📋Sopa De Fideo
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.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 4 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
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
- 1
Add tomatoes, onion, and garlic to a blender, blend until smooth.
- 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.
- 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
- 9
Start by blending the onions, tomatoes, and garlic until it is smooth.
- 10
In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat and then add the noodles.
- 11
Stir the noodles constantly as you toast them for about 3 to 5 minutes or until they become golden brown in color.
- 12
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.
- 13
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.
- 14
Ladle into bowls and garnish with cilantro and lime juice. Serve and enjoy!