Central Market has dusted off their huge black roasters for their 17th Annual Hatch Chile Festival. The scent of the sweet, acidic, charred peppers will waft through the air, as the Foodies roast ...

The peppers themselves are pods with long, thin fruits ranging from 2 to 17 inches long, depending on the variety. Most peppers are harvested when green but can also fully ripen to red.

Hatch chiles can be roasted or canned without losing much flavor. This makes it easy to stock up on the popular peppers in season to enjoy later in the year. Around 20 years ago, ...

Hatch chiles (yes, that’s how New Mexicans spell “chile”) are a singular product of the high desert of the 47th U.S. state. Resembling Anaheim chiles in appearance, ...

These New Mexican chiles range from mild to spicy, but no matter their heat level, they trigger full-on obsession in their fans. Here's what to know and how to use 'em.

File photo - Green chiles are roasted during the Hatch Chile Festival on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 in Hatch, New Mexico. They also know that roasting them maximizes the pepper’s smoky, rich, and ...

There are a few particular agricultural seasons Texans always look forward to: pecan season, peach season, grapefruit season, and, of course, hatch chile season. Hatch chiles are specifically ...

According to the Scoville Scale, most Hatch chiles score between 1,500 and 2,500 units — about the same heat level as poblano or Anaheim peppers and just below Jalapeno peppers, which measure ...

"To anyone who hasn't tried a Hatch pepper, you can't just eat one," says Chris Franzoy, CEO of Young Guns Produce, a Hatch, N.M., farm that has grown chiles for over 82 years. "Our peppers are ...

CONTACT FILED: PEPPERS Hatch chiles from Hatch, N.M. are only in season for a month photographed Monday evening, Aug. 19, 2002, in Houston. (Kevin Fujii/Chronicle) Kevin Fujii/Staff.