Hatch Green Chile Near Me: Where to Buy It (and Why We Ship It)

Three things make Hatch chile hard to find on a shelf:

• It comes from one valley. Hatch chile is chile grown in the Hatch Valley of New Mexico. The Hatch Chile Association certifies authentic Hatch chile. Other regions grow New Mexico chile cultivars, and it can be very good, but it is not Hatch chile.
• The season is short. Fresh harvest runs roughly late July into October and ends with the first frost. Weather moves it two to three weeks in either direction, so nobody can promise you a date.
• Fresh chile is perishable. Getting it to a store shelf in another state, in condition, is a cold-chain problem. It is easier to send it straight to you.

If you want to know what actually counts as Hatch chile, we wrote that up on what are Hatch chiles.

• Fresh Hatch green chile — in season only, in 5 lb, 10 lb and 25 lb boxes (about 25 to 45 pods in a 5 lb box), in Mild, Medium, Hot and X-Hot. Fresh Hatch green chile
• Roasted Hatch green chile, frozen — flame-roasted and frozen at peak season, shipped year-round in Mild, Medium and Hot. Roasted Hatch green chile
• Jarred chile, sauces and salsas, dried red chile pods, chile powders and frozen New Mexican foods — year-round.

Not sure which form you want? The format chooser walks through fresh versus frozen versus jarred, and the heat level guide maps our four heat levels to the varieties and their Scoville ranges.

Chile ships on a schedule built around what it takes to arrive in condition. All cutoffs are U.S. Mountain Time.

• Frozen ships Tuesday and Wednesday only, packed with dry ice sized to your transit time. Your ZIP sets the day: 3-day zones ship Tuesday, 1- and 2-day zones ship Wednesday, and some areas are Overnight only. Cutoff is 2 AM MT on the ship day.
• Fresh chile ships Wednesdays during the season. The usual order cutoff is Friday at 4:00 PM MT, but harvest delays can mean a later shipment. Check the fresh product page for the current wait and shipping guidance before ordering. Fresh chile ships overnight only (Overnight Saver or Overnight at checkout).
• Pantry and dry goods ship Monday through Friday.

Frozen and fresh never ship Thursday or Friday — a box that would sit in a depot over the weekend simply doesn't ship. We ship to the 50 US states; frozen, fresh, roasters, ristras and wreaths can't go to a PO box. Full detail is on the shipping page.

• In season, and you want fresh pods: check the fresh product page for the current wait and shipping guidance before ordering. Fresh chile ships Wednesdays during the season, but your order may wait for a later shipment depending on harvest and availability. Once scheduled, fresh chile ships overnight.
• Any other week of the year: roasted and frozen is the answer. It's already blistered, partially peeled and portioned, and it ships every Tuesday and Wednesday.
• You want it today: we can't do that, and neither can anyone else shipping real Hatch chile. Jarred chile, sauces and powders keep in a pantry, which is the closest thing to having it on hand.

No — and we would rather say so plainly than have you drive out for nothing. Our fresh-pack shed in Garfield and our frozen-foods kitchen in Deming are working facilities that are not open to the public. Everything we sell is sold online and shipped.

Then you're in the right place at the right time of year, and the village is worth a day. We put together a guide to visiting Hatch, New Mexico — where to eat, what to see, and how to get here.

Over Labor Day weekend the village hosts the Hatch Chile Festival: a parade, two music stages, chile roasting and more than 30,000 visitors. And if you want to know when the chile actually comes in, that's the Hatch chile season guide.