze them or dry them? Up here in Minnesota no one cooks chilis:)
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August 17, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Far Side of Fifty,
We freeze them. They are absolutely delish!
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