I wanted some red Hatch chilies so I placed an order for a four pound box from The Hatch Chile Store ( www.hatch-green-chile.com ). Later I decided I wanted a little more so I ordered another four pound box. Well they arrived today: One TEN POUND box! I can't give The Hatch Chile Store enough praise; I've ordered from them before and I've never been disappointed.
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Get ya some red chile!!!!!!!!!!
so what’s first on tap! -
Red Hatch fermented hot sauce and enchilada sauce.Comment
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We order from them every year. Consistently excellent product and service. Looking forward to seeing what you make!Comment
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Being old and lazy, I no longer pay attention to chile season. I just use up what I have on hand and then buy another five pound box of frozen chile. They are always in stock and it's a ton less work than roasting and peeling them myself. They are a lot more efficient than I am on the whole processing bit anyway.Comment
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Not cheap, but considering the effort of roasting and peeling... it may just be worth it in the future. Thanks for the link!Comment
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I received the other 10 lbs of red chili from The Fresh Chile Co. Both orders are packed in identical boxes and came from the same address, only the company names on the shipping labels were different.
Anyway here is what I did with 20 lbs of fresh Red Hatch chilies:
1. Started some fermented Red Hatch hot sauce. I want a roasted flavor in the sauce but roasting will kill the beneficial lactobacteria on the peppers so I roasted 25% of the peppers. I just stemmed the peppers and course chopped them in a blender (I left the charred skins on the roasted peppers) and I added about 3 large cloves of garlic plus Kosher salt. The result is 2 1/2 quarts - once I finish sanitizing a pint jar I'll transfer the 1/2 jar into it so that there will not be such a large headspace.
2. Fresh Red Hatch enchilada sauce. I followed the method on Kent Rollin's recent video - he was in Hatch, NM at The Fresh Chile Co. This sauce only has peppers, garlic, and salt in it. It tastes good. I almost added more seasonings a la my dried red Hatch chile enchilada sauce that I posted a couple of years ago but I decided to leave it as-is so that I can season as necessary for each recipe that I use it for. There is about 2 gallons in the pot, after straining the yield was 5 quarts:
Last edited by 58limited; October 18, 2023, 06:32 AM.Comment
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The few videos Kent Rollins filmed during that time was when he was at the Hatch Chile Festival! If you are interested, find the chile relleno video he did with the same guy. Good stuff!
and your sauce looks great!Comment
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