Pueblo Chii & Frijole Festival |
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 You gotta like it hot!
The Pueblo Chili & Frijole Festival is held the 3d or 4th weekend in September - we check with the Chamber of Commerce each year to determine the exact dates.
It is held in the River Walk area and is quite easy to find. This is one of our best half day getaways! We like to go down early in the day and walk through all the vendors - anything related to a chili can be found here! The Pueblo chili has become one of our favorites - it's a bit like a Big Jim and is the locally grown product that has received gourmet acclaim.
Several of the local farms have their booths set up and you can get chilies one at a time or by the bushel. We like to pick up about a half bushel of the roasted chilies, which we separate into individual freezer bags and store for use throughout the year.
The freshly harvested pinto beans are also terrific - they have better teture and flavor than the ones you typically buy in your grocery. We do the same thing - buy a big bag and then separate them into freezer bags so we can grab a bag off the shelf and dump it into a pot whenever we have a cravin' for beans (of course, we flavor the pot with some of the Pueblo chili).
It's quite challenging to eat your way through the vendors - chocolate covered chilies, chili poppers, calabacitas ... they're all delicious!
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