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Default Hatch Chile Season is Here

On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:46:23 -0500, Sqwertz >
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>On Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:40:41 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
>
>> The store only had about 30 peppers - it's the very beginning of the
>> season. 3 of them were orange/red, so I grabbed those 3 and 2 poblanos.
>>
>> And I have 2 musgovain leeks with 7" of white. I figure I'll do a chicken
>> stew with red green chile and leeks. And some assorted ground chile
>> peppers, all in a thick, spicy chicken broth.
>>
>> Time to go roast a few peppers...

>
>Mission accomplished.
>
>http://a.imageshack.us/img683/6962/c...nleekstew2.jpg
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>5 kinds of chiles (3 powdered, 2 roasted and peeled), 5 chicken thighs
>diced and browned with cumin and smoked black pepper, 2 leeks, 3 cloves
>garlic, Mexican oregano, in a broth made from chicken base and sun-dried
>tomato paste.


<applause> Yum! Good job.

Lou