Category chile roasting

Starting the 2024 Hatch Chile Season

Hatch chile roasting in a chile roaster

It’s late July! What that means is that the Hatch chile season is just getting started. Although some places have already started roasting chile for a few weeks, we don’t handle early chile as it almost never meets our standards.…

About New Mexico Chile

Red and green New Mexico chile roasting in Albuquerque

What is New Mexico Chile? New Mexico chile refers to the various types of chile peppers grown in New Mexico, primarily around the Rio Grande valley, with the Hatch Valley being the largest individual growing region. Although many farmers also…

Hatch Chile in Pueblo Territory

Green chile roaster roasting Hatch chile in Albuquerque

In case you are in Colorado and looking for some great roasted Hatch green chile this Labor Day weekend, Summerland Gardens will be roasting up a storm. They have mild, medium, hot, and extra hot available, as well as their…

Green Chile

Roasted Lumbre green chile

As we are a chile market in New Mexico, green chile is our bread and butter. We’ve been roasting chile in Albuquerque since 1977, and selling it since 1962. In New Mexico, green chile will be put into everything, even candy and…