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Sopa de fideo

📋Sopa De Fideo Recipe


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  • Author: Soniya Saluja
  • Total Time: 14 minutes
  • Yield: 4
  • Diet: VegetarianDiet

Description

Sopa de fideo / Mexican Noodle Soup is a filling and savory soup with a robust flavor that you and your family will enjoy. It cooks up in minutes, making it an easy choice for weeknight dinners or as a quick make ahead meal on a Sunday afternoon. You will adore this as a delicious dinner or as a quick lunch on those busy week days.


Ingredients

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  • 4 Roma or plum tomatoes, quartered
  • 1/2 white onion
  • 2 large clove garlic
  • 1 tsp ground Cumin
  • 6 ounce fideo noodles (vermicelli noodles)
  • 1 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 4 cups vegetable stock
  • salt to taste
  • lime juice , optional for garnish
  • fresh cilantro, plus more for garnish

Instructions

Instant - Pot Instructions

  1. Add tomatoes, onion, and garlic to a blender, blend until smooth. [mv_img id="19079"]
  2. Press sauté mode of your instant pot. When hot add oil in inner steel pot.
    Add fideo noodles and stir constantly until golden light brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
  3. Pour tomato - onion mixture. Stir and bring to a slight boil.
  4. Add in the vegetable stock, salt, cumin powder, paprika and cilantro to noodle mixture and stir. Press Cancel.
  5. Pressure cook for 4 minutes on high.
  6. Allow pressure to release naturally for 5 minutes, then do a quick-release remaining pressure.[mv_img id="19080"]
  7. Ladle soup into bowls squeeze lime juice as desired and garnish with cilantro to serve.
  8. If you want to have fun with toppings, try a few chunks of avocado, some crumbled queso fresco, or even a few tortilla chips

Stove - Top Instructions

  1. Start by blending the onions, tomatoes, and garlic until it is smooth. 
  2. In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat and then add the noodles.
  3. Stir the noodles constantly as you toast them for about 3 to 5 minutes or until they become golden brown in color.
  4. Pour in the tomato mixture and vegetable broth. Add the salt, cumin powder, paprika and cilantro and Stir it all together and bring the soup up to a light boil.
  5. Partially cover and allow the soup to simmer on medium-low heat for about 30 minutes or until the noodles are soft and soup has reduced some. 
  6. Ladle into bowls and garnish with cilantro and lime juice. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

  • Always toast the noodles first. This gives them a delicious extra flavor.
  • Use only roma or plum tomatoes for the best consistency and taste in the soup.
  • Use white or yellow onions, not red or other varieties.
  • Don’t be afraid to season your soup.  If the flavor doesn’t pop, add a bit more salt.
  • Don’t over cook the soup, it only needs 4 minutes and a 5 minute natural release in an electric pressure cooker to be cooked to perfection.
  • As your noodles sit in the broth it will continue to absorb the broth and you will need to add more water / broth when warming up again
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Additional Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 4 minutes
  • Cuisine: Mexican