Well, now that you’ve had a little taste of Green Chili, how about trying some Red Chili. You may or may not know that traditional enchiladas were not rolled up and placed all pretty on the plate with beans and Spanish rice. Oh no, they were stacked up flat with all the good stuff alternating [...]

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I’m fortunate to live in New Mexico where it’s not a problem to get what is arguably the best Green chili that can be had. Of course, that would be “Hatch Green Chili”. Hatch New Mexico is known as the Green Chili Capital of the world. Every fall I buy about 40 lbs of fresh [...]

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 Hey, what was I thinking? How can you have Pinto Beans and Green Chili without some great tasting homemade Flour Tortillas? Here you go… Flour Tortillas 4 CUPS  FLOUR 1 TSP BAKING POWDER 6 TLB LARD (Shortening can be used but your tortillas won’t have an authentic taste) 1½ TSP SALT 1½ CUPS WATER (Or [...]

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Pinto Beans and Green Chili My all time favorite southwest comfort food… (To feed 4 to 6 people) 2 cups dry pinto beans 1 lb of ground beef or pork 4 to 5 roasted fresh green chilies (Preferably Hatch extra hot) if you don’t have access to the fresh, frozen or canned will do. The [...]

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All states have a state flower, state bird etc. Here in New Mexico we also have a state question. Red or Green, chili that is. Food is such an important part of the culture here (which is one of the reasons I moved here) people have knock down drag-outs over the simple question red or [...]

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