Scoville Scale

What does the scoville scale have to do with green chile? Wilbur? You got to be kidding me...That's right Wilbur Scoville, a chemist developed a way to measure the heat in chiles, a measurement thus and appropriately named the Scoville Scale.

The higher the number, the hotter the chile. Hint--a Bell Pepper is near zero and a Habanero is near the top at 70,000 scoville units. The newly found ghost chile is off the charts and chile heads across the globe are scurrying to plant and taste it. most are not having any luck because it's extremely difficult to keep alive. Might be too hot!

Don't Worry About The Seeds

Seeds won't alter your scoville scale readings. That's because there is very little heat in chile seeds. If you want the heat, look in the white part of the chile where the placenta and the chile wall meet. These white veins have an oil called capsicum and this area is also where the oil is extracted for all sorts of items.

I learned the hard way during my trips to Hatch

If this area is golden-the chile will be blistering hot. Watch out.

New Mexico Chile Types

Barker
The hottest New Mexico varital. About 20,000 scovilles-Ouch!

NuMex Conquistador
Very mild New Mexico varietal, more like a paprika. About 500 scovilles

Big Jim
Can grow to about 10 in in length-ideal for chile rellanoes. About 2000 scovilles

Sandia
My favorite! It has about 5000 scovilles and great flavor

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Peeling Roasted Chiles

Roasting chiles is the easy part, but after that the skins have to be removed so we can get to the good stuff. This is hard work and time consuming!

Fortunately, we do that for you. Coyote Trail Green Chile Sauce is made with Fire Roasted green chiles and the flavor is out of this world!

Don't Forget The Salsa

We just released our award winning Christmas Salsa. This stuff rocks and won a prestigious Scovie award the first time it was launched. That's right the scoville scale actually has an award named for it.

Made with both red and green chiles this salsa is the real deal.It was recently reviewed by an independent salsa taster. Read her

You can order Coyote Trail Christmas Salsa It's the perfect hostess gift and an excellent stocking stuffer.

Chile Verde

One of the best dishes you can make with New Mexico Green chiles is chile verde. The flavor can't be beat and the scent in the kitchen is intoxicating. Make no mistake-canned chiles will not work. Anaheim chile don't have the same flavor. Get chiles from New Mexico.

We sell the Fire Roasted Frozen Green Chile and it is sent in small frozen packages via two-day mail. Learn to make chile verde