The 4th Annual No-Holds-Barred Central Market Hatch Chile Recipe Contest STARTS NOW!
Written by Aimee D, eFoodie editor on Friday, August 06 2010
Calling all Chile Heads and passionate pepper people! To crank up the heat on our 15th Anniversary Hatch Chile Festival, Central Market is hosting the 4th Annual Central Market No-Holds-Barred Hatch Chile Recipe Contest through August 29.
From a Flamin’ Hatch Hot Fudge Sundae to Hatch-n-Mac-n-Cheese, nothing is out of bounds. As long as the recipe contains Hatch chilies and ingredients found at Central Market, the sky is the limit! Get inspired by previous winners and our chefs' favorites by clicking here.
New: Recipe entries this year earn the entrant a downloadable $5 off $25 coupon redeemable during the festival through August 31.
Each store’s lucky winner will receive a $100 Central Market gift card and a year’s supply of roasted Hatch chiles.* (And, of course, lifetime bragging rights.) Winning concoctions will also be published online and added to our recipe database. They may even be published in our next Hatch cookbook.
With an online entry form, submitting a recipe is just a click away.
There’s no entry fee, and entries will be accepted through the online submission form from August 6 – August 29, 2010.
The team at Central Market advises that creativity really counts. “We get hundreds of entries in categories from apps to entrees to desserts,” observed Phil Myers, Houston General Manager. “Last year one of the winners was actually a drink that could be used to make a Hatch cockt
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ail!”Central Market finalists will be invited to bring in their prepared recipe for a Taste-Off at each of the eight Central Market stores for our celebrity judges. Each dish will be rated before we crown the best recipe. Finalists will be notified by the store.
Please submit your entry online no later than 4 p.m. Central on August 29, 2010. Central Market will narrow the entries down to the finalists. Each finalist will be contacted by telephone and/or email to compete in a Taste-Off before judges at the Central Market designated on his/her entry form.
*That’s 75 lbs of roasted Hatch chiles, perfect for freezing and eating until Hatch Festival 2011!
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Comments
CH on 8.08.2010 at 2:39 PM
Hey, can you guys bring in some chile beer this year? Thanks.
Judy Thompson on 8.11.2010 at 3:43 PM
We live 40 miles from Hatch, NM, so are naturally chile fanatics. This year's harvest was delayed by the wierd spring and early summer weather, but on Monday we drove over to Hatch, and were relieved to find some nice chiles at several vendors. The Hatch Festival (the REAL one) is just 3 weeks away!
By the way if you need some authentic NM chile recipes check out my cookbook "A Tale of Two Chiles".