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Only issue is the Medium flavor tastes like mild with an occasional piece of hot chile.","reviewer_name":"Ken"},{"date":"February 5, 2026","tags":["Taste"],"title":"Chile was under roasted/Lacked the right flavor","rating":1,"content":"Chile was lacking in flavor - Hate to give this review but the Chile seemed to be very under roasted and lacked that rich flavor of NM roasted GC.","reviewer_name":"Jake Crappell"},{"date":"January 23, 2026","tags":["Freshness"],"title":"Was disappointed","rating":3,"content":"Was disappointed. Chilies must have been MILD. Would also have like if chilies were chopped a little finer.\nWill be ordering some hot in the near future.\nWe consume around 20 pounds of fresh / frozen chilies a year. We lost over 20 pounds when our freezer died while we were on vacation.\nWe used to visit family in Las Cruces, every other year and load up, but age and ability to drive long distance has hampered this.\nThanks Stephen Watson","image_url":"https://review-images.judgeme.com/fresh-chile/1769192092__1769192087211-easterneurope_20160817_123__original.jpg?quality=80&width=1024","reviewer_name":"STEPHEN Watson"},{"date":"January 14, 2026","title":"Love medium green chile","rating":5,"content":"Love","reviewer_name":"Kim Esterline Marks"},{"date":"August 14, 2025","tags":["Freshness","Packaging"],"title":"Frozen chiles","rating":2,"content":"Why was this order shipped from California?\n\nThe chiles were well packed but lacked flavor","reviewer_name":"Stephen"},{"date":"July 30, 2025","tags":["Freshness"],"title":"I haven't used them yet...","rating":5,"content":"I haven't used them yet. As your company is well aware by how much I have ordered and/or received, I believe The Fresh Chile Company is the best there is! Having previously lived in Albuquerque for 7 years (1978-1985), now in TN, I am so happy you are available!","reviewer_name":"Kristine"},{"date":"July 30, 2025","tags":["Taste","Texture","Value"],"title":"The chile was milder than expected","rating":4,"content":"The chile was milder than expected.  It was very watery.  The taste was just okay.  For the price I will not be buying again.   Yes am a 20 plus years consumer of green chile but this product falls short of myexpectations for it's cost.","reviewer_name":"Michael"},{"date":"June 26, 2025","tags":["Packaging"],"title":"Great flavor. Way too much water.","rating":3,"content":"The frozen chiles I got are delicious. Shipping was impressive. Even at this time of year they arrived still frozen. Only problem is the amount of water in the package. After thawing they are at least 50% water. I certainly expect them to be wet with some water in the package but it seemed excessive.","reviewer_name":"David Benefield"},{"date":"June 2, 2025","title":"Homemade Chilli with Hatch frozen green chillis'","rating":5,"content":"I just made a huge pot of chilli with these delicious chillis', even the wife loved it!","reviewer_name":"Laston Grantham"},{"date":"May 29, 2025","title":"Nick's on Evans in Aurora Colorado fire ro","rating":5,"content":"Been in Florida 7 years had green chili for Cinco de Mayo thank you.","reviewer_name":"Al Carlson"},{"date":"May 26, 2025","tags":["Freshness","Packaging"],"title":"cleaning out your freezer??","rating":4,"content":"Although I freeze my green chilies and sometime I have them in my freezer for longer than I anticipate...I was disappointed that these chilies were frozen from 11/23.  I must say that the came fully frozen and your packaging is amazing.  This will not deter me from purchasing more from you in the future, but I would think if you are selling things 1-1/2 years old;  a) that option would be made apparent to the buyer and b) offer a bigger discount.","reviewer_name":"Sheryl Cox"},{"date":"May 14, 2025","rating":5,"content":"i've been buying chiles from you  for the last 20 years or so, and these are awesome as usual.  there's no place like hatch.","reviewer_name":"robert zievers"},{"date":"May 13, 2025","title":"Amazing flavor!!!","rating":5,"content":"We moved to New Hampshire from New Mexico and are addicted to red and green chile. We ordered online and we’re not disappointed! It’s wonderful to have such flavorful chilecompletely prepared for us.","reviewer_name":"Devin Marshall"},{"date":"May 6, 2025","title":"Great Products, Repeat Customer","rating":5,"content":"Love the Hatch Chili products. They have great flavor and match nicely with a large variety of foods. I have ordered several times from them and I appreciate their fast shipping and great products. I want to give everything a try, but a little at a time is all I can do since I’m the only one using them. I love the Hatch 575 on my burgers, both the red and the green. Give them a try if you’re looking for something new to kick your meals up a notch.","reviewer_name":"Rob L."},{"date":"April 23, 2025","title":"Delicious","rating":5,"content":"The medium heat was perfect- excellent product and I will be ordering again!","reviewer_name":"Susan Rogers"},{"date":"April 2, 2025","tags":["Packaging"],"title":"Medium frozen hatch chilis","rating":5,"content":"What can I say?? Frozen, chopped and peeled after roasted and frozen in one pound bags. So easy!!! So tasty!! Ian eating green chili burgers to my heart’s content!!","reviewer_name":"Alison Harris"},{"date":"March 12, 2025","tags":["Taste","Texture"],"rating":5,"content":"Delicious makes a meal complete","reviewer_name":"Vicky"},{"date":"December 18, 2024","rating":5,"content":"Since moving away from Colorado. I can no longer just go buy a bushel of roasted chilis so this had been my go to. And I don't have to spend hours cleaning them! Great for making my famous Colorado green chili.","reviewer_name":"Karen"},{"date":"June 20, 2024","tags":["Packaging"],"rating":5,"content":"The way they came packaged was amazing. We got five individual packs with about four or five chilies in each pack and they were still frozen! We ordered the mild and cannot wait to try one pack today.","reviewer_name":"Cristine"},{"date":"December 30, 2023","rating":1,"content":"My order arrived late and I lost all $130.00 plus cost of freight as they were rotten and full of mold rendering them useless.","reviewer_name":"Mark"},{"date":"July 28, 2023","rating":5,"content":"My husband loves it... takes an entire pantry shelf😆","reviewer_name":"Anthony"},{"date":"July 27, 2023","title":"Awesome flavor as usual!!","rating":5,"content":"Highly recommend.","reviewer_name":"Frederick Steele"},{"date":"July 26, 2023","title":"Hatch Green Chile","rating":5,"content":"Hatch produces the best green chiles out there, bar none.  And, the chiles from FCC come in very convenient 1 lb frozen bags so we can use them as we need them.  Buy them early because they sell out very quickly.","reviewer_name":"Jeffrey Best"},{"date":"June 21, 2023","title":"Green Chile","rating":5,"content":"My family and I loved it! I made green enchiladas using the medium heat chile.  We haven't tried the hot chile yet but I will surely let you know. I'm sure we'll love it just the same!!!  Thank you so much for all you do as farmers ❤️","reviewer_name":"Elsa DeMeritt"},{"date":"June 14, 2023","title":"New Mexico girl oh Florida needs her green Chile!","rating":5,"content":"Awesome!","reviewer_name":"Kimberly Clarkson"},{"date":"June 10, 2023","tags":["Freshness","Packaging"],"rating":5,"content":"The chile is tasty and clean and we LOVE the packaging. We live in SW Florida and when we received the chile, 4 days on the road, it was still 90% frozen!","reviewer_name":"Cheryl"},{"date":"May 3, 2023","rating":5,"content":"My daughter in law loves these.","reviewer_name":"Susan"},{"date":"April 14, 2023","title":"Good flavor but not hot at all.","rating":4,"content":"I got the medium heat and although the flavor was good , there was no heat to it.  Will order the hot next time.","reviewer_name":"Rosa Ramirez"},{"date":"April 10, 2023","tags":["Value"],"rating":5,"content":"Awesome product","reviewer_name":"Cary"},{"date":"March 8, 2023","title":"Easy Green Chile","rating":4,"content":"Good quality chile. A little bit mild for me this last year. Heat  varies from year to year.","reviewer_name":"Robert Travis"},{"date":"February 14, 2023","title":"Review","rating":1,"content":"I wasn’t sent what I ordered. So I couldn’t tell you if it’s any good or not.","reviewer_name":"Jason Swick Swick"},{"date":"January 25, 2023","title":"We keep coming back","rating":5,"content":"They are the BEST!","reviewer_name":"Mark Westbrook"},{"date":"January 18, 2023","tags":["Packaging"],"title":"Better Than Fresh","rating":5,"content":"Having frozen Hatch chilies in the freezer is so convenient.  They are readily available for any recipe and you don’t have to worry about them going bad before you use them.  They come in handy 1-pound packs and were delivered to the house packed in dry ice so they stayed frozen.  This is a great product from a great company that truly believes in customer service.","reviewer_name":"Gary Mann"},{"date":"January 5, 2023","title":"Christmas gift","rating":5,"content":"My remodel Contractor was so excited to get his Med. frozen, chopped green chili and one thing he really liked was the one-pound bags. Brilliant! No waste!","reviewer_name":"John Nance"},{"date":"December 28, 2022","title":"Yum","rating":5,"content":"Made the best green chile ever!","reviewer_name":"Shannon Whitworth"},{"date":"December 20, 2022","tags":["Freshness","Packaging"],"title":"Awesome","rating":5,"content":"I haven't had a chance to taste them yet. But the shipment made it on time and still frozen.  A great experience and I know that the chiles will be fantastic.","reviewer_name":"Glenn Beardsley"},{"date":"December 15, 2022","title":"Frozen Green Chile","rating":5,"content":"Never a disappointment. Great product","reviewer_name":"Tom Fabian"},{"date":"December 1, 2022","rating":5,"content":"I love hatch chilies","reviewer_name":"Tim"},{"date":"November 22, 2022","title":"Green chili","rating":3,"content":"I love them!","reviewer_name":"Georgeanna McKinney"},{"date":"November 19, 2022","title":"Forever A Mystery...","rating":1,"content":"I wish I could have known how they tasted to give a fair review but the frozen green chiles arrived completely thawed on the third day so they were thrown away.   Then a replacement order was sent but the arrival time is now 6 days so those will be tossed as well.  So sad and such a waste of yummy NM green chiles  but kudos to The Fresh Chile Company for refunding my money.  Thank you... so sorry it didn't work out.","reviewer_name":"Markel Sewell"},{"date":"November 14, 2022","title":"Have not received shipment.","rating":1,"content":"Have not received shipment.","reviewer_name":"Christian Romeyn"},{"date":"November 11, 2022","title":"Awesome hatch green chile","rating":5,"content":"I tried it and it was very tasty. Glad I bought some.","reviewer_name":"irma proffitt"},{"date":"October 19, 2022","tags":["Taste","Texture","Packaging"],"title":"Happy","rating":5,"content":"Arrived frozen hard as a brick. Flavor great","reviewer_name":"James Maves"},{"date":"September 5, 2022","title":"Hatch Chili's","rating":5,"content":"We try to get these every year. They're a staple in the Linney home. Wonderful!","reviewer_name":"Stephen Linney"},{"date":"August 31, 2022","title":"Frozen is the Way to Go!","rating":5,"content":"I'm telling you...stock up for the long winter by having peppers in your freezer!","reviewer_name":"Jay Bennett"},{"date":"July 30, 2022","tags":["Packaging"],"title":"So convenient!","rating":5,"content":"Great quality hatch chiles and the packaging makes it really easy to take as little or as much as you need even when frozen!","reviewer_name":"Sarah Scott"},{"date":"July 27, 2022","title":"Awesome!!!","rating":5,"content":"The best!!!","reviewer_name":"mark fetter"},{"date":"July 26, 2022","title":"Hatch frozen chile","rating":5,"content":"Was so happy to finally find a place to order chile to be delivered in Virginia!!!! I grew up in NM and was missing the heat here. Thank you!!!!","reviewer_name":"Jessi Aubrey"},{"date":"July 26, 2022","title":"Medium chopped frozen chili...","rating":5,"content":"The mix of the red with the green chili is wonderful...when you open that package and get wift of the Chili is fantastic...no other smell like it...and the taste is out of this world... outstanding...","reviewer_name":"Millie Curry"},{"date":"July 26, 2022","tags":["Packaging"],"title":"Chilies","rating":5,"content":"Love them and so well packaged!  They arrived still frozen.  Thanks","reviewer_name":"Barbara Nicolson"},{"date":"July 13, 2022","title":"HOW DO I ENJOY MY ORDER - WHAT ORDER, IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE YET TO SEE MY ORDER.","rating":2,"content":"REALLY,\n\nHOW DO I ENJOY MY ORDER - WHAT ORDER, IT HAS BEEN OVER TWO WEEKS AND I HAVE YET TO SEE MY ORDER.","reviewer_name":"carlos briceno"},{"date":"June 22, 2022","tags":["Freshness","Packaging"],"title":"Happiness is","rating":5,"content":"Packaging and product are beautiful.  My order arrived on-time & still frozen despite the hot weather we are having.  When I opened the 1st pack and the smell of fresh roasted chile filled the room I felt like I was back in Santa Fe.  Very pleased with it!!","reviewer_name":"Sherry Hall"},{"date":"May 21, 2022","title":"Great product","rating":5,"content":"I continually use these products. Absolutely the best. Customer service is top notch and I look forward to my next orders","reviewer_name":"Steven Rafters"},{"date":"May 16, 2022","tags":["Freshness"],"title":"Delicious!","rating":5,"content":"This is at least my third time purchasing this excellent frozen green chile.  It tastes fresh and the flavor is incredible. I cook with it and enjoy it as a condiment (on burgers, sandwiched, on top of nac and cheese, etc). I will be a customer for life.","reviewer_name":"Melissa James"},{"date":"May 2, 2022","tags":["Taste","Freshness","Texture"],"title":"Yum","rating":5,"content":"Delicious","reviewer_name":"Frederick Bowen"},{"date":"April 19, 2022","title":"They are great!","rating":5,"content":"I love the Chile s but wish now I had ordered the hot variety!","reviewer_name":"Lynne Braatz"},{"date":"March 11, 2022","title":"Roasted Hatch green chili","rating":5,"content":"I made a South West Black Bean Smoked Pulled Pork chili stew.  I started off with a 8lb  Pork Butt. Smoked for 14hrs.   The roasted green Hatch chili was wonderful.  It added just the right amount chili flavor and enough heat to make everybody smile.   It was a hit.  Thanks for a wonderful chili.","reviewer_name":"kent macdonald"},{"date":"February 10, 2022","tags":["Taste","Freshness","Packaging"],"title":"Amazing","rating":5,"content":"It's fresh, filled with flavor adds jazz to anything and goes on everything.","reviewer_name":"James Radford"},{"date":"February 1, 2022","title":"Good stuff","rating":5,"content":"I usually get fresh and roast them but was in the process of moving.  The frozen medium hot are great.\nJust miss that wonderful aroma of roasting chiles - best \"incense\" in the world, IMO.","reviewer_name":"Lawrence Handley"},{"date":"January 19, 2022","title":"Green chili’s","rating":5,"content":"Just the best green Chili’s ever!  I won’t go a day without them","reviewer_name":"Wanda Novosad"},{"date":"January 6, 2022","tags":["Taste","Freshness","Texture","Packaging"],"title":"Superb!","rating":5,"content":"High quality, spectacular taste and NO SALT!!!  Product arrived packed in a container that kept them frozen during transit.","reviewer_name":"Jeff Krueger"},{"date":"January 4, 2022","tags":["Taste","Freshness"],"title":"Hatch Chilis","rating":5,"content":"They arrived frozen and roasted perfectly. They flavor is wonderful.","reviewer_name":"Jody Koenig"},{"date":"December 31, 2021","title":"Love Hatch!","rating":5,"content":"A Iittle on the milder side this time.","reviewer_name":"William Campbell Campbell"},{"date":"March 21, 2021","title":"5 Stars","rating":5,"content":"Fantastic","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"March 21, 2021","title":"5 Stars","rating":5,"content":"5 Stars","reviewer_name":"Kristin Todd"},{"date":"February 20, 2021","title":"5 Stars","rating":5,"content":"5 Stars","reviewer_name":"Elaine Kimbrough"},{"date":"February 20, 2021","title":"5 Stars","rating":5,"content":"I love this product.  We enjoy the chilies in so many different recipes.","reviewer_name":"Cindy Duncan Duncan"},{"date":"February 20, 2021","title":"4 Stars","rating":4,"content":"I ordered the medium green chili. The taste was great and even for medium they were kinda spicy (which is a good thing since they were out of stock on the hot). My only complaint was they don't de-seed the chilies. You take the time to roast, peel and chop but not to de-seed?","reviewer_name":"Toby Waterman"},{"date":"February 20, 2021","title":"5 Stars","rating":5,"content":"Hatch green chiles are wonderful.  Flavor cannot be beat.","reviewer_name":"Anonymous"},{"date":"December 21, 2020","tags":["Taste","Freshness","Texture","Packaging"],"title":"5 Stars","rating":5,"content":"Excellent taste & roasting.  Fine product & great customer service!","reviewer_name":"Jerry"},{"date":"November 17, 2020","title":"1 Star","rating":1,"content":"Unfortunately I cannot review the frozen whole chilies yet and I’m getting kinda concerned. I ordered one box #66282 on 9/25 and have still not received them. I got two notifications they were being sent and they got canceled. I don’t know if I’ll order any more if this is going to be the standard customer service. I had previously sent really good review prior to this mix up but now I don’t know. I really like the product but I don’t know if it’s worth the hassle. As of this date 11/17 I don’t know if I’ll ever get my order #66282 frozen whole chilies.","reviewer_name":"James Olson"}],"target_countries":"US","canonical_url":"https://freshchileco.com/products/roasted-frozen-hatch-green-chile-medium-joe-parker","reddit_insights":{"match":{"notes":"Threads discuss Hatch green chile extensively, including freezing methods, uses, and brand comparisons; no direct mention of 'FCC - HCS' branding but the product category matches.","confidence":0.85,"matched_terms":["Hatch green chile","Hatch chiles","frozen green chile","green chile"]},"status":"ok","coverage":{"subreddits":["Cooking","HotPeppers","Albuquerque","Costco"],"threads_used":5},"evidence":{"items":[{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/iduap1/an_abundance_of_hatch_green_chiles/g2bbk0u/","type":"comment","title":"Freezing Hatch chiles for versatile use","author":"bulelainwen","ref_id":"r_e_1","thread":{"url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/Cooking/comments/iduap1/an_abundance_of_hatch_green_chiles/","title":"an abundance of hatch green chiles","subreddit":"Cooking"},"excerpt":"Hatch chiles freeze well. 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