đź“‹Sopa De Fideo Recipe
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.
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Ingredients
- 4 Roma or plum tomatoes quartered
- ½ white onion
- 2 large clove garlic
- 1 teaspoon ground Cumin
- 6 ounce fideo noodles vermicelli noodles
- 1 teaspoon 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
- Add tomatoes, onion, and garlic to a blender, blend until smooth.
- 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. - Pour tomato - onion mixture. Stir and bring to a slight boil.
- Add in the vegetable stock, salt, cumin powder, paprika and cilantro to noodle mixture and stir. Press Cancel.
- Pressure cook for 4 minutes on high.
- Allow pressure to release naturally for 5 minutes, then do a quick-release remaining pressure.
- Ladle soup into bowls squeeze lime juice as desired and garnish with cilantro to serve.
- 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
- Start by blending the onions, tomatoes, and garlic until it is smooth.Â
- In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat and then add the noodles.
- Stir the noodles constantly as you toast them for about 3 to 5 minutes or until they become golden brown in color.
- 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.
- 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.Â
- Ladle into bowls and garnish with cilantro and lime juice. Serve and enjoy!
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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
