Great Chile, great freshness, very good communication! ThanksJames H · Verified
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These Hatch Green Chilies are so nice and fresh. And very flavorful with the right amount of heat.Tina L · Verified
The chile came in a heavy box so no damage to the chiles. Of course, I like to say, hatch green chile is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. The chile was a little milder than expected but very tasty. Every now and then, you get a hot one. I always expect that. All and all, it’s super tasty and good. I will be ordering it again next season. Being from NM and living in NC, it’s great!!Dulcy R · Verified
The Chile's all looked great when they got here! And we got them faster than anticipated :)Tracey H · Verified
I only eat Hatch green chiles!! I am a little disappointed that the mild has a little kick to it, just like the medium heat did. Business of my severe GERD, I had to go back to eating the mild frozen green chile. I still love it even though it is upsetting my stomach!!! I will always buy Hatch green chiles over any other brand!! After living in NM for a couple of years on and off, I developed a love for green chiles and started making my own green chile sauce and I either eat it with tortilla chips or on a Mexican burger!!!Lisa B · Verified
Hatch green chile is my favorite! I prefer it very hot but have several friends here in CA who cannot take the heat and love the Hatch green mild. The Hatch Chile Store is the best! I have ordered a variety of Hatch chile products and will be ordering more.. Highly recommended A++Shaun D · Verified
Fantastic product. I grew up in NM but now live in the Midwest and can't live without green chile!Carmine D · Verified
I was visiting my Son & family in Beaumont, TX a couple years ago and my daughter in law introduced me to this incredible chili pepper!!!! Well I've been hooked since ☺️ I came home and introduced it to my grand daughter in laws. We absolutely love it. I purchased a case of fresh chili's once I receive them, I fire-pit roasted them and they are in my freezer awaiting enhancing one of our family mealy!!! Excellent produce that everyone should try!!! Thanks! Gloria C.Gloria C · Verified
I have lived my entire life on the NC coast, not a fan of mustard OR vinegar, & definitely not spicy food! In my 2 short years in NM, I have become a chile expert (to my beach fan)! This is the only mustard that will ever darken my doorstep again! It’s absolutely DELICIOUS! Running low, only 3 bottles in the pantry! Let me order more now before all y’all jump on there and buy it all after reading my raving review!! I’ll leave a few for the rest of ya!M B · Verified
Honestly do happy with my purchase! Can't wait to place another order. Best stew ever just enough heatGuest C · Verified
This is my very favorite green chile. I've ordered it several times and have never been disappointed. The packaging is secure and delivered in a timely manner. I would highly recommend this product to all green chili lovers.Mary W · Verified
Very good sauce for everything.Terry T · Verified
Good quality green chile sauce....John V · Verified
The chile is very good! A little milder than expected, but still very nice. Living away from NM, it's wonderful to still be able to stock the freezer and have the flavor of New Mexican cooking.Damon R · Verified
Delicious. Definitely prepare in your air fryer.Dana S · Verified
Fantastic. The best I’ve ever had. Definitely prepare in your air fryer.Dana S · Verified
This is the second time I have ordered and have been extremely satisfied both times. Their customer service is wonderful and the chiles arrive perfectly boxed and Excellent flavor!! I will order again next season!!Karen B · Verified
Green Chile is great! Love it always great. ! Get it every year..usually get more,did not get enough, more next year!Grizelda N · Verified
I know this years harvest has had its struggles, but it’s probably one of the best tasting and hot batches we’ve ever tasted! The extra hot, is EXTRA HOT! Roasting and peeling was easy! Fresh with no loss during shipping! Great batch! Thank you for delivering a taste of home to us that no longer live in NM!Sarah G · Verified
Our chili arrived in South Carolina beautiful and fresh. So happy with our order.Rodney O · Verified
What can I say? 5 Stars! The Chile Store has brought my native NM flavor to me a thousand miles away. Thank you.Phoebe D · Verified
as I said before nothing like hatch chili the best of all breeds of chili nothing compares, I made different recipes with the 5 lbs I got and the family loved each and every one. The only thing is I Know how to contact you all so not so many e-mails please I will order from you in the future just slow the e-mails thank youBrad D · Verified
Arrived in perfect condition. I roasted them the day of arrival. Excellent flavor.Blair E · Verified
Its great stew and if you want to add a few veggies to suit your taste, all the better!!!!!!!Lyle P · Verified
We purchased chiles for three members of our family that live in NC and FL. Chiles arrived on time and are being enjoyed.Donald A · Verified
Great, had it mixed in with scrambled eggs the first morning. Delicious!! Really miss green chile after leaving NM due to health issues after 55 years.Dale W · Verified
Best chile around! I always keep it on hand!Vicki D · Verified
Tough growing season, but my chiles were outstanding! I am extremely pleased with this year's shipment.Robert S · Verified
Peppers were fresh and ready to roast. Living in the mid Atlantic region it is almost impossible to find Hatch Peppers. Our peppers are now in the freezer and will use through the year. Green Chili Chicken soup was superb. We’ll be buying more next year.Barbara A · Verified
Roasted and frozen ready for the winter I have eaten several , delicious, So glad I found you I have been hatch chile bereft since I Left New Mexico years ago Love your recipes Tess FranklynTess F · Verified
Chilies were all Fresh, weroasted iAll in the freezer. Great experience Thanks!Sara C · Verified
I think I did this once already...but I had chile sent to my son in September. It was recieve d in excellent shape, all the way in Maine. He was thrilled, as usual!Janice J · Verified
Right away I was attracted to the wonderful odor coming out of the box. I was impressed with the size and freshness. Some were used in a large batch of delicious salsa. I then roasted the rest and froze most of them. The aroma while roasting is seductive and I wanted to start eating them immediately. A couple of the roasted ones were used in a white bean chili that was wonderfully delicious . I will use the rest of the frozen ones in recipes during the winter. I hope I have enough.Sherrie C · Verified
The green chili came packed with care when I opened the box the green chilies smelled amazing. The roasting of these chilies were fantastic. There’s nothing like hatch chili.armendarizvicky@yahoo.com A · Verified
100% worth the purchase! Mine tasted like fresh picked and smoked Hatch Chiles. Will buy again!William E · Verified
Hatch Green Chili sauce is by far and away the best product on the market. Taste, color, heat, density- it has it all. I have tried others, but never again will I waste money on others...@!!! I was also pleasantly surprised when placing my order on how quickly Hatch staff were able to reply and accommodate my delivery request. I needed to delay an order due to a travel issue. The staff replied and complied with my request immediately. So.... Great product, super service... don't waste time and $$ elsewhere.Paul F · Verified
The flavor the chili powder is good, but if I would have known it had to be cooked to use I probably wouldn’t have ordered itFrancis I · Verified
Used the Hatch chile peppers to make a pepper beerArron L · Verified
The chili's are awesome! The delivery company not so much. However I will continue to buy because they're so darn good and Hatch Green Chili Company takes care of you when the delivery company drops the ball. They're a stand up company! GeoGeorge H · Verified
What "Hatch Green Chile" Actually Means
Hatch chile isn't a single variety — it's a geographic designation. The Hatch Valley is a 40-mile stretch of mineral-rich Rio Grande bottomland in Sierra and Doña Ana counties, southern New Mexico, where high-alkaline desert soil, elevation, intense summer sun, and wide day-to-night temperature swings produce a flavor profile distinctly different from peppers grown anywhere else. The variety determines the heat level — Big Jim, Sandia, Lumbre, and others, all developed at NMSU. The valley determines the flavor.
Our family has farmed this valley since 1917, when great-great-grandfather Joseph Franzoy planted the valley's first commercial chile crop. After harvest, pods go to our packing shed in Garfield, NM for cleaning and grading; frozen products are processed at Amigo's Mexican Foods in New Mexico, a family-run facility in operation since 1978. Every product is Certified Hatch — nothing imported, nothing relabeled, nothing blended with off-valley peppers.
Heat levels range from Mild (1904, Joe Parker, NuMex 6-4) through Medium (2,000–7,000 SHU) and Hot (Sandia Select, ~9,500 SHU) to X-Hot (Lumbre, 12,000+ SHU). The three varieties below — Sandia, Big Jim, and the fresh harvest — are the backbone of what we ship nationwide. Our Medium is Charger, the variety that is replacing Big Jim: earlier in the 2026 season Medium boxes were a mix of Big Jim and Charger, but Big Jim finished for the year in late September, so Medium boxes shipping now are Charger.
Sandia: New Mexico's Original Hot Chile
Sandia is the variety Hatch Valley growers have planted since 1956, when NMSU breeder Dr. Roy Harper crossed New Mexico No. 9 with an Anaheim-type cultivar to create a pepper built for drying into the dark-red ristras and powders that define red chile cooking. The name was simplified from "Sandia A" to just Sandia in 1967 — a nod to the Sandia Mountains east of Albuquerque, whose peaks glow watermelon-pink at sunset (the Spanish word sandía means "watermelon").
At approximately 6,500 Scoville Heat Units per NMSU CR706, Sandia delivers the kind of direct, confident heat that locals expect when they answer "Red or Green?" and mean it. Our family has grown Sandia on Franzoy land in the Hatch Valley for generations — connected by both soil and blood to the Biad family, whose seed program helped NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute develop NuMex Sandia Select, a thicker-walled successor with 40% higher yields and the same reliable heat.
The Sandia Select restoration took eight years (2001–2014) at the Leyendecker Plant Science Research Center under Dr. Paul Bosland — "the Chileman" — and researcher Danise Coon, who planted 450 plants of commercially drifted Sandia seed and selected for thicker fruit walls, longer pods, and consistent heat. The result, released in 2014 and published in HortScience, came in at 9,500 SHU — hotter than the original — and roasted and peeled as cleanly as any green chile variety on the market.
For the full Sandia deep dive — eight thousand words on Dr. Harper, the Franzoy and Biad families, the Formulo sisters, and why Sandia Select rebuilt New Mexico's hot chile — visit our dedicated Sandia collection.
Big Jim: The Chile That Put Hatch on the Map
Big Jim was developed in 1975 at New Mexico State University by Dr. Roy Nakayama and Hatch Valley grower Jim Lytle — a son-in-law of Joseph Franzoy, the valley's first commercial chile farmer. Big Jim once held the Guinness World Record for the largest chile pepper on Earth, with pods stretching past thirteen inches.
Its thick, meaty walls and approachable Medium-tier heat (approximately 6,500 SHU per NMSU CR706; our pods often run a touch milder than the cultivar mean) made it the definitive relleno chile and a staple in kitchens across New Mexico. Where the original Sandia's thin walls were built for drying, Big Jim was built to stuff — pods large enough to hold cheese, smooth enough to peel clean, and warm enough to taste like New Mexico without overwhelming the palate.
Every Big Jim product in this collection is Certified Hatch — grown in the same Hatch Valley soil where Lytle and Nakayama first tested the variety nearly fifty years ago — and flame-roasted, frozen, or jarred within days of harvest.
Fresh Hatch Chile: The Brief Window That Defines the Year
Fresh Hatch chile is what every other version of Hatch chile aspires to be. Picked at peak ripeness, packed within hours of harvest, and shipped directly from our family farm in Hatch, New Mexico — fresh chile is only available during the brief late-July to early-October harvest window. If you're roasting yourself, fresh is the only way; if you'd rather we roast it, flame-roasted frozen carries that same flavor year-round.
How Much to Order for Home Roasting
- 5 lbs — Tasting quantity. Roughly two enchilada pans.
- 10 lbs — A few months of cooking for a household.
- 25 lbs — Standard "freezer stocking" amount for one family. Roast and freeze for the year.
- 50 lbs — Big family or two-household freezer share.
Pick Your Heat
- Mild (1904, Joe Parker, NuMex 6-4) — gentle, kid-friendly (around 900–1,500 SHU).
- Medium (Charger (replacing Big Jim)) — the New Mexico default; warming, not spicy (Big Jim ~6,500 SHU per NMSU CR706; our pods often milder).
- Hot (NuMex Sandia Select, ~9,500 SHU) — real heat for chile-heads.
- X-Hot (Lumbre, 12,000+ SHU, varies year to year) — for serious capsaicin fans only.
Roast Now or Roast Later?
Most fresh-chile customers buy in bulk during harvest, roast at home or have us roast for them, then freeze in 1-lb portions. Roasted chile keeps full flavor 2 years in a 0°F freezer — which is how generations of New Mexicans have stockpiled a year's supply on a single September weekend.
Every Form of Hatch Green Chile We Sell
Hatch green chile (also spelled green chili) is a seasonal crop, but the flavor doesn’t have to be. We harvest once a year in the Hatch Valley and put the crop up in every form New Mexican kitchens actually use — so whether you cook with it weekly or stock a freezer each fall, there’s a format that fits.
Fresh (July–October)
The classic. Fresh Hatch green chile ships by the 5, 10, or 25-pound box during harvest, picked in the morning and on your porch within about a day. Roast it yourself — our roasting guide walks you through oven, grill, and broiler methods — and freeze what you don’t eat.
Flame-Roasted & Frozen (year-round)
Our best seller. Roasted Hatch green chile is fire-roasted within hours of picking, partially peeled, vacuum-sealed, and flash-frozen at peak flavor. It’s the skip-the-mess version of Hatch season, available every month of the year, and it qualifies for our frozen bundle discounts when you mix and match.
Jarred, Powdered & Shelf-Stable
No freezer space? Jarred roasted green chile keeps in the pantry, Hatch green chile powder turns any pot into a New Mexican one by the teaspoon, and freeze-dried chopped green chile rehydrates in minutes for camping, RVs, and emergency stashes. For ready-made heat, browse our Hatch chile sauces and salsas.
Choosing Your Heat Level
Every box we ship is a single variety with a known heat range — not a mystery mix. If you know how you like your chile, pick by name; if you’re new, start medium and adjust next order. Our full heat level guide has side-by-side comparisons.
| Heat | Varieties | Scoville range | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mild | 1904, Joe Parker, Machete | 1,000–2,500 SHU | Flavor-first cooking, kids, big batches |
| Medium | Charger (replacing Big Jim) | 2,500–6,500 SHU | The crowd-pleaser — our most popular tier |
| Hot | Sandia Select | 5,000–9,000 SHU | Chile that pushes back |
| Extra Hot | Lumbre | 11,000+ SHU | Serious heat seekers |
Where to Buy Real Hatch Green Chile
If you’ve searched for Hatch green chile—or green chili—near you and come up empty, you’re not alone — true Hatch chile is grown in one river valley in southern New Mexico, and most of the country never sees it fresh. That’s the reason this store exists. We’re a fifth-generation farming family (the Franzoys, in the valley since 1917), and we sell what our family grows, direct from the farm, shipped to all 50 states.
“Hatch” on a grocery-store label doesn’t always mean what it should. Hatch-style and “Hatch type” peppers are often grown far from the valley — different soil, different water, different chile. Ours is the real thing: grown in Hatch, roasted in Hatch, and traceable to the field it came from. Read what makes Hatch chile different if you want the full story.
Express Shipping, Built for Chile
Fresh chile can’t sit in a warehouse, so it doesn’t. During harvest, fresh boxes ship express the same day they’re picked. Frozen orders travel in insulated boxes that hold temperature door-to-door, and everything in a frozen order ships together in one box. If fresh chile arrives spoiled or damaged, send us photos of the box and the chile within 4 hours of delivery and we’ll make it right — that’s the guarantee behind more than 31,000 five-star-average customer reviews.
When to Order
Fresh: July through October — see the Hatch chile season page for this year’s dates and pre-order windows. Everything else — frozen roasted, jarred, powder, salsas — ships year-round. If you’re stocking up, frozen bundle pricing rewards bigger boxes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the difference between Hatch chile and regular green chile?
"Green chile" is a category — it covers any unripe chile pepper used as a vegetable. "Hatch chile" means green chile (or dried red chile) grown specifically in the Hatch Valley of New Mexico. The geographic growing conditions — alkaline soil, elevation, day/night temperature differential — produce a flavor that's noticeably more complex and roasted than generic green chile from California or Mexico. The name is not legally protected, so some brands use "Hatch-style" or even "Hatch" loosely — ours is grown on actual Hatch Valley farms. Learn more at What Are Hatch Chiles?
How do I choose between the different heat levels?
Our Hatch green chile spans four heat tiers. Mild — 1904, Joe Parker, and NuMex 6-4, roughly 900–2,000 SHU (Joe Parker measures ~900 SHU per NMSU's CR706) — is gentle enough for kids. Medium is the everyday workhorse. Our Medium is Charger, the variety that is replacing Big Jim: earlier in the 2026 season Medium boxes were a mix of Big Jim and Charger, but Big Jim finished for the year in late September, so Medium boxes shipping now are Charger. The Big Jim variety measures ~6,500 SHU per CR706: thick-walled, large-podded, the definitive relleno chile, developed at NMSU in 1975 by Dr. Roy Nakayama and Jim Lytle. Hot is NuMex Sandia Select (~9,500 SHU, Bosland & Coon 2014), the classic chile-head choice — direct, confident heat with earthy depth; the original Sandia (~6,500 SHU, Harper 1956) is reserved for sun-dried ristras. X-Hot is Lumbre (12,000+ SHU, varies year to year), for serious capsaicin fans — significantly hotter than a jalapeño but well short of habanero. If you're new to Hatch chile or cooking for mixed heat tolerances, start with Medium. Our Heat Level Guide has a full comparison.
Should I buy frozen roasted chile or fresh?
Fresh Hatch green chile is only available during the harvest season. Frozen roasted chile is available year-round and arrives already flame-roasted and partially peeled — it is never deseeded — so it's the practical choice for most home cooks. The roasting is done at peak season, so the flavor holds well frozen. If you want to roast your own from fresh pods, we have a guide at How to Roast Hatch Chiles.
When can I order fresh Hatch chile?
Fresh Hatch chile is available during harvest — roughly late July through early October. Order by Friday 4:00 PM MT and your box ships the following Wednesday, picked that morning. Demand runs ahead of the fields, so we're currently about two to four weeks behind; we email your ship date the Friday before your box goes out. Outside the harvest window, flame-roasted frozen Hatch chile carries the same smoky-sweet flavor year-round.
How do you ship frozen Hatch green chile?
Frozen orders ship Tuesdays and Wednesdays in insulated boxes packed with dry ice sized to your exact transit time. Frozen ships from cold storage in New Jersey and California, so ground shipping reaches most U.S. addresses in 1–5 business days — Alaska and Hawaii included. Fresh and pantry orders ship from us in New Mexico: fresh on Wednesdays during harvest, pantry items Monday through Friday on orders placed by 2:00 PM MT. Mix them in one order and they arrive as separate boxes, on different days, each with its own tracking number.
How long does frozen Hatch green chile last?
At 0°F or below, frozen Hatch chile holds its quality for 2 years — this is how most New Mexicans keep a year's supply on hand. Portion it into meal-sized bags and press out as much air as you can before freezing. Once thawed, keep it refrigerated and use it within 3 to 5 days, and do not refreeze. Chile you roast yourself keeps 3 to 5 days in the fridge as well.
How much Hatch green chile should I order?
A 5 lb box of fresh pods cooks down to roughly 3 lbs of roasted, peeled chile — about 12 to 15 meals, or two to three weeks of regular cooking. Families that cook New Mexican food weekly usually put up 25 lb or more each season. Frozen roasted chile takes the guesswork out: order what fits your freezer, and bundle pricing rewards bigger boxes.
Should I roast the chile myself or order it pre-roasted?
Both work. If you want the smell of green chile filling your kitchen on a September afternoon — and the satisfaction of doing it yourself — order fresh during harvest and roast on a propane tabletop roaster, an outdoor grill, or under a broiler. If you want the same flavor year-round with zero prep, our flame-roasted frozen chile is roasted within hours of harvest by people who do this for a living, then flash-frozen to lock in flavor. Both options ship from our farm in Hatch.
How do I know I'm getting real Hatch chile and not Anaheim?
Every product we sell is Hatch Chile Association certified — your guarantee that the chile was grown in the Hatch Valley of New Mexico, not Anaheim and not imported chile relabeled under the Hatch name. Grocery-store “Hatch-style” or “Hatch type” peppers are usually grown outside the valley: same seed family, different terroir, noticeably different flavor. Our family has farmed the Hatch Valley since 1917, when our great-great-grandfather Joseph Franzoy became the first commercial chile farmer in the region. Five generations later we still farm 300+ acres and grow 10+ cultivars including Big Jim, Sandia Select, and Lumbre, and we sell direct from the farm — no middleman, no substitution.
Can I substitute Hatch green chile for Anaheim, poblano, or canned green chiles in recipes?
Yes for Anaheim and most canned green chiles — same pod shape, similar applications, better flavor. Hatch green chile is generally hotter than Anaheim and has a richer roasted profile. For poblano substitutions, note that Hatch chile is typically thinner-walled, so stuffed preparations work best with whole frozen strips or fresh pods. Canned green chile can almost always be replaced with frozen Hatch chile, thawed and drained.
Are your green chile products gluten-free?
Plain frozen chile, powders, most sauces, and salsas are naturally gluten-free. Prepared products — chimichangas, tamales — contain wheat. Products made with green chile tortillas also contain wheat. Check individual product labels for full allergen information if you have celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
What's the difference between green chile and red chile from the same plant?
Green chile and red chile are the same plant at different stages of ripeness. Green chile is harvested before the pod ripens, roasted fresh, and eaten as a vegetable with its characteristic grassy-roasted flavor. Red chile is the same pod left on the plant until it fully ripens and turns red, then typically dried — producing a darker, smokier, more concentrated flavor used in red chile sauce and dried preparations. Some varieties, particularly Sandia, are commonly grown for both applications.
Hatch Green Chile Quick Reference
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where it’s grown | Hatch Valley, New Mexico — and only there |
| Fresh season | July–October (pre-orders open earlier) |
| Year-round forms | Flame-roasted frozen, jarred, powder, freeze-dried, salsas |
| Heat range | 1,000 SHU (1904) to 11,000+ SHU (Lumbre) |
| Shipping | All 50 states; fresh ships harvest-day express |
| Guarantee | Report spoiled or damaged fresh chile within 4 hours of delivery, with photos of the box and the chile — we’ll make it right |
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