Hatch Chile Time: Hatch Chile Masa Waffles with Bacon

It’s Hatch Chile Time. The moment to catch and enjoy them is so fleeting, chile heads across the country are grabbing them up by the case and throwing them into the freezer to last until next year. While we can get them fresh, take advantage. Don’t limit your green chile to lunch and dinner. Go beyond the usual scrambled eggs & chile and give this waffle a shot -- a Masa Waffle with Hatch Chiles, Bacon & Cinnamon Agave Syrup. (That said, this waffle has brinner written all over it, so why wait until next weekend?)

ByMichelleAugust 25, 20131Comment

Recipes

Hatch Chile Season 2013

The back to school stuff is going in Target, heralding the end of the summer. Soon enough it'll be time for backpacks and lunchboxes and binders, but before we give ourselves over to F-A-L-L, it's time to worship at the altar of the Hatch chile. Last summer I froze 25 pounds worth and it looks like I was pretty stingy in doling out the chiles over the year since I still have several bags in the freezer. But there's nothing like fresh roasted, and stores across the country are already breaking out their roasters with events starting this weekend.

ByMichelleAugust 3, 20136Comments

Appetizers Baking Recipes

Hatch Chile Popovers

With everyone getting kids back to school, summer has been declared over. But I won’t let it be. I'm saying right here, right now, it ain’t over til it’s over. We’re in the best days of late summer – still warm and mostly sunny – and the chiles have arrived. The chiles – you know…

ByMichelleAugust 30, 20121Comment

Main Course Recipes

Hatch Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole

Sometimes food is just not that pretty. I don't mean dishes that are carelessly slapped together and just look like slop. I'm talking about food that actually tastes great, but is just difficult to doll up without turning it into a hyper-styled Franken-dish. It's the food we eat and love, but not the food we aspire to. I'm thinking about this as the personal project I shoot for myself. Show real food in the best light possible. But pick subjects that are kind of ugly. This Hatch Chile Chicken Enchilada Casserole isn't a beauty in the sense that a pile of ripe heirloom tomatoes is, but it's real, it's homey and it is delicious.

ByMichelleAugust 25, 20113Comments