Authentic New Mexico Cuisine

Drive north of Santa Fe to a small village of Chimayo where thousands of pilgrims make their way to El Santuario de Chimayo for its healing powers and sacred earth and visit Chimayo Chile Shop, a family owned retail store and working studio since 1996 offering you the most authentic New Mexico True experience by
tasting flavorful heirloom chile peppers, dried produce and specialty coffee
drinks infused with red or green chile powder for an exquisite spicy delight.
Heirloom Chimayo chile can be traced back to the 17th-Century and continues to
be an integral historic tradition for the Chavez Family, 5 generation
farmers and ranchers living and breathing their Spanish heritage that still run strong more than 400 years after New Mexico was first colonized by Spain in 1598. Chimayo is nestled in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at 6,000 ft and is excellent for cool climate farming.   

Products

New Mexico Grown Heritage Chile.

Immerse yourself in Chimayo culture and experience heirloom chile peppers-fresh stone ground, farmer direct, non-GMO and
is a nutritious spicy delight as an add on to any dish or as a main entrée.        

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Crushed Chile Peppers Red (caribe)-Mild

Crushed Chile Peppers Red (caribe)-Mild

New Mexico grown heritage chile.  100% chile-no added ingredients. Red crushed chile... 

Crushed Chile Peppers Red (caribe)-Mild

Blue Corn Meal (Atole) Blue Corn Meal (Atole)

Blue Corn Meal (Atole)

Blue Corn Meal (Atole)

From $8.00
From $8.00
Dried White Corn-Chicos de horno (oven dried) 4 oz.

Dried White Corn-Chicos de horno (oven dried) 4 oz.

Dried White Corn-Chicos de horno (oven dried) 4 oz.

$12.00
$12.00

  • Red Chile Powder (molido)-Hot

    New Mexico grown heritage chiles.  100% chile-no added ingredients.

    Heirloom Chimayo chile can be traced back to the 17th-Century and continues to be an integral historic tradition for generations of growers in the valley. 

    Heirloom red chile is fresh stone ground, farmer direct, non-GMO and is a nutritious spicy delight as an add to any dish or as a main entrée. 

    Dried produce of northern New Mexico. 

    The heat level is an 8 on a 1-10 scale.

  • Folk Art-Retablos

    Saint Francis of Assisi.

    Patron of ecology, animals, and Nambe Pueblo.

    Feast Day: October 4th 

    Retablo is a devotional folk art painting using iconography derived from traditional Catholic church art.  
    5.5" X 12" pine, hand-made rabbit-hide gesso, painted with natural dyes and pigments, and sealed with a varnish.

    Replicas available.

    Artist: Shawna Lee Chavez

  • Chimayo Chile Shop offers a variety of chile peppers, fresh stone ground, farmer direct, non-GMO and is New Mexico grown heritage Chile.

    Chavez Family

    Patricio and Shawna Lee have been specializing in authentic New Mexico
    heritage chile and dried produce since 1996 in their retail store and working
    studio.  Both are award winning Santa Fe
    Spanish Market Artists.      Patricio is
    an award-winner and renowned creator of unpainted bultos (three demention wood
    carvings), and unpainted wood reliefs of Catholic religious figures also known
    as santos (saints) and his wife, Shawna Lee an award-winner of retablos
    (religious figures painted on wood panels).