Easy, healthy recipes with a southwestern flare
Recipes that contain New Mexico roasted green chile
A quick & easy dish of spicy pork loin with red chile powder, and a variety of vegetables. Serve with a carbohydrate side such as creamy polenta, cornbread, or flour tortillas.
A quick & Easy spicy breakfast made with cheese stuffed roasted New Mexico chile and egg cooked between two corn tortillas.
Enjoy a Sunday brunch of sweet potato hash browns topped with green chile, cheese, and an egg – my version of Albuquerque’s Frontier Restaurant’s Western-Style hash browns.
“Calabacitas” is the Spanish word for “little squash”, but in late summer / early fall calabacitas is a traditional New Mexico dish. It’s made with local, fresh ingredients: roasted green chile, summer squash, and corn. Normally served as a side, but can be turned into a vegetarian meal by topping it with an egg and some cheese.
This post is an instructional post on how to roast fresh chile and peppers on the grill, peel, prep for freezing, pack for freezing,and freeze.
A calabacitas chowder that uses cooked and pureed summer squash as the base, cooked with leeks, corn, and green chile. A delightful way to enjoy fall produce.
Green chile powder is the result of drying fresh picked green chile peppers, removing the stems, and then grinding into a powder. Here are several suggestions for using green chile powder.
Instructions on how to cook up a hearty pot of pinto beans and several suggestions on how to use them as a meals, an ingredient, or a vegetable side.
A classic southwester breakfast pileup with potatoes, vegetables, a protein of choice, and an egg, smothered in red chile or green chile if you prefer.
If you like spicy, you’ll love this green chile cheese spread! New Mexico green chile and toasted pecans are combined with cream cheese to make a spicy snack.
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