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The Chili’s arrived fresh and a good condition. I roasted them and made the most delicious soup! Everyone commented on the fresh flavor. They were so easy to peel after roasting. I combined a recipe for New Mexico green chili soup and a more traditional posole. Delicious!Rena L · Verified
The Chile arrived perfectly fresh and firm. I moved itKatherine W · Verified
Definitely hot just like we like it! Thank you for sending the email explaining the crops this year. It answered my question as to why they were small. They still roasted up nice and even the kids are requesting homemade green chili sauce!CARRIE P · Verified
It arrived super fresh and clean. All had beautiful color and oohhh the wonderful aroma of roasting fresh hatch chili. We roasted outside at the pool bbq and heads were turning and the curiosity was high. I think we had a few coughing off the fumes. Great product and we’re happy to be able to pull a bag from the freezer and eat some good chili. Heat level is a good medium.Freda A · 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
These Barker pods were FIRST CLASS. They were very tasty and also very clean as packed. My wife grew up, as a child, in Arrey (near your packing facility - maiden name of Enriquez) and her family raised red chile during her childhood. She was wall-to-wall smiles when she made her usual stack of "stacked" enchiladas as she said that this taste brought back her childhood. We are sold on your product. Thank you.John C · Verified
Sauce is delicious as expected. Five stars for sauce quality First box arrived with all jars smashed. Hatch Chile responded immediately and replaced the jars quickly. Second box was very well packaged.Josephine P · Verified
I use these for my chocolate bars! @high5santafeBrianna O · Verified
Finished my first jar, makes a great start for a burrito.Larry D · Verified
Wow! Delicious aurthentic Tamales.........Mark N · Verified
Love the hatches chilies.I'm from Colorado so I grew up getting the chilies roasted. I've used hatches chilies for my green chilie.Valerie Z · Verified
My chile is in the freezer, all flame blistered and packed. Ready for garlic salt and wonderful flavor in numerous dishes. We haven't lived in Las Cruces in close to 40 years but do our best to find some New Mexico green chile every year. Yours is wonderful.Eva W · Verified
I have been ordering Hatch chily for years. My family has been eating hatch chily forever. I use to order the pods, roast them, clean them then freeze the chily. Was a lot of work. Then I got lazy and started ordering Roasted hatch frozen chily . They come in hot ice and the taste of the chily is the same without all the work. Wondering why I didn't do this years ago. Thank you hatch chily for your great chily and the roasted chopped chily. Also a note, I have tried other chily that says hatch valley chily. Definitely not the same!!Evelyn M · Verified
Once again ths Chili arrives in a secure shipping box with dry ice. We love making Cheese Rellenos and the always desired Hatch Green Chili stew. this year the chilis were beautiful despite the storms.....your family has a way with all you grow.Mark N · Verified
Very hearty Glad they are back in stockBrad P · Verified
I put it on everything eggs and tacos and almost every thing I eat so delicious and great taste I will never buy anything else but your's 😀Toni B · Verified
So good has a nice kick to it in a delicious way we love it ❤️Toni B · Verified
These chiles are amazing. They were exactly what we needed for a recipe from America's Test Kitchen. The depth of flavor and quality exceeded expectations. The medium had a little heat. It was a nice kick!Jeff S · Verified
Nice and crisp and good amount of cheeseBrad P · Verified
Spectactular! havent had a decent Relleno since I moved from Colorado! Will be keeping my freezer stocked with these!Tom S · Verified
They are delicious, I plan to dehydrate some and can the rest.Brenda R · Verified
The green chiles were very good. The selection was great. They were a little smaller than I expected but they a great quality. The customer service was excellent. I misunderstood an email and I was helped immediately.Graciela S · Verified
Hatch Chili's came highly recommended by my girlfriend from Alburquerque. She was right they are amazing.timothy s · Verified
The process was very nice and the product was great!Charles H · Verified
The green chili came well packed and fresh and in good shape. We got medium heat and feel it is acurate, with an occasional hotie. Would order again.Susan I · Verified
Fresh Hatch Chile is THE BEST green chile anywhere. Incredible flavor and aroma.William E · Verified
I LOVE these chilies! This season was definately a "trying season" with the delays and field issues,but in the end they are worth the wait. The day I got the chilies I roasted most of them and created some fabulous chile verde. Time to enjoy, see you next season.Jeff P · Verified
The chile arrived in excellent condition - fresh, vibrant, and ready to roast. It is very tasty and much appreciated.Carol W · Verified
Arrived frozen as ordered. Very delicious. I will order hot next time.Betsy G · Verified
always very good love them in my eggsBrad P · Verified
I put this chili in much of my food, even mashed potatoes. It's delicious.Jene M · Verified
Oh my gosh... these Chicken and Cheese Chimichangas are so good! I cooked them in the air fryer. The breading is almost like phyllo dough, but a little thicker. They turned out crispy on the outside and super yummy on the insideDiana L · Verified
Great product. Pairs great with the pinto beans.William W · Verified
This product is not just good, It is AWESOME! You can taste the pride, love and care put into this product. It is my favorite and I sincerely appreciate your family and dedication to what you do.Timothy H · Verified
This Hatch Green Chile Sauce is AMAZING! I will be ordering more of this!Elizabeth C · Verified
Excellent quality and taste, especially with the green chile sauce. I will be ordering again!Elizabeth C · Verified
I have not try it yet. Been in out of the hospital. I have stage five kidney failure. Hope to try soon. Tried the green chili sauce and it looks good.Susan G · Verified
Very delicious! Don't eat them to close to the stem or you will get a mouthful of seeds. But super delicious and cheesyDiana L · Verified
Quick answer: The Big Jim is a large, thick-walled Hatch green chile pepper developed at New Mexico State University with farmer Jim Lytle in the 1970s. It runs Medium heat (~6,500 SHU) — hotter than an Anaheim or poblano, comparable to a medium jalapeño — with long, meaty pods ideal for roasting and chile rellenos.
Heat
Medium · ~6,500 SHUNMSU CR706. Hotter than Anaheim or poblano.
Pods
6–12″ longThick-walled and meaty — the big Hatch pod.
Best for
Roasting & rellenosAlso smothering, sauces, and freezing.
Origin
NMSU × Jim Lytle, 1975Bred for the Hatch Valley.
Every chile product in this collection is made with Big Jim, our Medium-heat Hatch variety. Read the full Big Jim guide →
The Big Jim is the variety most people picture when they think of Hatch green chile. Co-developed at New Mexico State University by Dr. Roy Nakayama and chile farmer Jim Lytle in the 1970s, Big Jim was bred specifically for the Hatch Valley — long meaty pods, thick walls, and Medium-tier heat (~6,500 SHU per NMSU's Chile Pepper Institute, CR706; varies plant-to-plant and our pods often run a touch milder than the cultivar mean) that lets the roasted chile flavor take center stage without scorching the table. A single pod can run six to eight inches, which is why it became the standard for chiles rellenos and stuffed preparations.
What makes a Hatch Big Jim different from a Big Jim grown somewhere else is the soil and elevation of the Hatch Valley in southern New Mexico. The alkaline Rio Grande bottomland, the altitude, and the swing between hot days and cool nights concentrate a depth of flavor you don't get from peppers grown in California, Mexico, or anywhere else — even if they carry the same variety name. Our Big Jim chile comes from fifth-generation farms in the Hatch Valley, harvested at peak season and processed at our packing shed in Garfield, NM.
In this collection you'll find fresh-frozen roasted Big Jim chile, Big Jim-based sauces and powders, and prepared foods — tamales, chimichangas, salsas — made with real Big Jim chile. If you're new to Hatch chile, Big Jim is the right starting point: classic flavor, approachable Medium-tier heat, and versatile enough to go into almost any New Mexican dish. See What Are Hatch Chiles? for more variety background.
Big Jim is the chile that put Hatch on the map. 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's 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. Every Big Jim product below 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, shipped fresh, or jarred into sauces within days of harvest.
