Farm-direct from the Hatch Valley
Hatch Green Chile Near Me: Where to Buy It (and Why We Ship It)
Searching for Hatch chile near you turns up a lot of green chile and not much Hatch. Here's the honest version.
The short answer
Real Hatch green chile grows in one place: the Hatch Valley of New Mexico. We farm there, and we ship direct — fresh chile by the box during the season (late July through early October) and flame-roasted chile, frozen at peak season, year-round on dry ice.
We do not run a retail storefront, and we can't tell you which grocery store near you has genuine Hatch chile this week. What we can do is put it on your doorstep from the field it grew in.
Why there is no Hatch chile aisle near you
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 through early 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.
What we ship, and when
- Fresh Hatch green chile — in season only, in 5 lb, 10 lb and 25 lb boxes (about 10 pods per pound), 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.
How shipping days work
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. Order by Friday 4:00 PM MT to make the following week's Wednesday shipment. Overnight is the only speed we guarantee.
- 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.
Arrives frozen or we make it right. If a frozen box shows up warm and soft, tell us within 4 hours of delivery with photos. Cold and firm counts as frozen. We'll either refund, reship, or credit toward a future order. See our satisfaction guarantee.
The fastest way to get Hatch chile to your door
- In season, and you want fresh pods: order fresh before the Friday 4:00 PM MT cutoff and take Overnight. It's picked Wednesday morning, packed the same day and lands Thursday.
- 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.
Can I come pick it up? Our facilities aren't stores
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.
If you're actually in the Hatch Valley
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 crop actually comes in, that's the Hatch chile season guide.
Get it from the valley it grew in
Five generations of growers, one valley, shipped to your door.
Shipping days, cutoffs and PO-box rules on this page come from our shipping page; heat levels and Scoville ranges from the heat level guide; reporting windows from the satisfaction guarantee.