When I was at the market the other day, they had boxes of Hatch chiles set out and they were just $1.88 a pound. The season for Hatch chiles runs from the beginning of August to the end of September. I wanted to take advantage of these chiles, so bought four to make a sauce for fish tacos.

This sauce was magnificent on the tacos we had for dinner tonight and I know it would be fantastic over chicken or served on a turkey burger. I am definitely going to keep a recipe card on file for this sauce so I can make it over and over again.

I started by preparing my chiles to broil. I broiled them so I could easily remove the skin. I cut them in half, lengthwise and removed the seeds. I then laid them skin side up on a large baking sheet.

 

I set the oven to broil on high and then placed the pan in the oven to broil for 8 minutes on the first side. I checked on the chiles after 4 minutes, realizing they needed more time, I left them in for 8. After 8 minutes, I removed the pan, turned the chiles over and let it broil on the underside for 4 minutes.

I placed the chiles into a bowl, covering the bowl tightly with plastic wrap for 15 minutes. This allowed the chiles to steam so I could remove the skin easily.

 

I then diced the chiles and set them aside while I started on the sauce for the tacos.

For the sauce, I heated two tablespoons of olive oil and added 1/2 cup of diced sweet yellow onion. I cooked the onion for 4 minutes until it started to soften and added 2 cloves of minced garlic, cooking for an additional 45 seconds, just until the garlic became fragrant. After the onion and garlic were cooked, I added a tablespoon of flour to the pan and stirred it into the onion and garlic. Once the flour was incorporated, I added 1 cup of white wine. I then added the diced green chiles and let the pan simmer on low while the sauce thickened.

Meanwhile, I had placed two pounds of Cod pieces into a bowl, adding the juice of two limes, kosher salt, pepper and cumin. I let this sit for 1/2 hour to marinate. When I was ready to cook the fish, I heated two tablespoons of olive oil in a large skillet and added the fish to the skillet and let it cook for 15 minutes, until the fish was done. I buy Alaskan cod at Trader Joe’s in a package already cut up. The packages come with usually between 3/4 pound and just under a pound of fish, so I buy two. It’s in their frozen section and this fish works out wonderfully for tacos. You can certainly get cod at your local market and cut it into bite size pieces yourself.

 

I also boiled a couple ears of corn so that I could add fresh corn to the tacos. Fresh corn, black beans, red cabbage and sliced avocado were all that were needed on these tacos, along with the Hatch Chile Sauce.

 

If you see Hatch Chiles at your local grocer in the next several weeks, definitely give them a try. They are so good!

Here’s a little picture of the sauce, yum!

Ingredients for Hatch Chile Sauce

4 Hatch Chiles

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/2 cup sweet yellow onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, minced

1 tablespoon all-purpose flour

1 cup white wine (such as Pinot Grigio)

Directions for Sauce

1. Cut chiles lengthwise, removing seeds. Lay skin side up on a large baking sheet.
2. Broil on high for 6-8 minutes for the first side, until they develop a nice char. Turn and broil on the under side for 4 minutes.
3. Place charred chiles in a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let sit for 15 minutes. Remove skin from chiles and discard. Dice chiles.
4. In a medium sized skillet, heat olive oil.  Cook onion for 5 minutes, until it starts to soften. Add garlic and cook 45 seconds, just until it becomes fragrant.
5. Add flour to skillet and incorporate into onion and garlic. Pour wine into skillet and stir. Add diced chiles and let simmer until sauce thickens, about 15 minutes.

Ingredients for Fish

2 pounds cod

2 limes, juice of

1-1/2 teaspoons kosher salt

1/2 teaspoon pepper

1 teaspoon cumin

2 tablespoons olive oil

Directions for Fish

1. Cut fish into bite size pieces and place into a bowl.
2. Squeeze the lime juice over the fish. Sprinkle with kosher salt, pepper and cumin. Let sit for 1/2 hour.
3. Heat olive oil in large skillet and add fish. Let cook for 12-15 minutes, until fish is firm.

Other Ingredients

corn tortillas

corn

purple cabbage

avocado

Directions

1. Heat tortillas over open flame on stove or in oven.
2. Build tacos.

Enjoy!

Until next time, Kris