Yep, they're in the stores here now. Bought some and will roast them on my grill this weekend. If you're going to the ABQ-Santa Fe Roadfood tour you should be able to buy some and ship them home. I'd recommend buying them "Green" & roasting them at home, although there are suppliers who will ship them roasted, cleaned and frozen.
Here's one source that will be in Santa Fe during the tour:
"We have also served the Santa Fe market for more than 15 years selling thousands of pounds of fresh chile each year at the intersection of Cerrillos & Baca in downtown Santa Fe from mid August through late September. Most weekends, you can find up to three generations of Berridges helping to roast and sell our famous product.
We grow 4 varieties of hatch green chile:
Mild, (New Mexico #20) ranges in size from 6-9 inches, and is a very mild variety with absolutely no heat. This would be a good starting point for someone wanting to try our product. It is meaty and a good choice for very mild rellenos.
Medium, (Big Jim) is a variety co-developed in our valley. It is a large meaty chile ranging in size from 7-10 inches in length. Big Jim will vary in heat from one chile to the next, so it is a favorite in our family to chop and use for medium heat enchiladas. It is also great for rellenos, if you don't mind the variety in heat. We've had a Big Jim relleno that held a half pound of hamburger!!
Hot, (Sandia) is a smaller variety which will range from 5-8 inches. This is a hot variety that is a favorite among chile veterans. It can be used for enchiladas, rellenos, and most very hot dishes. Sandia is known for being consistently hot, and makes great enchilada sauce.
Extra-Hot, (Barker) chile is our smallest variety, however, it packs quite a punch in the heat department. This variety is for HOT CHILE lovers only. It makes great salsa and can be added in small quantities to give a blast of heat to anything. Barker really is an X-Hot chile, so if you haven't tried it before you might want to try Sandia or Big Jim first.
Our chile is the freshest on the market, as it is picked on Mondays and Tuesdays, and shipped to you the same day. Chile quickly loses its quality if it isn't refrigerated after picking, so our pick-n-ship policy ensures that you will get the best quality possible. Don't be fooled by "Hatch Green Chile" in many large chain grocery stores even if you are in New Mexico because very rarely does this ever come from here in the valley. Despite the fact that vendors will often assure their customers that this is genuine, much of the green chile sold in such places is really from Mexico. At Berridge Farms, we believe that the Hatch name should only be used for green chile grown right here in the Hatch Valley.
You can now pre-order
frozen chile through our frozen order page (click the "frozen chile" link), but only fresh is available through our main site. Our chile is picked and shipped same-day, so you can expect that fresh from the field New Mexico taste.If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at
admin@berridgefarms.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
www.berridgefarms.com There are other vendors out there that ship also. Just Google "Hatch Chile" and you'll get a bunch of them.
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