Green Chile Bible: Award-Winning New Mexico Recipes

by Albuquerque Tribune

"From a chile-laced Bean and Chicken Stew to a coriander-chile infused Zesty Meat Loaf or a Pork Loin in Green Sauce, this packs in chile recipes gleaned from New Mexican cooks' contributions. Enjoy a collection which uses the chile in everything from appetizers to desserts. "(Bookwatch)"This indeed is a bible for those who have become helpless addicts to green chile". (New Mexico Magazine)

In the great tradition of the chile cookoff, the Albuquerque Tribune proudly presents two hundred prize-winning recipes from throughout New Mexico, home of the fabulous long green chile. New Mexican cuisine gives the highest priority to taste -- over the mouth-blistering heat favored by much southwestern chile cookery. This book is a treasury of what are arguably the best green chile recipes in the world, drawn from a long tradition notable for variety, subtlety, and the incomparable New Mexican chile flavor preferred by true aficionados.

New Mexico tradition and imagination combine to serve up native dishes such as New Mexican Posole, Sweet Chile Rellenos, and Classic Green Chile Stew, together with modern international adaptations like Green Chile Quiche, Green Chile Pizza, Green Chile Stroganoff, and Chile Gumbo. This book offers inviting choices for every cooking preference, from quick-and-easy miracle concoctions, to exotically flavored dishes, to made-from-scratch traditionals. Appetizers, breads, soups, vegetables, main dishes (including vegetarian offerings), salads, accompaniments, and desserts are all represented. A glossary, a list of speciality food sources, and instructions for preparing fresh green chiles to freeze or use in any recipe complete the reader's initiation into thetantalizing mysteries of New Mexican cuisine.

Genres: Cookbooks, Reference, Cooking

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1993

Reviews

[Trisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure, I bought this on Ebay on impulse when buying some other books. I honestly thought I was going to get a good list and description of all of the green chiles and uses. So when I opened it, I was initially disappointed. Upon examination, though, I am super excited to try out some of these recipes. What I do have issue with is .. it just says green chiles in each recipe but doesn't specify a type. I really want to know specific types that are good for each. While I'm sure any would be good, they don't all taste the same soooooo yeah... that is the one thing keeping this from a 5 star.

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nothing like Hatch Green Chiles for great flavor in your favorite South Western recipes. A gift from good friends along with a box of Hatch Green Chile’s . . .
That’s some friendship love, I’m tellin’ you!
Great recipes to keep the heat flowing. I’ll share but no loans of this one my culinary peeps. You’ll have to order up your own. . . Uh, that’d be the book as well as peppers, people! Cook up some spice today!

[Mtbike40 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This cookbook has been a real winner so far. There are some great recipes that sound easy to make and that use common ingredients. The green chile is a great ingredient and is key to each of these recipes. I choose to use Hatch green chiles that I purchase while they are in season, clean, dice and put into ice cube trays for use throughout the year. These recipes will also work with canned chiles. If you have a Trader Joes close by, they have an excellent four ounce can of green chiles.

Recipes I have tested:
Chicken Mexicana - Page 112
Baked Eggs with Cheese and Chile - Pg. 12
Green Chile Sandwich Spread - Pg - 149
Chile Ome. Pg. 19
Chile dogs in blankets. Pg. 127

Recipes I want to try:
Chile-cheese-sausage pancakes or Waffles. Pg.21
Angi's potluck eggs. Pg18
Great green chile casserole. Pg.105
Family chicken'n chile casserole. Pg. 121
Stuffed hard rolls. Pg.127
Easy relleno Bake. Pg. 134