When we were at Sam’s Club last week, it was 2:30 p.m. and we had not had lunch. I had not even had breakfast (this was the day I was having the root canal and the timing wasn’t good for me to eat before we left home since it’s a 2 hour drive and no restroom stops along the way; my appointment was at 11 and I didn’t want to have to go to the restroom during the procedure to I didn’t eat/drink anything til after the appointment). By the time we got to Sam’s, we were hungry but waiting for my mouth to wake up a bit so we could grab a bite to eat at a fun restaurant in San Angelo. What I’m trying to say is . . we were hungry, all the food looked good and we were buying everything! We know to never shop while hungry but sometimes, it just happens.
Maybe it’s just something that happens when you move to Texas but we’ve come to love Hatch chile peppers. We eat them in eggs, grits, on our sandwiches and burgers . . you name it and it’s better with Hatch chile peppers!
Chile Cheese Dip
It is so good! We’ve been eating it on a toasted bagel chip but there’s a recipe under the lid for chicken/cheese sliders. We grilled steak yesterday so I grilled a chicken breast. For lunch today, I’m going to toast some sourdough bread and serve the sliced, heated chicken, with that cheese/chili dip on top. Maybe I’ll stick it under the broiler for a minute or heat the cheese dip before putting it on the chicken. No matter how we serve it, I think it’s going to be yummy!
We had baked potatoes yesterday and I used that dip on my baked potato and it was so good! Vince decided to use some in his leftover potato skins and it was good. I’m thinking .. add a little bacon, a little sour cream and that would make some fantastic potato skins.
Now that we’ve had it, I can make the dip at home. I’m thinking just regular pimento and cheese, along with sour cream or softened (and maybe a little milk added) cream cheese, along with green chilies would work. I found this recipe online for Cheesy Hatch Green Chile Dip and it looks pretty delicious.
Lynne in Hawaii says
Girl after our own heart. We order our Hatch Chili peppers from the New Mexico Connection. They are roasted and flash frozen. You can order them in a variety of heat levels. My sweetie likes the hotter Sandias, where I like the Big Jims. Believe it or not, they are mailed frozen and arrive here still frozen. The mild green chili from Hatch in the big cans we have had shipped too because you just can’t get anything bigger than the tiny cans in the store here which is definitely not conducive to making green chili stew!
Dottie says
YUM!!
Dot says
We spent several years in Las Cruces, long ago, where my husband was on the New Mexico State U faculty. Big Jim chiles were developed at NMSU, and Hatch was just up the road from us. Best chiles in the world!
Jeri Niksich says
Once again we have something in common other than our love of all food spicy hot and living in Texas. My best friend lives in San Angelo. It’s been so long since I last visited her there it was still a fairly small town. But she meets up with us for summer vacation along the Frio River in the area of Concan not far from Garner State Park. I look forward to the week more to visit with her for several days than I do for the relaxation and beauty of the area.
Jeri