Hey again,
Well this is my 4th post and I think it’s high
time I do one involving green chile! I mean come on; this is a New Mexican’s
recipe blog isn’t it?! Anyway I was sitting around, feeling a bit hungry, and I
started thinking about Caliche’s. If you’re not from southern New Mexico you
probably don’t know what Caliche’s is. Sad for you isn’t it? O.k. I’ll tell
you. Caliche’s is a frozen custard place. Here is their website http://www.caliches.com/. It also has fast food,
like hot dogs and nachos. Then I started thinking about chili dogs and frito
dogs and well got really hungry.
Now I’m typically a mustard only girl when it comes to hot
dogs, but the one and only time I had relish and enjoyed it was at Caliche’s
(the one in Alamo). I distinctly remember it because I hate relish normally,
can’t stand it. But I was in a rush and starving, so I figured I’d order the first
hot dog on the menu. It was DELICIOUS! I didn’t know what kind of relish it was
but I decided to find out. So after going to their website I found that it was
green chile relish. Green chile on a hot dog? How perfectly simple and awesome!
So then I decided to find a good green chile relish recipe and try it out. Here
is what I came up with:
Green Chile Relish
Ingredients:
3 to 4 Green Chiles Roasted, Peeled, and Seeded (I used a
10oz can of whole green chiles from Wal-Mart the Tres Hermanas brand)
¼ a Cup Red Wine Vinegar (I used a little less that this but
use your judgment)
1 Tablespoon Honey
2 Tablespoons Extra-Virgin Olive Oil
3 Cloves Garlic (I used a garlic press but you could just
leave them whole)
1 to 3 Teaspoons of Onion Powder (You could use fresh onion
but I don’t like the idea of raw onions on my hot dog)
Salt to taste (Kosher or sea salt would be best)
- Put all the ingredients in a
food processor (or Blendtec if you have one) and blend until the desired consistency
(some people might like it more on the chunky side and if so just chop the
garlic and chile and add the other ingredients without blending them).
- Taste and add more salt or honey
if necessary.
That’s it! It’s really simple and tastes AMAZING! It makes
about a cup of relish, enough for several people depending on how heavy on the
relish you go. I got the recipe from http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/throwdowns-green-chile-cheeseburgers-recipe.html
but instead of using 3 different chiles I just went green. Why would you need
more than green? I also nixed the cilantro because it’s evil and I hate it. And
I think the reason the relish recipe didn’t include onion was because it was
meant to go on burgers that already had onions on it. I have no idea why it
didn’t include garlic. Some people are crazy I guess.
But anyway it was great on hot dogs and I bet it would be
great on burgers or pretty much anything. Green chile goes with everything, am
I right people?
