Fideo is a simple dish that is widely liked across the West. Fideo is a Spanish word for noodles and the dish itself is found to have Mexican origins. The recipe for this mouthwatering dish is excessively simple and requires nothing but just a packet of noodles.
You can make it as a side meal or add a little beef or chicken to make it a full meal. If you want something really good for your dinner tonight but are too tired to make something complicated, Fideo is the dish for your rescue.
Health Benefits
Fideo is a healthy meal to have at any time of the day. It constitutes 194.3 calories and 46.6 grams carbohydrates. Fideo has minimum cholesterol and has sufficient quantity of all mineral necessary for the human body.
Using olive oil in the recipe reduces the source of excessive fats and calories.
Fideo can be prepared as a complete meal using chicken or beef in the recipe and can sufficiently provide the nutrition an average person needs in a meal.
Ingredients
tablespoons of Olive Oil or enough to coat the noodles: 4
packets of Fideo noodles: 2
tomatoes (Diced and drained): 3
small onion: 1
small garlic clove (minced): 1
tablespoons of seasoning or as wanted: 2-3
cups of water: 2-4
cups of chicken or beef (Optional; always use fully cooked if you choose to add chicken or beef in the recipe. You can use leftovers as well.): 2
How To Make Delicious Fideo
- In a large frying pan, add 4 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat and add the Fideo noodles. The oil should be enough to have all the noodles covered.
- Mix the noodles thoroughly in the oil.
- Add the onion.
- Fry noodles until they have turned golden brown. Keep on stirring them so that they do not get burned.
- As soon as the noodles turn golden brown, add water.
- Keep adding water gradually, depending on the consistency you want to keep your dish.
- After water, add tomatoes and garlic.
- This is the stage where you add chicken or beef if you wanted to.
- Let the pasta simmer and wait until almost all water is evaporated.
- Taste the pasta to note if they are still crunchy. If yes, add more water.
- Cook until the noodles are soft.
- Take off the stove and eat while warm.
Trivia
Fideo is also referred to as Sopa de Fideo. It is commonly denoted as a stock based noodle. It is an essential part of the Mexican and Tex-Mex cuisine.
Fideo is used as a side dish in a majority of popular cuisines but can also be consumed as a whole meal with the addition of meat.
It is reported that Fideo was introduced in Southern America by Spanish immigrants in the 1600s. Since then, Fideo is prepared in homes and eaten widely by people young and old.