- Roasted Hatch green chiles
- Pork
- Garlic, onion
- Chicken stock
New Mexico Green Chile
Green chiles roasting in Hatch, New Mexico. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
New Mexico's green chile is both ingredient and obsession: roasted Hatch chiles made into a pork stew, smothered over enchiladas and burgers, or eaten straight. The state question is 'red or green?'; the correct answer is 'Christmas' (both).
Hatch, the self-declared chile capital, harvests in late summer; the roasting smell fills the air statewide. It goes on everything: the green-chile cheeseburger is the state burger.
Key ingredients
How it is eaten
Hatch, the self-declared chile capital, harvests in late summer; the roasting smell fills the air statewide. It goes on everything: the green-chile cheeseburger is the state burger.
Where to try it
- Santa Fe's classic New Mexican restaurants (The Shed)
- Any roadside stand in Hatch during harvest season