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Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile

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Author: Dini K.
Posted: 9/9/2016
Updated: 11/20/2017

Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent – Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile is great as a party entrée, main meal or regular weeknight dinner. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don’t have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love! 

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 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

If you’re a fan of stuffed green chile or stuffed pepper recipes like Chiles Rellenos, then you’re going to adore this Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile recipe!

Stuffed pepper recipes work well as party appetizers or even as an entrée with a side salad, or a quick weeknight dinner to satisfy the hangry family. They act as a vehicle for some show-stopping flavors, and they are ridiculously easy to make as well!

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

Before Mr K and I went off on vacation last week (I finally got to see Yellowstone, yay!), we bought a bunch of hatch chiles that were on sale at our local grocery store. I talked about how to roast hatch chiles in the oven the other day, so that you can store away and enjoy this very fleeting produce for many months to come. I’m so glad I vacuum packed some of those hatch chiles because I’ve got this wickedly delicious pork stuffed hatch chile recipe to use them up for! If you don’t have access to hatch chiles however, you can use anaheim peppers or poblano peppers or even regular green bell peppers instead. Whichever green chile you have on hand will work.

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

I chose the plumpest hatch chiles that I had (which really were meant to be stuffed) and used them for this pork stuffed chile recipe. I simply bestowed upon them their birthright, one could say.

The pork filling in this recipe is spiced with cumin (and a little lime) and actually cooked with more roasted hatch chile as well, in order to give it another layer of spicy, smoky flavor. And the result is a spicy, succulent, a little sweet, pork filling that’s dripping with flavor!

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

To make the pork stuffed hatch chile, I cut a long, rectangular opening in the raw chile. It’s important that this opening is just wide enough for you to work your fingers in so that you can remove the seeds and the white pith and then stuff it with the flavorful pork filling. Roast these until they become nice and soft and have soaked up all those insane flavors and THEN top it up with cheese or breadcrumbs or both (!) and continue to roast long enough to make it all melty and bubbly. And then finally, I served them with a super easy to make, herby, creamy, tangy cilantro yogurt sauce! YUM!

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

You can mix in some cheese with the pork filling as well if you like it extra cheesy. This recipe is a fantastic way to use up those hatch chiles that come into season this time every year. Alternatively, you can use any green pepper you have to make this stuffed chile recipe. We just cannot get enough of those amazing Mexican flavors in this dish, and I hope you guys enjoy these spiced pork stuffed hatch chile peppers as much as we did! 🙂

(PIN IT FOR LATER)

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

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Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile

Author: Dini K.
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Ingredients:

Pork Filling

  • 1 lb / 450g pork mince
  • 1/2 tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp paprika
  • ¼ tsp cayenne pepper optional
  • 1 tsp white sugar
  • ½ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp onion powder
  • 2 roasted hatch chile roughly chopped
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 - 2 tsp lime or lemon juice

Stuffed Chile

  • 4 large hatch chile peppers
  • Oil
  • Salt and pepper
  • Grated cheese cheddar, monterey jack or pepper jack

Cilantro Yogurt Sauce

  • ⅓ cup cilantro stalks with the leaves, loosely packed
  • ⅔ cup greek yogurt or sour cream
  • 2-3 tsp lime or lemon juice more to taste
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

Pork Filling (can be made ahead of time)

  • Heat a non-stick pan over medium high heat.
  • Add about 1 tbsp oil and when the oil is hot, add the minced pork along with all the spices (everything except for hatch chile and lime juice). Cook over medium high heat while separating the meat and mixing in the spices.
  • When the pork has cooked through, add the chopped roasted hatch chile, lime juice and season to taste. Stir to mix and heat through.
  • Remove from the heat and let it cool to room temperature.

Cilantro Yogurt Sauce

  • Place the cilantro, yogurt, lemon juice and a pinch of salt and pepper in a small food processor. Process until the cilantro is mixed well with the yogurt. Season to taste if needed. Keep in the fridge until needed.

Stuffed Chile

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly oil (or line) an oven-proof dish with some olive oil.
  • Wash and dry the hatch chile.
  • Cut a window in the hatch chile using a sharp knife as shown in the pictures in the post. Remove the seeds and white pith. Stuff the hatch chile with cooked pork mince.
  • Place the stuffed chiles in the prepared oven-proof dish. Brush the chile peppers with some oil and sprinkle the salt over the peppers.
  • Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, until the chile peppers have softened and the pork is starting to caramelize. Sprinkle cheese over the openings on the peppers to cover the pork and return to the oven to roast for a further 10 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and is bubbly.
  • Remove from the oven and let it rest for just a few minutes.
  • Serve while hot with the cilantro yogurt sauce drizzled on top, cracked pepper and chopped cilantro. Enjoy!

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 Spiced Pork Stuffed Hatch Chile - Spicy, smoky, a little sweet, a lot succulent. Incredibly delicious and super easy to make! Great way to use up hatch chiles, and if you don't have access to those, simply substitute with anaheim, poblano or even green bell peppers. This is comfort food with some amazing Mexican flavors that your whole family will love!

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  1. Kendall says

    September 5, 2020 at 18:53

    Do you think I could grill these on low?

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  2. R bynum says

    August 15, 2020 at 20:03

    5 stars
    I only had pork chorizo on hand but this was fantastic! Will definitely make again.

    Reply
  3. becky aarestad says

    November 13, 2018 at 07:53

    5 stars
    It looks like you did not remove the skins on the peppers before baking. How did that go?

    Reply
    • Dini says

      November 13, 2018 at 09:53

      Hi Becky
      I very rarely remove pepper skin when I cook this dish, and it hasn’t been something that bothered us. But if you prefer to peel the peppers, you can do so too!

      Reply
  4. Christina | Christina's Cucina says

    September 29, 2016 at 18:44

    I’ll take three! Oh yum, I love Hatch Chiles and stuffing them like this sounds wonderful! I’m not a cilantro gal, so that’s the only thing I’d change! Wonderful recipe, I’ll have to keep this for Hatch chile season next year!

    Reply
  5. Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours says

    September 27, 2016 at 14:04

    5 stars
    I have two similar green peppers at the bottom of my fridge, so I know exactly what to do with them now.

    Reply
  6. Platter Talk says

    September 12, 2016 at 14:20

    5 stars
    I just found this recipe while cruising another site. I must comment on how delish it sounds and how beautiful your photo and well thought out your recipe is. Very well done. Thanks for making us all look good!!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      September 13, 2016 at 10:15

      Thank you so much! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Julie says

    September 11, 2016 at 21:41

    These stuffed chilies look amazing Dini!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      September 13, 2016 at 10:16

      Thank you Julie! 🙂

      Reply
  8. Tamara says

    September 11, 2016 at 15:13

    5 stars
    Oh Dini! I lived 30 miles south of Hatch for 22 years. This recipe tugs at my heart! I love the flavors in your filling, and of course Hatch chile is the food of the Gods 😉 I’ll pin this one, and when my ship comes in, I will make them!

    Reply
    • Dini says

      September 13, 2016 at 10:17

      Thank you Tamara! I am so jealous you lived so close to Hatch! I’m so glad I bought a big batch this time – I’ve still got some left and I’m just waiting to use them up!! 😀

      Reply

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