Fideo
Fideo is a perfect side for any Mexican dish.
Ingredients
- 1 (7.5 oz) pkg fideo or vermicelli or angel hair pasta, broken into pieces
- 1/4 large onion chopped
- 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
- 1 tsp sazon optional
- 2 tbsp chicken bouillon
- 5 cups water
- or
- 5 cups chicken broth
- oil
Instructions
- Place water in a pot to boil, (or place chicken broth to boil).
- Place dutch oven or large saucepan over medium heat with some oil of choice.
- Cook onion for a couple of minutes and add fideo. Brown the fideo until slightly golden and fragrant, stirring frequently to ensure it doesn't burn.
- Add bouillon and sazon to water and mix thoroughly.
- Pour tomato sauce and seasoned water or broth into dutch oven or saucepan with fideo. Mix well and salt to taste, if needed.
- Cover dutch oven or saucepan with lid and let simmer over medium heat until pasta cooked through, about 15 minutes.
- Add more water or broth if soupier fideo is wanted.
Notes
You can find the sazon I use and grew up on here. You can also found it on Amazon, Walmart, and a few grocery stores as well as Mexican specialty stores.