Chile Pepper Fun Fact - Cile Capital of the World
New Mexico Chile or New Mexican Chile is a cultivar group of the Chile Pepper from the US state of New Mexico, first grown by Pueblo and Hispano communities throughout Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
New Mexico Chiles, Capsicum Annuum, are a chile grown in New Mexico. They may also be called Hatch chile or red chile. There are approximately 5 chiles per ounce.
New Mexico chile peppers may have a name from the United States, but they are actually native to Central Mexico. Developed over the last 130 years at New Mexico State University, the pepper is perhaps best known for the region's iconic red or green chile sauce.
Chile Peppers are so revered in the state of New Mexico, they even show their pride on a special license plate for their vehicles, it has both a red and a green chile pepper on it!