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Order the Chicken Hatch Male Tamale at Urban Rio during August.
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Where to Get a Hatch Chile Fix in DFW

Pizza, burgers, margs, and more are all infused with New Mexico’s favorite pepper

by Courtney E. Smith Updated
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Order the Chicken Hatch Male Tamale at Urban Rio during August.
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by Courtney E. Smith Updated

Hatch chili pepper season is in full swing, and to celebrate this crop of spicy green peppers from New Mexico, places across Dallas are spiking burgers, queso, pizza, and more with the fiery chiles.

Hatch chiles range from mild and slightly sweet to quite spicy, which means that it makes for a particularly versatile ingredient. Act quickly, though — Hatch season runs from early August through the end of September, so there’s no time like the present to check out one of these Hatch enhanced dishes.

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Mi Dia From Scratch

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Mi Dia has an array of Hatch-infused menu items, all available until September 7. Order a bowl of Hatch chile queso and follow it up with your choice of fried chicken Hatch tacos, pork carnitas Hatch enchiladas or skirt steak and stuffed Hatch chile. Or go all in and order them all — just bring friends along to help eat it.

3310 Dallas Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093
(972) 403-7474
(972) 403-7474

Blue Goose Cantina

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It’s a real Hatch-a palooza at Blue Goose, with Hatch queso (make it a queso birria for $2 extra), Hatch Santa Fe quesadillas, a birria and Hatch queso taco, Augie’s Hatch stew (pork stew with Hatch chiles), Hatch pulled chicken enchidadas, a Hatch birria burrito (for when a taco just isn’t enough), Hatch street tacos, Hatch huevos for brunch, and most intriguingly a Hatch margarita that also comes in blueberry.

4757 W Park Blvd #05, Plano, TX 75093
(972) 596-8882
(972) 596-8882

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Urban Crust

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Land a Hatch pizza at this excellent Plano pizza spot, with Hatch chiles, grilled sirloin, pepper jack cheese, and tobacco fried onions. Spicy.

1006 E 15th St, Plano, TX 75074
(972) 509-1400
(972) 509-1400

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Urban Rio Cantina & Grill

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Order the chicken Hatch male tamale, filled with shredded chicken, hatch chiles, Monterrey jack, and hatch cream sauce. Or sign up for it’s Hatch chile dinner on August 22, with four cocktails and four courses for $54.90 per person.

1000 14th St #100, Plano, TX 75074
(972) 422-4466
(972) 422-4466

Eataly Dallas

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The Eataly marketplace will be dishing out Hatch items until August 27, including Hatch chile stuffed with flatiron steak and double smoked bacon, organic chicken marinated in house-made Hatch chile salsa verde, house-made Hatch chile brioche, and Hatch chile topped pizza with house-made sausage. In it’s restaurants, diners will find a Hatch chile daquiri at Terra, Hatch chile caramelle pasta at Il Pastaio, Neapolitan-style pizza by topped with roasted Hatch chiles at La Pizza & La Pasta.

8687 N Central Expy #2172, Dallas, TX 75225
(469) 759-2800
(469) 759-2800

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Flips Patio Grill

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Get Hatch on a burger with the New Mexican Hatch chile burger on Flip’s 50/50 patty, made from a with brisket-chuck blend. Then it’s topped with American cheese, Applewood-smoked bacon, and  Hatch chile sauce.

6613 Fossil Bluff Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76137
(817) 286-3910
(817) 286-3910

Central Market

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No place goes all-in on Hatch season like Central Market. Head in up to August 22 and enjoy the widest array of Hatch-enhanced bites in the city. A few highlights this year include Maryland-Style Hatch crab cakes, Hatch pepper and brisket roasted corn dip, penne pasta with shrimp in Hatch sauce casserole, Hatch pepper meatballs, and strawberry and Hatch margarita mix.

5750 E Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 234-7000
(214) 234-7000

Greenville Avenue Pizza Company

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GapCo weighs in again this season with a Hatch pizza. It’s got Hatch chiles, chorizo, sweet corn, and hatch alfredo sauce. That sounds like a mouthful.

1923 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 826-5404
(214) 826-5404

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El Fenix

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Hit up El Fenix for some Hatch chile fajita specials. It’s 2 for $22 menu can be paired with Hatch chile queso. And it’s offering a Hatch chile margarita.

1601 McKinney Ave Downtown #1, Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 747-1121
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Blue Mesa Grill

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As always, Blue Mesa Grill is hosting its Hatch Chile Festival during the season. Try out Hatch infused dishes such as crispy Hatch strips with dipping sauces, pozole, Santa Fe stacked chicken enchiladas, a Hatch brownie sundae, and a pineapple Hatch margarita.

612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 332-6372
(817) 332-6372

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Mi Dia From Scratch

3310 Dallas Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093

Mi Dia has an array of Hatch-infused menu items, all available until September 7. Order a bowl of Hatch chile queso and follow it up with your choice of fried chicken Hatch tacos, pork carnitas Hatch enchiladas or skirt steak and stuffed Hatch chile. Or go all in and order them all — just bring friends along to help eat it.

3310 Dallas Pkwy, Plano, TX 75093
(972) 403-7474
(972) 403-7474

Blue Goose Cantina

4757 W Park Blvd #05, Plano, TX 75093

It’s a real Hatch-a palooza at Blue Goose, with Hatch queso (make it a queso birria for $2 extra), Hatch Santa Fe quesadillas, a birria and Hatch queso taco, Augie’s Hatch stew (pork stew with Hatch chiles), Hatch pulled chicken enchidadas, a Hatch birria burrito (for when a taco just isn’t enough), Hatch street tacos, Hatch huevos for brunch, and most intriguingly a Hatch margarita that also comes in blueberry.

4757 W Park Blvd #05, Plano, TX 75093
(972) 596-8882
(972) 596-8882

Urban Crust

1006 E 15th St, Plano, TX 75074

Land a Hatch pizza at this excellent Plano pizza spot, with Hatch chiles, grilled sirloin, pepper jack cheese, and tobacco fried onions. Spicy.

1006 E 15th St, Plano, TX 75074
(972) 509-1400
(972) 509-1400

Urban Rio Cantina & Grill

1000 14th St #100, Plano, TX 75074

Order the chicken Hatch male tamale, filled with shredded chicken, hatch chiles, Monterrey jack, and hatch cream sauce. Or sign up for it’s Hatch chile dinner on August 22, with four cocktails and four courses for $54.90 per person.

1000 14th St #100, Plano, TX 75074
(972) 422-4466
(972) 422-4466

Eataly Dallas

8687 N Central Expy #2172, Dallas, TX 75225

The Eataly marketplace will be dishing out Hatch items until August 27, including Hatch chile stuffed with flatiron steak and double smoked bacon, organic chicken marinated in house-made Hatch chile salsa verde, house-made Hatch chile brioche, and Hatch chile topped pizza with house-made sausage. In it’s restaurants, diners will find a Hatch chile daquiri at Terra, Hatch chile caramelle pasta at Il Pastaio, Neapolitan-style pizza by topped with roasted Hatch chiles at La Pizza & La Pasta.

8687 N Central Expy #2172, Dallas, TX 75225
(469) 759-2800
(469) 759-2800

Flips Patio Grill

6613 Fossil Bluff Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76137

Get Hatch on a burger with the New Mexican Hatch chile burger on Flip’s 50/50 patty, made from a with brisket-chuck blend. Then it’s topped with American cheese, Applewood-smoked bacon, and  Hatch chile sauce.

6613 Fossil Bluff Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76137
(817) 286-3910
(817) 286-3910

Central Market

5750 E Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX 75206

No place goes all-in on Hatch season like Central Market. Head in up to August 22 and enjoy the widest array of Hatch-enhanced bites in the city. A few highlights this year include Maryland-Style Hatch crab cakes, Hatch pepper and brisket roasted corn dip, penne pasta with shrimp in Hatch sauce casserole, Hatch pepper meatballs, and strawberry and Hatch margarita mix.

5750 E Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 234-7000
(214) 234-7000

Greenville Avenue Pizza Company

1923 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206

GapCo weighs in again this season with a Hatch pizza. It’s got Hatch chiles, chorizo, sweet corn, and hatch alfredo sauce. That sounds like a mouthful.

1923 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX 75206
(214) 826-5404
(214) 826-5404

El Fenix

1601 McKinney Ave Downtown #1, Dallas, TX 75202

Hit up El Fenix for some Hatch chile fajita specials. It’s 2 for $22 menu can be paired with Hatch chile queso. And it’s offering a Hatch chile margarita.

1601 McKinney Ave Downtown #1, Dallas, TX 75202
(214) 747-1121
(214) 747-1121

Blue Mesa Grill

612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, TX 76107

As always, Blue Mesa Grill is hosting its Hatch Chile Festival during the season. Try out Hatch infused dishes such as crispy Hatch strips with dipping sauces, pozole, Santa Fe stacked chicken enchiladas, a Hatch brownie sundae, and a pineapple Hatch margarita.

612 Carroll St, Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 332-6372
(817) 332-6372

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