Arizona grocers Food City and Bashas’, along with Blue Clover Distillery and state celebrity chef Mark Tarbell, are on a search to find the best #HatchAtHomeAZ recipes featuring the Hatch Green Chile, which is in season now through mid-September. The chile is available at more than 100 Food City and Bashas’ stores throughout the state.
Whether with seasoned skills or new-found talents, from now until Aug. 31, Arizona’s home cooks ages 21 and older are invited to test their culinary creativity in the #HatchAtHomeAZ Challenge by coming up with their best at-home recipes using Hatch Green Chiles. Arizonans can enter their recipes by posting a public photo or video on their favorite social media feeds for a chance to win using #HatchAtHomeAZ.
For additional creative inspiration, Blue Clover and Tarbell’s will be offering special Hatch Chile menu offerings at their restaurants, for a limited time.
The grand prize includes a variety of at-home cooking supplies; a trio of gift cards from Bashas’/Food City, Tarbell’s and Blue Clover; and a VIP experience, including a tour of Blue Clover’s Old Town Scottsdale distillery, a Blue Clover Cocktail Kit and two VIP tickets to the Third Annual Hatch Green Chile Roast with a bottomless mimosa or Bloody Mary brunch for two and samplings of Hatch Chile food items and cocktails during the distillery’s event on Sept. 25 (total prize valued at $1,000).
Recipes will be judged for creativity, heat level and overall description by Weston Holm, co-Founder of Blue Clover Distillery; Mark Tarbell; and Johnny Basha.
The Hatch Green Chile harvest has become a culinary celebration in the Southwest.
Fresh, authentic Hatch Green Chiles can add flavor to any at-home meal, from cheeseburgers to enchiladas. The harvest timeframe is limited, so many people stock up during the season and freeze Hatch Chiles so they can use them year-round. Green chiles have many health benefits.
