Sopa de Fideo

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp. Oil 

• 1 pkg. Fideo pasta or 8 oz. Angel hair pasta, broken into 1 in. pieces

• 1 can (14.5 oz) Diced tomatoes or 2 cups of fresh diced tomatoes

• ½ Onion, white, chopped

• 3 Garlic cloves, peeled

• 10 cups stock or broth

• 1 zucchini, diced (optional)

• 1 Lime, cut into quarters

Directions

1. In a medium pot get your vegetable stock boiling hot and set aside.

2. Set a large pot to medium heat and add oil. Once the oil is hot add broken up noodles and toss to coat in oil. Continue to cook until noodles are golden brown, about 3 minutes.

3. While the noodles are browning, place the tomatoes, onion, garlic, and 2 cups of the vegetable stock in the blender and process until smooth.

4. Strain this mixture directly into the golden noodles still in the hot pot. Stir to prevent the noodles from sticking.

5. Let mixture simmer for 1 minute. Add the rest of your stock and set heat to high. Add optional zucchini and cook noodles at a low boil until noodles are al dente and zucchini is tender. Stir often. Season with salt and pepper.

6. Serve with a wedge of lime so everyone can add as much lime juice as they like. 

Tips

• If it's summer, I recommend you use fresh tomatoes.

• You can add zucchini, carrots, beans or potatoes to this for higher nutritional value.

• You can also make this soup using alphabet pasta to make sopa de letras.

•  I like to add a sprig of cilantro with the zucchini, but that is completely optional.

• Better than Bullion may be used in place of the broth or stock.