Hatch Chile Season!!!

[tuffyluvr]

I just roasted and peeled 5lbs of chiles (my hands are ON FIRE because peeling with gloves on doesn't work nearly as well). I'm planning on making hatch chile queso for a party on Saturday and chicken, chile and cheese enchiladas:

http://www.thewickednoodle.com/hatch-chile-queso-dip/

http://www.myrecipes.com/m/recipe/green-chile-chicken-enchiladas

Does anyone have any good recipes to share???

 

[Rockinruby]

Ugh! I lost my original post with recipe links.

Maybe one if these ideas will help with your hands? http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=i...m+hot+peppers&pcarrier=AT&T&pmcc=310&pmnc=410

 

[tuffyluvr]

Ugh! I lost my original post with recipe links.

Maybe one if these ideas will help with your hands? http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=i...m+hot+peppers&pcarrier=AT&T&pmcc=310&pmnc=410

Thanks Rockinruby! So thoughtful of you!!! I put some aloe on and it feels good! DH once *ahem* scratched himself after handling habañeros and made a compress of cold half n half and on paper towels for his delicate parts to soothe the heat. We still laugh about it!

 

[tyty333]

No good pepper recipes tuffy but that Queso looks so yummy! Now I'm craving it and it's only 10:30 in the morning! I love
football season...I usually make chili dogs which I guess could use some pepper heat besides chili powder.

 

[iluvshinythings]

The supermarket where I shop was roasting hatch green chilies last weekend. I bought 2 pounds and added it all to a HUGE batch of chili. It's probably the best chili I've ever made although my dad thinks I'm a savage because I used kidney beans. Apparently real chili does not contain beans.

 

[tuffyluvr]

No good pepper recipes tuffy but that Queso looks so yummy! Now I'm craving it and it's only 10:30 in the morning! I love
football season...I usually make chili dogs which I guess could use some pepper heat besides chili powder.

Saturday cannot come soon enough! I am lusting for that queso!!! I am being good by not making it til party day, because I know that I would literally eat nothing but queso until it was gone. It's definitely a 'sharing' recipe ;P

 

[tuffyluvr]

The supermarket where I shop was roasting hatch green chilies last weekend. I bought 2 pounds and added it all to a HUGE batch of chili. It's probably the best chili I've ever made although my dad thinks I'm a savage because I used kidney beans. Apparently real chili does not contain beans.

The Sprouts market near me was roasting them in the parking lot the past few weekends. I stopped to grab a loaf of bread last weekend, but was in a hurry so I didn't buy any then, and I'm kicking myself now! Last weekend was apparently the last weekend they were doing it! Instead I stood at the oven: broil, turn, bag, repeat for an hour plus. At least it made the house smell good!

I must be a savage too--I wouldn't want to eat chili without beans! Usually I put black, kidney and often white beans in... Sometimes even a bit of corn to balance the heat of the spices.

I'm making the green chile sauce for the enchiladas now. I found (an allegedly) more authentic recipe: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1917450

I'll let ya know how it comes out. This is tonight's dinner.

 

[NonieMarie]

My husband's mother's family is from NM. They arrived over 400 years ago from Spain. Hatch Chile season is a special time for the very large extended family. We use the ground red chile to make NM enchiladas. When some one finds the real NM ground chile, the store shelf is emptied. The NM enchiladas are different from the ones I grew up eating. His aunt just gave us 4 dozen roasted and cleaned chilies that she vacu-sealed and froze in 8 packages. She does this so she can use them year round and she makes dozens of tamales that she freezes. The first thing we made was grilled cheese sandwiches...yum. I was making pizza and decided to use them as a topping. She also suggested wrapping them with cheese in egg rolls...double yum.

 

[NonieMarie]

I thought I fixed the photos, sorry they are sideways.

 

[canuk-gal]

I thought I fixed the photos, sorry they are sideways.

Yet, looks delicious! What time is dinner????????????????????????????????

cheers--Sharon

 

[tuffyluvr]

My husband's mother's family is from NM. They arrived over 400 years ago from Spain. Hatch Chile season is a special time for the very large extended family. We use the ground red chile to make NM enchiladas. When some one finds the real NM ground chile, the store shelf is emptied. The NM enchiladas are different from the ones I grew up eating. His aunt just gave us 4 dozen roasted and cleaned chilies that she vacu-sealed and froze in 8 packages. She does this so she can use them year round and she makes dozens of tamales that she freezes. The first thing we made was grilled cheese sandwiches...yum. I was making pizza and decided to use them as a topping. She also suggested wrapping them with cheese in egg rolls...double yum.

That is so fabulous that she gave you roasted and clean chiles! Makes it so easy for you to enjoy them! For lunch today I made DH and I hot and melty ham and cheese sandwiches with hatch chiles. Soooooo good! The egg roll wrappers filled with cheese and chiles is such a good idea. I have to try that! I loved the Dutch bar snacks when I was in Amsterdam and one of my favorites was cheese sticks--wan ton wrappers filled with a cream cheese like filling and served with sweet and hot chile sauce... Would be even better with the addition of some green chiles!! Thanks for the idea!!!!

 

[ennui]

Y'all are making me hungry.

 

[stracci2000]

Yes, I am sitting right here in the middle of Albuquerque, and all the groceries are roasting the chile.
It smells great, and I like the "mild".
After living here for over 15 years, (raised in PA), I'm still not used to the hot stuff!

 

[stracci2000]

I just roasted and peeled 5lbs of chiles (my hands are ON FIRE because peeling with gloves on doesn't work nearly as well). I'm planning on making hatch chile queso for a party on Saturday and chicken, chile and cheese enchiladas:

http://www.thewickednoodle.com/hatch-chile-queso-dip/

http://www.myrecipes.com/m/recipe/green-chile-chicken-enchiladas

Does anyone have any good recipes to share???

Tuffyluvr,
Thanks for the enchilada recipe that DOES NOT contain a can of that awful cream soup!
This one sounds great. Love Sunset mag!

 

[iluvshinythings]

I'm making the green chile sauce for the enchiladas now. I found (an allegedly) more authentic recipe: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1917450

That recipe sounds awesome. My family uses leftover turkey to make enchiladas. It beats the heck out of turkey sandwiches. Our recipe isn't very authentic though and does contain cheese whiz and cream of mushroom soup. I'm going to try this one this weekend.

I'm also from NM and my favorite thing to do with green chile is to top a cheeseburger.

 

[tuffyluvr]

I'm making the green chile sauce for the enchiladas now. I found (an allegedly) more authentic recipe: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1917450

That recipe sounds awesome. My family uses leftover turkey to make enchiladas. It beats the heck out of turkey sandwiches. Our recipe isn't very authentic though and does contain cheese whiz and cream of mushroom soup. I'm going to try this one this weekend.

I'm also from NM and my favorite thing to do with green chile is to top a cheeseburger.

This recipe was great! DH and MIL loved it! I definitely recommend it. I doubled the recipe and made 2 trays and was planning on freezing one for later, but DH liked them so much that he asked me not to freeze them and make the other tray for dinner tomorrow, so I'd say it was a success!

I poached 1.25lbs each chicken breast and thighs (both boneless, skinless) with 1T salt, a couple bay leaves, peppercorns and smashed garlic cloves. I then cooled and shredded the meat and reserved the poaching liquid to use in place of broth and it worked great! I'm sure you could use a rotisserie chicken to save time, though. Also, I cut the amount of cheese in half and didn't put any inside the enchiladas, just on the top. It was flavorful enough that it didn't need more cheese!

 

[tuffyluvr]

I just roasted and peeled 5lbs of chiles (my hands are ON FIRE because peeling with gloves on doesn't work nearly as well). I'm planning on making hatch chile queso for a party on Saturday and chicken, chile and cheese enchiladas:

http://www.thewickednoodle.com/hatch-chile-queso-dip/

http://www.myrecipes.com/m/recipe/green-chile-chicken-enchiladas

Does anyone have any good recipes to share???

Tuffyluvr,
Thanks for the enchilada recipe that DOES NOT contain a can of that awful cream soup!
This one sounds great. Love Sunset mag!

Yeah, I can't do cream of mushroom. It weirds me out! Cheez Wiz on the other hand, I could bathe in. "Plastic" cheese is my guilty pleasure. I rarely eat processed foods, but make an exception for Cheez Wiz, Velveeta and nacho cheese.

 

[tuffyluvr]

One last thing...

The 'authentic' (Mexican) way I learned to make enchiladas calls to pan fry the tortillas in a bit of oil to toast them. I stack them up, and once I've toasted them all I go back and dip each in the enchilada sauce then fry again (approx 5 seconds on each side) and fill and roll each one. This recipe neither toasts nor rolls the tortillas, which seems weird to me. I would call that a casserole, not enchiladas, so I went through the laborious process of toasting, dipping and frying... I think it's worth it. The first time I made enchiladas I didn't know this trick and the tortillas just cracked, crumbled and the texture was dry and mealy. I had to consult my friend's Mexican mom to find out what I was doing wrong!