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| Fire roasted green chile, fresh from a roadside roaster. |
How to make a roasted green chile sauce New Mexico style? First you start with bags of fresh roasted Hatch chiles.
The Fall Equinox is right around the corner. And in our small corner of the world that means only one thing- it's chile roasting time. New Mexicans are passionate about their state's most distinctive crop. Smoky, spicy and sweet all at once is the best way I can describe the complex flavor of New Mexican roasted chiles.
Roasters are ubiquitous now- along the roadsides and in parking lots- stoking their fires outside Whole Foods and Walmart alike, turning barrels of fresh Hatch chiles over open flames. The aroma is enough to make you weep.
With spicy chile happiness, that is.
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