Just got my Roasted Chilies for the year.
In the fridge overnight, then tomorrow we will remove the tops, remove what skin is left, and rinse.
If we feel up to it, we will vacuum seal and freeze tomorrow as well.
If not, that will be for Saturday.
We made up all the bags for vacuum sealing a couple weeks ago, so that will save quite a bit of time.

Many just freeze them and clean when they use them. I prefer to get it out of the way.

The boxes start out at 1-1/9 bushel each. After they are roasted, all three boxes would fit in a bushel with room to spare.

I'll post a couple more pics when we get process going.

Looks like that sure beats growing them.  Will the 3 boxes last you the full year?  Glad to see you bought "hot".

I bought 2 boxes last year, and ran out in early June, so 3 should be fine.
I got medium hot last year and they were like mild-medium. Disappointed.
Tried one already and these are hot.

Where do you buy them?

What is your go-to meal for using them?

I wasn’t quite clear…are they fresh or already roasted when they arrive?

Most any supermarket in NM sells them, but no all roast them.
You can get them as far north as southern Colorado, down to northern Texas, don't know about Arizona, but I suspect you could find them there. 
Check Walmart frozen food section.  We can get frozen ones year-round here.
I don't recommend canned Hatch Chilies. The preservatives change the flavor, and not in a good way.

We got these at Albertsons.  Buy them in the store, take them outside and someone will roast them for you.

I put them on pretty much everything: pizza, eggs, brisket or pulled pork sandwiches, on most everything that goes in a tortilla.

Here is the process we use:
Scrape any skin off, flip over, scrape skin off, cut off top, put in bowl of ice water, repeat.
First case was a breeze, only a few had any skin to scrape. Took 45 minutes.

Second case apparently didn't get roasted as long, took an hour and a half.  A lot of scraping.

Just finished lunch so going back out to do the third shortly.
Vacuum sealing and freezing will wait until tomorrow.

Second pic is the finished case.
They will get another rinse in cold water, and dried off before vacuum sealing.

Great looking chilis! 

Our Anaheim's are coming in full blast.  I finally wised up on the roasting and instead of using the MAPP's torch went to the Harbor Freight weed burner.  A 30 minute job went to 5 minutes!

I love them diced in grilled cheese sandwiches!

May I get somewhat personal and ask appx how many in a case and appx $$$ for case?  As a Cheap Screw, I wanna know how much I am making on my labor in the garden!

We can get them here in south central Texas too.  H-E-B has a big promotion with them every August.  I haven't seen roasted ones, just raw.  My wife loves the flavor so I need to try to roast some.  Do you just use flame to sear them real quick?

Great looking chilis! 

Our Anaheim's are coming in full blast.  I finally wised up on the roasting and instead of using the MAPP's torch went to the Harbor Freight weed burner.  A 30 minute job went to 5 minutes!

I love them diced in grilled cheese sandwiches!

May I get somewhat personal and ask appx how many in a case and appx $$$ for case?  As a Cheap Screw, I wanna know how much I am making on my labor in the garden!

They were $24.95 a case.  I didn't check around for prices, just bought them.
As for how many chilies, I'll be able to give you a fairly close count after I vacuum seal them this morning.
I put about 4-6 in a bag (depending on size of chilies), so I can do a bag count after.

I've thought about buying a roaster, but unless I can think of other uses for it, it wouldn't be very practical for once a year use.
But then I've been know for buying things that aren't practical. 
Bought a Machete at Harbor Freight a couple weeks ago.
Have no idea what I'll do with it. Hahahahahaha

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We can get them here in south central Texas too.  H-E-B has a big promotion with them every August.  I haven't seen roasted ones, just raw.  My wife loves the flavor so I need to try to roast some.  Do you just use flame to sear them real quick?

When I lived in Roanoke, TX, we used to go to Central Market in SouthLake, TX and they would have a truckload a day brought in from Hatch, NM.
Roast them in front of the store until they ran out.
Had to get their early, as they would run out by noon on some days.
They did that fore about a week in early August.
You might check to see if they have a store in your area.

I haven't seen the H-E-B here in town roast them.  They sell a roaster for about $40 that you put over a flame and then spin it by hand but I don't know what else I would do with it.  Might be good for other veggies too

Bentley, on the case with all large chilies, I got 24 bags of 5 chilies. So, 120 chilies, give or take, in a box for $24.95.

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Finished the vacuum sealing today.
First pic is the assembly line.  Worked well with wife bagging and me sealing.
Second is ready for first trip to freezer.
Flatten them out so they will fit better standing up in baskets.
Then put them in baskets and back to the freezer.
Good for another year...

Not sure if this was addressed to me, but I will never pass up an opportunity to make a video! Specially with fire!  Rest in paper bag for 15 minutes, and wash off in sink.


Roasting Anaheim Chili's

My wife loves the flavor so I need to try to roast some.  Do you just use flame to sear them real quick?

We looked for hatch chilis here to no avail, at least where we looked.
My wife lived for several years in Santa Fe and loves them.
She did find this though and while I have nothing to compare it to, I love it.
This morning seasoned ground beef omelette with sharp cheddar, jack and queso fresco cheese. Superb.
Had too much grease from the cheddar but I just avoided it.

They look pretty good!

Young Guns are the ones most markets carry in the stores here for roasting.