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Sopa de Fideo & Cheese Quesadillas

Sopa de Fideo, is a traditional Mexican dish that features thin noodles cooked in a broth with various seasonings
Prep Time10 minutes
Active Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: Mexican
Keyword: Fideo, Quesadillas
Yield: 4
Calories: 166kcal

Equipment

  • A griddle or comal

Materials

Sopa de Fideo Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp Olive Oil
  • 8 oz fideo or angel hair pasta, broken into 1 in. pieces
  • 2 8 oz cans Tomato sauce
  • ½ onion
  • 3 garlic gloves peeled
  • 1 bunch cilantro
  • 5 cups water
  • Knorr Chicken bouillon to taste
  • Sour Cream

Cheese Quesadillas Ingredients

  • 4 flour tortillas 8 inches, warmed
  • 1.5 cups Shredded cheese of your choice
  • 1 jalapeno sliced
  • 1 Roma tomato diced
  • ½ onion diced
  • 1 tbsp butter
  • Sour cream to top

Instructions

Sopa de Fideo Instructions

  • 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.
  • While the noodles are browning, place the tomato sauce, onion, garlic, ½ cilantro bunch and 4 cups of the water in the blender and process until smooth.
  • Add this mixture directly into the golden noodles still in the hot pot. Stir to prevent the noodles from sticking.
  • Bring soup to a boil. Stir often.
  • Season with chicken bouillon.
  • Serve with a dollop of sour cream or add as much sour cream as you like.

Cheese Quesadillas Instructions

  • Set comal to medium heat for 3 minutes.
  • Use butter and spread on comal
  • Add one flour tortilla to comal.
  • Add shredded cheese, diced tomato, onion and jalapeno slices.
  • Place another flour tortilla on top of toppings and cover with a lid that covers flour tortilla for 3 min. or until browned.
  • Flip quesadilla for 3 min or until browned.
  • Remove from comal and use pizza cutter to cut quesadilla.
    Quesadillas platter
  • Top with sour cream.

Nutrition

Serving: 105g | Calories: 166kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 6.1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 60mg | Potassium: 46.2mg | Fiber: 1.9g | Sugar: 0.6g | Vitamin A: 1080IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 7.4mg | Iron: 1.3mg