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JUMP TO RECIPEDo you want to spoil the family? Make this traditional Mexican mom Sopa de Fideo con Pollo recipe. My kids were sick last week. Fever and cough. As a good Mexican mom, I have my home remedies for all sicknesses. Sopa de Fideos con Pollo in English is an authentic Mexican noodles soup made with natural chicken broth and tomatoes sauce. It is delicious and I truly believe that brings any Mexican back to their childhood in the first spoon. Definitely, there is not a better home remedy than a mom’s homemade sopa de fideo with chicken recipe in English!
My kids love Sopa de Fideo and I love to make it because it instantly takes me back to my Abuelita’s home. Sopa de Fideo is an easy recipe. It is usually prepared to complement a meal but if you add some chicken it can become a very nutritious dinner or lunch. For this recipe, you can buy chicken broth but I am going to give you the best recipe to make your own chicken broth at home as well as the most delicious tomato sauce for Sopa de Fideo. I am making this recipe with my Abuelita Conchis recipe so it is unbeatable.
SOPA DE FIDEO WITH CHICKEN INGREDIENTS
- 2 garlic cloves
- 5 tomatoes
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1 package of fideo
- 1 teaspoons and ½ a spoon of olive oil or cooking oil
- 5 sticks of cilantro
- ½ onion
- 6 cups of water
- 1 package of fideo Mexican noodles
- Parmesano or queso fresco is optional. I highly recommend it!
- 1 chicken breast
HOW TO MAKE SOPA DE FIDEO WITH POLLO
- Set 5 cups of water to boil and add the chicken along with 5 cilantro sticks ¼ of an onion, 1 garlic clove and ½ teaspoon of salt. Let ir cook for about 15 minutes or until cook.
- In the blender place the tomatoes cuted in 4, one garlic clove, ¼ of an onion and 1 cup of water. Blend until liquify.
- In a pot set 1 teaspoon of olive oil to warm up and once is hot add the tomatoe sauce. Let the tomatoes sauce cook in the pot for about 5 minutes. Stir once in a while.
- In a pot add ½ spoon of olive oil and let it warm up. Add the fideos and stir constantly until the have a light golden brown color.
- Separate the chicken and the sticks of cilantro, onion and garlic from the broth.
- Add the chicken broth to the fideos and add the tomatoe sauce as well.
- Let it boil for bout 8 minutes or until de fideo are cooked.
- Shredd the chicken and add it to the Fideos soup.
- Add salt to taste.
- You can serve with some queso fresco on top or add some parmesano for some extra flavor.
- My kids love add the juice of half a lime into this Authentic Mexican Sopa de fideo with chicken
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKES TO MAKE SOPA DE FIDEO
The Sopa de Fideo con Pollo or chicken takes around 15 to 20 minutes to cook and another 8 minutes for the pasta to cook. So it will take you around 25 to 28 minutes to have your Sopa de Fideos ready to serve. If you want to make Sopa de Fideos a fast and easy recipe just shredded some rotisserie chicken and use boxed chicken broth.
SOPA DE FIDEOS WITH POTATOES RECIPE
Some people like to add potatoes to the Sopa de fideos. You can cut potatoes into little squares and cook them along with the chicken and then just add it with chicken broth. Some other people like to sauté the potatoes with onion and when the potatoes are halfway cooked add the fideo and saute along until they are golden brown and finally add the chicken broth and let all cook together.
HOW TO MAKE SALSA DE TOMATE FOR SOPA DE FIDEO CON POLLO
Tomato sauce for fideos soup is very easy to make. Set 3 tomatoes cut in pieces in the blender along with 1 garlic clove, ¼ of an onion and ½ teaspoon of salt, and a cup of water. Blend all together until liquify. I will recommend cooking the tomatoes sauce in a little olive oil before adding it to the video soup. It really gives a delicious taste but you can always just add the raw sauce to the fideos and it will cook along with the video.
HOW MUCH WATER OR CHICKEN BROTH DO I NEED TO ADD TO A FIDEO PACKAGE
For a fideo package, I will add around 5 cups of water or chicken broth plus another cup of the tomatoes sauce
Ingredients
- 2 garlic cloves
- 5 tomatoes
- 1 tsp of salt
- 1 package of fideo
- 1 tsp of olive oil or cooking oil
- 5 sticks of cilantro
- 6 cups of water
- 1 chicken breast
- parmesano or queso fresco optional
Instructions
- Set 5 cups of water to boil and add the chicken along with 5 cilantro sticks ¼ of an onion, 1 garlic clove and ½ teaspoon of salt. Let ir cook for about 15 minutes or until cook.
- In the blender place the tomatoes cuted in 4, one garlic clove, ¼ of an onion and 1 cup of water. Blend until liquify.
- In a pot set 1 teaspoon of olive oil to warm up and once is hot add the tomatoe sauce. Let the tomatoes sauce cook in the pot for about 5 minutes. Stir once in a while.
- In a pot add ½ spoon of olive oil and let it warm up. Add the fideos and stir constantly until the have a light golden brown color.
- Separate the chicken and the sticks of cilantro, onion and garlic from the broth.
- Add the chicken broth to the fideos and add the tomatoe sauce as well.
- Let it boil for bout 8 minutes or until de fideo are cooked.
- Shredd the chicken and add it to the Fideos soup.
- Add salt to taste.
- You can serve with some queso fresco on top or add some parmesano for some extra flavor.
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