El Rey Farms

What can I say about Rey Martinez and his family bringing us New Mexico Green Chile every year. I have getting my fix there for a while. Its funny my wife and I grew up in La Puente heck played at Puente Park till I got married. I moved to the inland empire back in 89′ now we return for the Chile. Tell the Truth the last 4 years I pre-​pay my 2 sacks 1 Hot 1 Extra Hot and my nephew picks it up for me but the year he cant make it I will have to return because we cant live a winter without it. There is no other flavor like the chile from Hatch New Mexico some of my family cant stand the HEAT so I have to make 2 batches. If you want real Chile Verde not this Anaheim or jalapeño with tomatillo sauce call Rey’s this year and get some I believe they have an online store. Oh yes for the novice each bag has 30lbs. of chile they will roast it for you or do like be get home fire up the grille get at least a case of Victoria Beer and have a Family Roast day and enjoy!

We love New Mexican green chili. It is the best green chili in the world and that is not enough of a description to tell you how good it is. We have always had to rely on family when they went to New Mexico to bring it back. My dad saw on «California Gold» that El Rey Farms brought chili into California and we were on the phone to place an order. There is no other chili with the distinct smell of New Mexican chili. Do the test yourself. Put a Anaheim under your nose then a New Mexican. You smell the difference. I always get the XXhot but most of my family get the hot. I like it hot. You have to order in advance. A sack is 38 dollars for the xxhot and cheaper for the less hot. I like to have them roast it for me, 10 dollars to roast all of your sacks. My dad likes to roast his own, he says only he knows how to roast chili. The site is in La Puente in the parking lot of the school. They come down during Aug. to Sep. and depending on the crop Oct. You can buy chili powder also at the tables that are set up. The local school also has a table set up where you can buy food and drinks there. This place gets busy, if you are going to have them roast your chili take a hat of bring some shade. Sometimes you have to wait awhile, sometime not. Just depends. This is the best chili you have ever ate. Check out the photos. This review has made me start craving chili its in the pot tonight for sure.

You must, must, must have fresh green Hatch New Mexico chilie if you are a fire eater or just someone who loves a little spice in your life! El Rey offers mild, medium, hot, xhot, and xxhot! Pre-​order your chilies and show up to pick up! Nice-​n-​easy. Dried chilie is also offered. Red & green. Sadly, the green sells out quickly, so get there early and get yours! (They don’t pre-​order the powder) Also, make sure you get your roasted.(Makes the parking lot smell great and it tastes even better when you get it home! The web site is nice too. We just brought home our 3 bags (small order this year) and we can hardly wait to tear into them! Yum-yum!Freshness is key the flavor these little darlings exhibit!

They deliver to a high school parking lot in La Puente FRESH GREEN HATCH NEW MEXICO CHILE. And I mean the long green chiles pepper you make sauce or salsa or just chopped into your favorite food, like ice cream. Chile heads understand me. They are delivered in refrigerated trucks from Hatch, New Mexico over the course of Saturdays in August and September. You MUST call in your order in advance in order not to pay in advance. If you show up without placing an order, you will likely not get any chiles. About $ 36 for a 38 lb. sack of peppers. Buy as many as you want and what heat level you want. There is nothing like Hatch chiles.
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. It lookes like a mad house when you get there, but it is orderly and by number. Pick up at a time you choose and is available. I roast about half of the chiles on my charcoal bbq at home, the other half I use as is. For freezing, I roast, leave skin on, cool, freeze, then remove skin after thawing. Some remove skin after roasting, then freeze.