Hatch chiles are a deliciously spicy long green pepper that packs a fair amount of heat. They are in stores now…so if you like spicy, give them a try. Here are 10 delicious hatch chile recipes to help you explore new ways to enjoy these peppers.
If you love spice, these fun roasted hatch chile recipes are for you. Follow along with me and find a new recipe to try! You will find easy breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes that help you use these special chiles. I also include an easy to follow short video to show you how to fire-roast your own hatch chiles!
Are you ready to don your gloves and roast some chiles? I can’t stress enough that you want to wear gloves when you are peeling the skin off these roasted chiles. If you forget and then touch your eyes, it really hurts!!
How to Fire Roast Hatch Chiles:
- Heat your grill to about 400 degrees.
- Wash your hatch chiles.
- Toss them on the grill whole.
- Let them get burned and blistered!
- Remove from the grill and allow the peppers to cool. This will help to loosen their skin.
- Don gloves and carefully peel off the burnt skin.
- Remove the stems and seeds.
- These are spicy and a little hatch chile pepper goes a long way in a recipe. I cut my chiles into small pieces and freeze them in an ice cube tray. Once they are frozen, I pop them into a freezer bag so I have them on-hand all year long.
Hatch Chiles
Hatch chiles are grown in Hatch, New Mexico and are a wildly popular spicy pepper. They are most common in the Southwest, but they do show up in other areas of the country like here in the Bay Area!
I used to think hatch chiles were a specific type of chile, but I was wrong. Hatch really just refers to a region where chiles are grown.
Types of Chiles include:
- NM #20 is the mildest of the chiles.
- Big Jim is medium hot/spicy.
- Sandia Select is HOT.
- New Mex 6-4 is the most common chile.
Are you ready to feast your eyes on some delicious ways to enjoy hatch chiles?
Grilled Cheese Panini with Tuna, Caramelized Onion, and Hatch Chiles
Chopped Salad with Hatch Green Chile Vinaigrette
Fully Loaded Hatch Chile Potato Skins.
Turkey and Hatch Chile Soup. (A great way to use up leftover turkey or chicken!!)
Slow Cooker Lamb and Hatch Chile Stew.
Grilled Cumin Dusted Pork Over Green Chile Polenta
Sweet Corn and Hatch Chile Salsa.
Cheesy Hatch Chile Grits with a Fried Egg.
And a bonus because I can imagine hatch chiles are delicious in this soup!
Love hatch chilies! Can’t wait to try some of these!
Enjoy Cricket 🙂
I don’t think I’ve ever had hatch chilies before, but than panini looks sooooo good you’re making me want to rush to the store and buy some right now!
I hope you like them. They are a bit spicy 🙂
This is a highly needed post. Great instructions for roasting hatch chilies and … those recipes! Yum!
Thank you so much Ginny
Oh yuuuum, I love roasted chillies like this. That grilled cheese is calling my name…
Thank you Becca 🙂
What an informative post. I know hatch chiles are all the rage of peppers these days and I think they taste amazing. The soup recipe and hatch chile grits are going on my to-do list. Now where are those gloves 🙂
LOL I made the mistake of not wearing gloves once. I touched my eye later that day and it was awful!
What a great article Sandi – I am now dreaming about Hatch chiles and roasting a ton of them! Thanks for including my recipe, I am honored to be part of this amazing line up!
I can’t wait to see what you make!
Bravo Sandi! What an informative post, nice instructional video, and a terrific collection of recipes to boot! As you know, I have a love affair with Hatch green chiles after 22 years in Las Cruces, New Mexico… I’ll probably try them all! Thanks for including my Grilled Cumin Dusted Pork Over Green Chile Polenta!
Thank you so much Tamara…I do remember you love hatch chiles. Your hatch recipes always look so good.