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New Mexico State Fair released competitors for this year’s food contest
By Dailyn Wells,
1 day ago
NEW MEXICO (KAMR/KCIT) — Just one week away, the New Mexico State Fair released this years competitors for both the Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge and the Unique Foods Contest.
The 2024 New Mexico State Fair is scheduled from Sept. 5-15, featuring music, entertainment, food that highlights the culture, agriculture, art and beauty of New Mexico.
The Unique Foods Contest
The Unique Foods Contest is scheduled on opening day at the Chevron Pavilion to celebrate fair foods and their creativity. The competition will include sweet, fried, salty and smothered foods to name a few. Officials said a panel of local media personalities will serve as judges.
Following the competition dishes that will be made available for guest attending the fair to purchase include:
Item: Street Taco Grilled Cheese
Hand-diced and seasoned carne asada with fresh Monterey jack cheese and house-made green chile on sourdough, grilled to toasty perfection.
Vendor: Cheese Love Grill, Heritage and Main Street
Conductor’s Corn Dog
A 100% all-beef Nathan’s ¼ lb hot dog hand-dipped in scratch-made, top-secret corn dog batter. Fried to a delicious golden brown before it’s split open and topped with cheddar cheese sauce, smoked bacon, fried cheese curd and Hatch green chile.
Vendor : Gravy Train, Food Court
Deep Fried Carne Asada Taco
This taco is stuffed with fresh grilled carne asada and Monterey jack cheese. The taco is then dipped in a special batter and deep-fried to perfection. Served with homemade spicy salsa.
Vendor : Quesada’s Mexican, Heritage and Main Street
Belgian Waffle Green Chile Cheeseburger
All beef patty grilled to perfection served on a Belgian waffle garnished with pickle, lettuce and tomato. The sandwich is then drizzled with green chile maple syrup and dusted with powdered sugar.
Vendor : Rex’s, South of Natural Resources Building
Desert Chimichanga
Sweet chimichanga made with a flour tortilla and filled with cream cheese wrapped in smoked bacon, deep fried to a golden brown and smothered in cinnamon sugar, strawberry and chocolate sauce.
Vendor : Fried Fantasy, Food Court
“If you love Fair Food this is the contest for you,” said State Fair General Manager Dan Mourning. “You want wacky, crazy food, we got wacky, crazy, yet always delicious, food right here at the New Mexico State Fair and every item in this competition will be available to purchase throughout the run of the Fair.”
The Original Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge
The Original Green Chile Cheeseburger Challenge, is scheduled to take place at noon on Monday, Sept. 9, on Main Street north of Heritage Avenue.
“This is the Super Bowl of Green Chile Cheeseburger contests in this State,” said Mourning. “It continues to get bigger and bigger each year so we decided to move it out to Main Street to accommodate the huge crowds that flock to this event. People’s choice ballots are extremely limited so make sure you’re here early!”
The following 10 restaurants from across the State will compete for the title of New Mexico State Fair Champion:
Downshift Brewing Co. – Lincoln County
Del’s Family Restaurant – Quay County
Effingbar & Grill – Bernalillo County
Savoy Bar and Grill – Bernalillo County
Craft Republic – Bernalillo County
Big Mike’s Burgers and More – Valencia County
Sparky’s Burgers, BBQ & Espresso – Dona Ana County
Isleta Grill – Isleta Pueblo
Grill at the Monte Carlo – Taos County
Slate Street Billiards – Sandoval County
These 10 restaurants will compete for two awards, the blind judging and people’s choice awards.
100 Fair attendees that would like to taste the burgers in the competition, will have a chance if they receive a people’s choice ballot.
To receive a people choice ballot, guest must first receive a wristbands which will be distributed in the crowd by the New Mexico State Police randomly. After receiving a wristband guest can then go to the burgundy tent near the Ag Building to receive a ballot.
Officials said guest must have a wristband to receive a ballot.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the New Mexico State Fair website.
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