After living in Texas for almost seven years, I often find myself missing New Mexico, where I grew up, and all things New Mexico. One of the biggest reminders of back home is green chile. My family and I have been lucky over the past few years to actually have a “New Mexican” restaurant in Houston! When I first moved back to Texas, it was still pretty hard to find green chile, but luckily in the past few years it seems that green chile has become a chic thing–several grocery stores even have green chile festivals where they roast (one of the most heavenly smells!) and sell it!
Roasting Green Chile at Hubbell & Hudson's Hatch Fired Up Festival in The Woodlands, TX--August 2009.
This week I introduced my Texan co-workers to one of my favorite dishes–green chile chicken enchiladas. Yum! I was worried that their Tex-Mex loving taste buds would not like the New Mexican flavors. But, much to my delight, they loved them! A couple of them even asked for the recipe (I didn’t quite know how to tell them that I don’ really have a written recipe). 
Needless to say, I might be making them more!
