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Chile Time in NM

By John McCormack, CRS

Real Estate Agent with Albuquerque Homes Realty 16572

August 27, 2013 10:59 PM

Chile Time in NM

Hatch Green Chile Time in NM, Debbie H McCormack John McCormack Hatch Green Chilies, Freezing Green Chile, NM

The 2013 Hatch Green Chile crop has come in a little early and you guessed it people are lining up to get their Chile around NM.

Sunday Debbie and I went to the local market and bought 35 pounds of the wonderful Hatch Green Chile. We now have the kitchen freezer and the garage freezer stocked with Chile.

There are several ways to freeze Green Chile we take the simpler way. This photo shows the Chilies roasted, cooled and ready for flash freezing.

It’s Chile Time in NM, Debbie H McCormack John McCormack Hatch Green Chilies, Freezing Green Chile, NM

Pick out your Chiles & temperatures Mild / Hot / Hotter / Hotter Than Hot
Have the Chilies roasted where you purchase them / You can roast them on your grill at home. This is time consuming if you have a lot of Chiles.
Take home and leave in closed plastic bag for 2 hours to complete cooking
Open bag for an hour or so to let Chilies cool some
Flash freeze Green Chilies on cookie or cutting sheets
Bag frozen Chiles

When you’re ready to use your Green Chilies simply run water over them slide the skin and stem off and rinse the seeds out.

Enjoy this recipe for Alubquerque Green Chile Stew from our kitchen to yours

With speakers on you can hear the snapping and crackling of the Hatch Green Chilies as they are being roasted. If only we could share the amazing aroma they provide during and after they are roasted. We do love Chile time in NM

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Chris and Dick Dovorany

Homes for Sale in Naples, Bonita Springs and Estero, Florida - Naples, FL

Broker/Associate at Premiere Plus Realty

Perfect John. Now, please give us some ideas on what to do with 35 lbs of chilis.

Aug 27, 2013 10:53 PM

Clint Mckie

Desert Sun Home, commercial Inspections - Carlsbad, NM

Desert Sun Home, Comm. Inspection 1-575-706-5586

Hi John,

We just went yesterday and got two bags of extra hot chili's. One we will keep and the other will go to our niece in Little Rock.

Freeze and ship overnight. For some reason they cannot get them in their area.

Have a good day in the Duke City.

Best, Clint McKie

Aug 27, 2013 11:09 PM

Ginny Gorman

RI Real Estate Services ~ 401-529-7849~ RI Waterfront Real Estate - North Kingstown, RI

Homes for Sale in Southern RI and beyond

Wow, there is something about you West coasters that love their chiles...actually it is a great autoimmune protector for the body I have read...good for you.

Aug 27, 2013 11:11 PM

Raymond E. Camp

Ontario, NY

Good morning John,

I am the only one that eats them so a couple of pounds of the hot goes a long way.

I like roasted green pepper and chile on rye with Hellmann's.

Make yourself a great day.

Aug 27, 2013 11:14 PM

Tom Arstingstall, General Contractor, Dry Rot, Water Damage Sacramento, El Dorado County - (916) 765-5366

Dry Rot and Water Damage www.tromlerconstruction.com Mobile - 916-765-5366 - Placerville, CA

General Contractor, Dry Rot and Water Damage

Those roasted chilis look really yummy John, I can almost taste them!

Aug 27, 2013 11:20 PM

Will Hamm

Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO

"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello John, I think I could come up with a way to use them up pretty fast. Have a great day!

Aug 27, 2013 11:36 PM

Noah Seidenberg

Coldwell Banker - Evanston, IL

Chicagoland and Suburbs (800) 858-7917

John the Chile scene looks so good. Your photos are great and I can almost taste them. Great recipe. Have a wonderful day.

Aug 27, 2013 11:46 PM

Lawrence "Larry" & Sheila Agranoff. Cell: 631-805-4400

The Top Team @ Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - Plainview, NY

Long Island Condo and Home Specialists

Did you say 35 pounds??? You really enjoy your chili. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy this treat!

Aug 28, 2013 12:07 AM

Amanda S. Davidson

Amanda Davidson Real Estate Group Brokered By Real - Alexandria, VA

Alexandria Virginia Homes For Sale

John, I wish we lived closer. I'd invite myself over for dinner with you and Debbie. 35lbs is serious, I know you all have tons of great recipes for them!

Aug 28, 2013 12:22 AM

Joan Cox

House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO

Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

John & Debbie, YUMMY! Such a great time of year, and with football season, have to have the freezer stocked with green chile ready for the games!

Aug 28, 2013 12:52 AM

Dick Greenberg

New Paradigm Partners LLC - Fort Collins, CO

Northern Colorado Residential Real Estate

Hi John - I just passed a stand setting up a roaster on my way to work this morning. I'll be stopping on my way home to pick up some to build dinner around. A sure sign of the end of summer!

Aug 28, 2013 01:30 AM

Belinda Spillman

Aspen Lane Real Estate Colorful Colorado - Aurora, CO

Colorado Living!

Hi John, Thanks for the reminder. I need to get out and get some before they are gone. I love to make home made chli rellenos and they are so much better with the fresh ones. Yum. And fresh tomatoes diced up on top along with green chili. Ok - I'm hungry now.

Aug 28, 2013 01:49 AM

Bryan Robertson

Los Altos, CA

I love roasted chiles! We've got a few places around here who do a very good job with roasted chiles. They just aren't that plentiful in the markets (regular or farmers) to bag 'em.

Aug 28, 2013 02:00 AM

Robert Bob Gilbert

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Anderson Properties - Katy, TX

Your Katy TX ( West of Houston) Real Estate Expert

John,

We love the hatch green chiles and there so many ways to cook with these chiles. we really like to eat eggs for breakfast with the hatched green chiles. Buying 35 ibs. of chiles and storing all of these items is no samll feat.

Aug 28, 2013 06:12 AM

Ron and Alexandra Seigel

Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA

Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

John,

Wow, my foodie soul is rejoicing at all this wonderful information...I wish someone was roasting chilis around here, I would certainly like Dick make dinner plans around them...Thanks, and now I am hungry after having lunch. A

Aug 28, 2013 06:14 AM

Nick T Pappas

Assoc. Broker ABR, CRS, SFR, e-Pro, @Homes Realty Group, Broker/Providence Property Mgmnt, LLC Huntsville AL - Huntsville, AL

Madison & Huntsville Alabama Real Estate Resource

John, 35 pounds of Chile...wow sounds like it's a staple at every meal. Also, getting them roasted where you bought them I would think is the way to go. As soon as I submit this I'm going to check out your link for the Albuquerque Green Chile Stew.

Aug 28, 2013 08:23 AM

John McCormack, CRS

Albuquerque Homes Realty - Albuquerque, NM

Honesty, Integrity, Results, Experienced. HIRE Me!

Glad to see everyone today and hope you get your Green Chile fix today :) I enjoyed some great Hatch Green Chile on my burger at lunch and am looking forward to some more chile tonight in my homemade omelet.

Aug 28, 2013 09:13 AM

Rose King

David Tracy Real Estate - Friendswood, TX

Friendswood / Pearland / Houston Bay Area

Hatch Green Chiles are the best! I just got back from a trip to New Mexico where we enjoyed some yummy Green Chile Burgers. I could eat them every day!

Aug 28, 2013 12:33 PM

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP

DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX

Selling Homes Changing Lives

John,

I hope you get some good meals in your belly. As Realtors, we need to take care of ourselves, especially when we are so busy we think we don't have time to eat.

Aug 29, 2013 01:56 AM

Yolanda Cordova-Gilbert

Richmond, TX

John,

Good video you have a radio voice. The HEB and Central Market have their green chili roasts here in August. We had just about anything green chili you can have. I will have to make room in my freezer next year so we can have them year round.

PS Your video made me Homesick for New Mexico.

Aug 29, 2013 11:57 AM

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