Hatch Chile is World Famous For Flavor
New Mexico’s Hatch Valley has gained a worldwide reputation for bringing on the heat, a fame that’s showcased in the Hatch Chile Festival, which draws more than 30,000 visitors each year during Labor Day Weekend. Celebrating the region’s most famous export, the festival has attracted TV crews from the Food Network and the BBC. If you can’t make the trek to New Mexico, you won’t be left out. You can order your own supply of these world-famous chiles online. You may see Hatch green chili advertised as being grown in Hatch at your grocery store, but odds are they were actually grown in Mexico. For the genuine thing, grown by three generations on the 300-acre Berridge Farms in Hatch, HatchNMgreenchile.com is the trusted source.
If you like to add a little heat to your cooking, nothing beats a genuine Hatch chile grown on one of the bountiful farms nestled in the fertile, Hatch Valley. Foodies know it, and they’ve been reading about the unique flavor and quality of the renowned Hatch green chili in magazines such as Gourmet, Country America and Sunset. If you’ve been waiting all year in anticipation of the harvest, HatchNMgreenchile.com is where you should place your pre-order on the fresh Big Jim, New Mexico #20, Sandia or Barker green chiles grown by Berridge Farms. If you want the ultimate in quality chiles, don’t settle for canned chiles, inferior versions grown outside the Rio Grande or chiles that have sat in storage for days before being shipped.
Unlike many growers, Berridge Farms ensures that its chiles are as fresh when they arrive at your home, as if you had bought them in person at a market in downtown Santa Fe. They pick their chiles on a Tuesday, refrigerate the crop and ship it out the same day. You can pre-order a box of fresh Hatch green chiles that will ship to you as soon as chile harvest begins in early August. If you want the heat year-round, Berridge Farms also offers frozen chiles, which are prepared in the traditional New Mexico style: flame-roasted, then hand-peeled.
Chile enthusiasts around the world have made the Hatch chile famous, to the point that Hatch, New Mexico, is often referred to as the Chile Capital of the World. No matter where you live, you can order fresh, authentic Hatch chiles. With one visit to HatchNMgreenchile.com, you could have a box of authentic, fresh Hatch chiles on your front doorstep the next day.
About the Author: Preston Mitchell knows chiles. He recognizes quality product and stands behind his claim that the Hatch green chili crop is tops, with the Hatch Valley’s unique chiles offering flavor that makes the region famous worldwide. If you have any questions for Mitchell about HatchNMgreenchile.com or any other chile-related topics, write to 32705 HW 185, Hatch, NM 87937, or call (575) 635-4680.
