This quick, simple and delicious Sopa (soup) de Fideo is a family favorite. It’s also cheesy and flavorful! Just 5 Ingredients and you’ll have dinner in no time.
It’s one of our favorite Mexican soups – along with chicken tortilla soup, enchilada soup and taco soup. Can’t go wrong with any of them!
What is Fideo?
Fideo is a thin Mexican noodle. It is similar to angel hair or thin spaghetti. In fact, if you can’t find “fideo”, you can use the alternate noodles. Just break the pasta into 1” pieces and cook as directed.
The best part of fideo? You can usually find a bag for about a quarter at most grocery stores. Score!
Ever since we were little, my mom has made for us the best sopa (aka soup) using fideo. This sopa de fideo has become a classic dinner in our home and one that the whole family loves.
It’s not only delicious, but requires just a few ingredients too. And with the noodles being so inexpensive, it’s also a great meal when you’re trying to pinch pennies or use some pantry staples.
How to Make Sopa de Fideo
It’s so simple! Begin by adding oil to a medium pot and cook on LOW-MEDIUM heat. Add fideo and cook until noodles are coated in oil and have started to brown.
Add tomato sauce and broth and bring to a boil. Then reduce to LOW and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until noodles are soft.
Add cheese, salt and pepper and stir until combined. Serve warm.
Like we said – so simple. So inexpensive. We promise this sopa will become a family favorite. And be sure to look at our notes below on how you can change this up according to your likings. 😉
Changing Up, Storing + what to serve with
Additions: Traditionally this is a very simple soup. It’s easy to make and uses a few very common ingredients, but like most soups it is quite easy to adjust. Here are a few ideas:
- You can also use vegetable broth if you want a vegetarian soup.
- Add shredded chicken for a heartier soup
- Make it a richer flavor by pureeing roasted tomatoes in lieu of tomato sauce.
- Add veggies like peas and carrots
- Top with chopped avocado, lime juice, and fresh cilantro
Leftover Soup can be stored in the fridge for 3-4 days. You can also put it in the freezer for 3-4 months. Keep in mind that the texture of the noodles will change, but the soup will still be delicious.
Serve with: This soup is often served at lunch or dinner. It can be served as a side dish or with warm corn tortillas as a simple main dish. Some other yummy food to serve with this soup include:
- Quesadilla
- Baked Taquitos
- Mini Avocado Grilled Cheese Sandwich
- Beef Flauta
- Black Bean and Corn Quesadilla
More Mexican Soups:
Sopa de Fideo Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 (7oz) bag fideo pasta
- 8 oz can tomato sauce
- 12 oz chicken broth
- ½-1 c Mexican cheese shredded
- garlic salt
- pepper
Instructions
- Add oil to a medium pot and cook on LOW-MEDIUM heat. Add fideo and cook until noodles are coated in oil and have started to brown.
- Add tomato sauce and broth and bring to a boil. Then reduce to LOW and simmer for 8-10 minutes or until noodles are soft.
- Add cheese, salt and pepper and stir until combined. Serve warm.
Never had this sopa de fideo before but this recipe sounds delicious. gonna give it a try for sure 🙂
It is so easy & delicious!! I hope you do!
Mt family makes this all the time!! It is the cheapest, easiest, & tasty meal ever!! We love it!
Have a salvadoran son in law. My daughter and I want to find more recipes agreeable to both tastes. sounds Wonderful!
this is so easy! And i have all these ingredients in my pantry right now, even during this corona quarantine. (minus the pasta but i love that i can just break up regular spaghetti pasta).
Delicious and so easy! Thank you!
My kids loved this! We will DEFINITELY be making again soon.
YOU HAVE THE BEST MEXICAN RECIPES. WE LOVE THIS SOUP.
Similar to your spanish rice recipe i never thought to fry rice or pasta before cooking it.
Really easy recipe. I usually have angel hair pasta on hand, but ill have to try it with the suggested fideo noodles.
I grew up on this stuff. Every inexpensive, quick and so cheesy and yummy! The grandkids love this recipe.
Really liked this recipe! I added onions and garlic right before the nooodles turned brown. I also added caldo de tomate instead of salt. I liked the cheese in it but it was really good without, will probably leave out next time to make it healthier. I Will definitely make again and save to my recipes!
So happy you liked it! Thanks for sharing what you did.
Made This tonight and it was Delicious. My first tIme having fIdeo and will DEFINITELY make again. I hAve a Question, you reFer to it as a soup but it seemed mOre like a pasta Dish. Are there DIFFERENT wAys of serving? It was so yummy, Thanks!
I am so glad you tried it & liked it!! Thank you! That’s just what it is called, but yes, it more pasta 🙂
Just made this, added green onions and red pepper flakes for some heat, it was delicious!
Great idea! I like a little heat! Thanks for sharing 🙂
This recipe is fantastic. I’ve made it with fideo and I’ve also made it using whole wheat thin spaghetti. They were both big hits with my husband and 2-year-old. I also put a little canned chicken in it. It wasn’t very soupy, but that’s a good thing with a toddler.
I’ll have to try adding chicken! Thanks for letting me know!
Awesome comfort food for the cold months.!
Yes!! Glad you think so 🙂 Thank you!
One of my favorite Hispanic families makes & noodle dish that I cannot for the life of me recreate but this recipe comes so close to it that it cures my cravings!
This was very easy to make. I added Sofrito (I got the bottle from a store in Spain), added hamburger, some mini pepperonis, Mexican, and we really enjoyed it as part of our niche Buena celebration.
Sorry should have said mexi-corn.
Perfect! I am glad you shared that! Thank you!
This was quick and easy. I didn’t have any tomato sauce/past on hand, so I diced up some fresh tomatoes, sautéed them with some garlic, mashed them, and added them to the fideo as suggested in the recipe. It was awesome!!!
Great options! Thank you for sharing that!
I “jumped to recipe” so, sorry if I missed this in the article but… Did you mention how much garlic salt and pepper? (Boy new to cooking here)
The garlic salt and pepper amounts are “to taste” for this recipe. Everyone has their own salt and pepper preferences but usually I’ll sprinkle a little garlic salt and pepper in the soup and taste it to see if I feel it needs a little more. Hopefully this helps!
I picked this recipe because it’s the most similar to the Fideo my grandmother made. I made a few modifications based on how I remember it, but it was SOO good. Thank you!
You’re welcome! I’m so glad you liked the recipe.:)
Have a salvadoran son in law. My daughter and I want to find more recipes agreeable to both tastes. sounds Wonderful!
Hopefully this is one that will be a hit for all!
This sounds wonderful I can’t wait to make it. Thank you so much for sharing really great recipes.
You’re welcome! Thanks for your kind words. I hope you enjoy the recipe!!