
The Fresh Chile Company
Hatch Chile Recipe Cookbook - 2021
The Hatch Chile Recipe Cookbook - 2021 is a customer-curated recipe book published by The Fresh Chile Company, compiling dishes that feature Hatch chiles. It includes recipes shared by over 20,000 members of the Fresh Chile Cookin' Facebook group, with an introduction telling the company's family history, and is offered in physical and ebook formats. The cookbook holds a 4.4 out of 5-star rating from 43 verified reviews, which describe the recipes as clear, easy to follow, and highly recommended.
- Category
- Media > Books > Print Books
- MPN
fcc-cookbook
Specifications
Fresh Chile's first cookbook, featuring Hatch chile recipes shared by the Fresh Chile Cookin' Facebook community. Dedicated to the customers who contributed their creations and inspired by the family's traditional recipes.
Includes recipes from members of the Fresh Chile Cookin' Facebook group, a community of over 20,000 Hatch chile enthusiasts. Available in physical and ebook formats.
- Gender
- unisex
- Condition
- new
- Weight
- 6 oz
- Category
- Media > Books > Print Books
Additional Attributes
- 2021 edition
- physical book
- ebook
- first cookbook from Fresh Chile
- recipes from Fresh Chile Cookin' Facebook community
- dedicated to Fresh Chile customers
- featured in Cowboy Kent Rollins' cooking video
Product Insights
This cookbook packages 52 Hatch chile recipes, all direct submissions from a 20,000-member Facebook group run by a fifth-generation Las Cruces farming family, into a $14.95 print edition that sits well below the $29.95 UNM Press reference. The chiles themselves are medium-heat (1,000–8,000 SHU) with a sweeter, earthier, more mineral taste than generic Anaheims, and the book treats green and red as ripeness stages of the same pod, covering enchiladas, posole, smothered dishes, and more. Recipes assume Hatch Valley chiles (fresh late July through early October), but frozen roasted chiles, jarred sauces, or Anaheims keep them usable year-round, and homemade chile puree can stand in for prepared sauces. The community-submitted recipes are not test-kitchen verified, yet buyers find them easy to follow and repeat-worthy, making the compact, gift-ready volume a hit with Hatch-chile lovers—though it lacks a spiral binding, is smaller than expected, and its 52 recipes are far fewer than the 300+ in rival books.
Verified claims
- Recipe origins
- All 52 recipes are customer submissions from the Fresh Chile Cookin' Facebook group.
- Recipe testing
- Recipes were not professionally tested before publication; home-cook results can vary across kitchens.
- Ingredient requirements
- Several recipes call for a prepared Fresh Chile sauce or salsa; homemade chile puree works as a swap.
- Value
- Priced at $14.95, about half the $29.95 UNM Press Hatch reference.
- Founding story
- The brand was launched by a fifth-generation Las Cruces farmer's 800-jar Christmas shipment.
- Recipe origin
- Signature salsa began with an accidental red-pod roast about 35 years ago.
- Recipe sourcing
- Recipes are community-submitted from a 20,000-member Facebook group, not test-kitchen tested.
- Hatch terroir
- Hatch Valley chiles taste sweeter, earthier and more mineral than generic Anaheims
- Heat
- Hatch chiles run a medium 1,000–8,000 SHU heat, prioritizing flavor over fire
- Seasonal sourcing
- Fresh Hatch peaks July–October; frozen, jarred or dried chile keeps this book usable year-round
- Provenance
- Recipes come from a fifth-generation Las Cruces chile-farming family's 20,000-member home-cook group
- Red vs green
- Green and red Hatch are the same chile; green is bright and vegetal, red is sweet and earthy.
- Seasonality
- Fresh-chile recipes follow the Hatch harvest, late July through early October.
- Substitutions
- Off-season, recipes adapt with Anaheim peppers, frozen roasted Hatch, or jarred Hatch sauces.
- Flavor authenticity
- Recipes assume Hatch Valley chiles; generic canned chiles cook up flatter.
- Harvest window
- Fresh green Hatch chiles run late July to early October; red runs September to October.
- Year-round options
- Frozen roasted chiles hold 12+ months and jarred sauces let some recipes skip the harvest calendar.
- Recipe lineup
- 52 customer-submitted Hatch chile recipes, from tacos to salsas, in Hatch's 1,000–8,000 SHU band.
- Ease of use
- Buyers report recipes are easy to understand and put together.
- Ingredient access
- Recipes work with fresh, frozen, or jarred chiles; Anaheims substitute out of season.
- Print format
- Only the print edition can sit by the stove; digital is an e-book; a $19.95 spiral-bound edition lays flat.
- Usability
- Recipes come from a New Mexico family's 20,000-member community and buyers call them easy to follow.
- Ingredient availability
- Fresh Hatch season is late July–early October; frozen roasted chile keeps recipes usable year-round.
- Authority
- Recipes are direct community submissions from a 20,000-member group, not test-kitchen tested.
- New Mexico identity
- Fifth-generation Las Cruces farming family behind recipes that began as Sunday chile sauce dinners.
- Recipe community
- All 52 recipes are direct submissions from the 20,000-member Fresh Chile Cookin' Facebook group.
- Chile character
- Hatch green and red are ripeness stages of one chile in the 1,000–8,000 SHU heat range.
- Cultivar
- Hatch's Big Jim and Sandía are large and meaty; the Lumbre is hotter
- Recipe flexibility
- Community-submitted recipes let you swap in your own chile puree
- Gift fit
- Buyers report Hatch-chile and Mexican-food lovers delight in this book and find recipes easy to follow.
- Gift price
- $14.95 — $15 below the UNM Press Big Book and $5 below the spiral classic.
- Ingredient flexibility
- Recipes work with fresh or roasted Hatch chiles, and a homemade chile puree stands in for the prepared sauces.
Product record
- Title
- Hatch Chile Recipe Cookbook - 2021
- Brand
- The Fresh Chile Company
- Price
- $14.95 USD
- Availability
- In stock
- Rating
- 4.4 stars, 43 reviews, scale 5
Buying Guide
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Find and cook Hatch chile recipes
Find and make Hatch chile dishes at home. Use the cookbook for weeknight Mexican cooking, familiar New Mexico-style recipes, and favorites to make again and again.[1]
Gift for a Hatch chile or Mexican food fan
Give it as a gift to a Hatch chile or Mexican food lover.[1]
Image Analysis
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Single interior cookbook page photographed flat; white page with red headline, a multi-paragraph dedication block of black body text, a photo of hands holding green chiles near the lower third, and a red footer bar with site name and page number.
- Headline“FRESH CHILE COOKIN'”
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x 0.18 · y 0.04 · w 0.64 · h 0.09 (high) - Dedication text block“This cookbook is dedicated to the Fresh Chile customers who have created and shared a world of delicious foods with Hatch chiles. Thank you all! Fresh Chile started out when my father began making his fresh red chile sauce and “special salsa” every Sunday for dinner with whatever was being served. We all couldn’t get enough of it. In time, he shared his recipes and Carol and I began to make them and make extra for special friends and clients for the holidays. They began to ask us to make some for them to give as gifts, too. Before long the demand was so great that we started The Fresh Chile and began making a wide variety of chile products using the wonderful chiles grown in the Hatch Valley just north of Las Cruces. We created a private group called Fresh Chile Cookin’ on Facebook and began to post pictures and descriptions of what our customers were doing with our products. We now over 20,000 members in that private group who love Hatch chile and Fresh Chile products and happily share their creations! We know you love Hatch chile as much as we do and you’ll have as much chile fun as we have with this first cookbook. Thank you all y muchas gracias!”
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Customer Reviews
43 total43 reviews · out of 5
Book has exciting recipes. I don’t know which one i want to try first.
Great book with some really good recipes
Great book with some really good recipes.
Haven’t been able to use this yet but cant wait to make all these recipes.
I loved it! If you love Mexican, you need this cookbook! Unique recipes!
Hatch Chile Recipe Cookbook
Excellent recipes, easy to understand and put together. Highly recommended.
Cookbook
My wife loved it and saw several tesipes that she wants to try. Also great customer service as always.
Hatch Chile Recipe Cookbook
I have been looking for a good recipe cookbook that has my favorites in it. I can't wait to make so many things in here.
Wonderful Recipes
Having family from New Mexico i really enjoyed having some familiar recipes. Easy to follow
Thought it would be a bit bigger for the money but it looks like it has some great recipes.
Home cook
Very good cook book with use it over and over
Easy to use
Umm, umm.
Found so many ways to enjoy the great taste I and my family never thought of. Highly recommend. Most recipes are so easy to follow.
Chile cookbook
Delicious
FCC COOKBOOK
Very well laid out and one of the best parts, well besides the great pictures, is the fact that the customer submitted recipes are there in all their glory. Very easy to follow along but keep a drool rag handy!
The best
The best ever
Hot hot hot
Lots of new and tasty recipes
Cannot make a review did not receive the cookbook
I did not receive the cookbook with my order. Maybe I thought it would come separately. Cannot make a review.
Recipe book
Can't wait to try some of these outstanding recipes.
Fresh Chile Cookbook
What a great little cookbook! It's time for a volume 2.
Cook Book 📖
Great 👍
Great book
Very nice recipes and very good tastings
Awesone
I really like it. Going to try all sorts of recipes.
Chile Cookbook
I sent one to myself and my mom. We love it, I just wish zi could’ve added a note for hers, because it didn’t say who it was from. She knew, but……..
Great Book
Concise, easy to read and already in use at my neighborhood Cul-de-sac weekly dinners.
Great title of book!
I really like this little cookbook but the problem it is it is a very small cookbook for the price. I was expecting some thing larger. I will definitely make some of the recipes for sure! I’m hoping your products are going to be stocked again at Natural Grocers as it looks like they were out of all your products this weekend when I was shopping there.
Cookbook
Very nicely done, and my recipe is in there!
great recipes
Great recipes to use great products.
I was expecting variety of new recipes. Most of these have been covered before.
I really appreciate your company’s honesty and great products. I would not recommend the cookbook. All your other products get a 👍👍👍!
Very disappointed
First of all, I was expecting more recipes. Secondly, I assumed for the price I was paying it was going to be a hardback. That was my fault, I guess I didn't research it as I should have. All in all, again, taking into account the price, I was disappointed.
Fresh Chili Cookbook
Excellent recipes. Outstanding presentation. Love it!
Cook book
I wasn’t impressed with the cook book wish there was more main course dishes and maybe some ideas using crock pot or air fryer or like 1 dish meals. Just more basic ideas is all
Experience was great
Like all te recipes in the cookbook. Are already deciding on what ones to make first.
Cookbook
Browsed through it. Will try recipes when I get the chance. Some look really really good.
Excellent
I will be trying several of the recipes.
Nothing really exciting
We have tried several recipes. Not much new or exciting. Most are traditional NM recipes
Great food
I have been waiting for this cookbook for a LONG time. I probably have all the sauces and spices needed and then some. Will cook something soon. It looks great. ❤️
Perfect ! !
Nice cookbook, make use of many of your products. If it wasn't for shipping cost I would have one of everything you sell ! !
Never received
I would love to evaluate this cookbook, but I have still not received it! I received all the rest of the order, but no cookbook. I also received the email giving the cookbook discount code and have in fact used it on a subsequent order but still have not received the cookbook itself. Please send me the darn cookbook!
BEST PRODUCTS
I purchased a salsa pack of 3 jars. I shared with our neighbors and all of us loved them. I’m originally from New Mexico and the salsa brought back great memories.
Cookbook
Recipes are amazing ! Good job in putting this together. Very well done.
I still have not received the hard copy of the cookbook I paid for.
Placed my order for the cookbook along with some jars of chiles in late February. Upon opening the book, I noticed the physical copy of the cookbook was not included. Note: There was nothing in the shipment to indicate the book was missing/forthcoming. I contacted them and they promptly responded that the cookbook would be coming. I have not received any updates since. It has been another couple of weeks since I inquired. Very poor approach to updating the customer on the status.
The Fresh Chile Company
Good service
Still waiting
I received the spices and mustard, but not the cookbook.......So, the review is for the spices and mustard , once I see the book it will probably be much higher
Provenance
- Merchant Link
- https://freshchileco.com/products/fresh-chile-cookin-recipe-cookbook-physical
- Platform
- shopify
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