12″ Red Chile Ristra

$39.93

One foot red chile ristras made with the Sandia variety of New Mexico chile. Our chile ristras are all at least the quoted length, and are often longer. Our one foot ristras are the easiest ristras to use for decoration, as they fit everywhere you can think of, and can give a nice splash of southwestern color in any room. This size ristra will shrink very quickly if you cook with it, but be assured that the flavor is worth it. For more serious cooks, consider buying a longer ristra or dried chile pods in addition to the ristra.

Description

These 1 ft Hatch Red Chile Ristras are available fresh in New Mexico in the early middle of the chile season every year. Typically they are available fresh locally by Labor Day, which coincides with the Hatch Chile Festival. Red chile is the mature version of green chile, and takes a few weeks longer to fully mature. When they are fresh,  they are quite heavy, can mold if left in a box, and also often harbor a lot of flies. Because of this, we let them dry out a few weeks in the sun before shipment. Expect us to begin shipping these ristras by the middle of September for the 2024 Hatch chile season! We will start shipping chile ristras across the continental US at that point in the chile season. For more information, check out our page, chile ristras

There is a lot of information about how to store or cook with ristras in our ristra FAQ as well.

Read this if you want to find the best place to hang your ristra.

Red chile ristras made with Sandia chile from Hatch, New Mexico. Ristras are a great decoration to make guests feel welcome. It is a great looking piece that can not only add color to your kitchen, but your meals as well. Dried ed chile is a fundamental part of New Mexican cuisine, and chile ristras are the best way of storing dried red chile.

Hatch chile ristras
Hatch red chile ristras in front of our original sign

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