Ortega Diced Hot Green Chiles, 4 oz

I've used these for decades and they've become impossible to get in stores in my area of west TN. I've been looking for months. Even Wally World and Kroger don't stock them within a 50 mile radius. So, I was forced to buy in bulk. Thank goodness they have a nice long "best by" date that reaches into March, 2026. I'd like to encourage Ortega to work at getting these back on the shelves of stores again. I didn't want a CASE of them, a 6 pack would have been much easier to store in my pantry. But I've got them now and I'm glad that my search is over, for awhile anyway. I prefer Ortega for flavor and quality. They're not hot but have the perfect flavor for Chile rellanos and chili. With the nice big peppers these are perfect for many dishes. Added the photo to show, 7oz cans, no dents or damaged cans and expiration date. Two thumbs up.

VERY good. Gives the just right amount of heat.

Careful of expiration date and dented cans that may be coming from a consolidator who buys train loads of can goods that are near expiration or dented or both. I bought on 06 Jan 2024 and their 'best by" date is 29 Sept 2024. I'm from New Mexico and raised on green chili for 50 years but moved to SC (green chili desert) so tried these mild (nobody has Hot) whole greens. Opened only one can so far but compared to the Hatch brand these are much longer and wider pods and much thicker meat. Flavor is OK for whole canned chili likely steamed to get the skin off and is equal to Hatch. There is no 'char' marks to indicate these are "fire roast". These cans are VERY VERY thin so you may get a number of dents that won't change the taste unless breached of course. I have 12 of my 12 cans dented. My manual can opener had a hard time catching the can lip crimp that is small; yet another reason if Ortega switched packers and the packer took low bidder on cans ... so best buy date and cans is a worry, but flavor is OK for can chilies. The pods going in seem better quality than others. Shame about packing.

I can never find whole green chilies at any price in the stores. I found these on Amazon. The price is not out of line. I bought a case, that should last me a couple of years. The whole chilies are so much better than the diced ones. I shred them up and put them on Pizza, use them in grilled cheese sandwiches, put them in corn bread, I shred them up to put in Texas Tamalé Pie. The diced one just have too much juice in them and the pieces are so small they just disappear in cooking. The whole chilies you can pat dry, cut up in big chunks or just pull them a part, shred them. They are really great on a Pizza, too.

I much prefer the texture of canned whole green chiles that I chop myself to that of canned diced green chiles. Moreover, the 7-ounce size is more convenient for me when cooking for just one person. The only issue is that 24 cans is a lot more than I need in one purchase. If they came in a set of 6 or 8, that would work very well.

Good

Could not find in store. Now I have 24 cans. Great stuff, just as advertised +++

After roasting the whole chiles and before canning there is far to much of the burned skin left on these peppers. I have used canned green chiles for many years but this is the first time I have used Ortega brand chiles and I will not use them ever again