Sopa de fideos is one of the most traditional, homemade Mexican dishes. It is very simple and really delicious. The key is to lightly toast the pasta base so it keeps its shape once the tomato sauce is added. That spirit is alive in this dish where a different pasta shape was used and plenty of veggies were added. The result is a spicy, satisfying, and delicious veggie pasta dish with plenty of beautiful Mexican flavours. This is a great dish to share with kids when chipotles are not involved but consider this an adult version of it.
Pasta with Chipotle
-150g thin pasta such as vermicelli, we used casarecce*
-390g tomato sauce
-1 or 2 chipotle peppers
-1 garlic clove
-½ tsp oregano
-salt and pepper to taste
-1/2 cup of water
-1 tbsp vegetable oil
-1 tbsp butter
-1 tbsp tomato paste
-1 cup mixed peppers, diced
-2 cups courgette, diced
-¼ onion, diced
-salt and pepper to taste
To Serve
-creme fraiche
-crumbled feta cheese
-diced avocado
1 For the tomato-chipotle sauce, add to a blender the tomato sauce, water, garlic, chipotle pepper and oregano. Blend until smooth. This will be seasoned further in the recipe.
2 Heat 1 tbsp of oil and butter on a pan set to medium-high heat and fry the pasta until golden brown. Stir constantly to avoid burning but look for the pasta to really change colour before the next step. Once the pasta is golden-brown, remove it from the pot and set aside.
3 Using the remaining oil left in the pot or adding more oil if needed, add the peppers and onion and fry for about 4 minutes. Add then the tomato paste and cook for an extra minute.
4 Pour the tomato and chipotle sauce and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring up to a boil and cook for 5 minutes. Return the pasta to the pot. Stir well, lower the heat to a minimum, cover the pan and cook for 25 minutes.
5 The dish is ready once the pasta and the veggies are cooked to your liking.
Notes
- We added two chipotles in adobo and this was a delicious but hot pasta! Add more or less accordingly.
- This dish is heavily inspired by a classic of homemade Mexican food: Fideos or Sopa de fideo which directly translates to pasta soup!
- In the traditional Mexican dish, very fine pasta is used, such as vermicelli and is then fried in oil until golden brown and then cooked in the tomato sauce. We used this technique here with a thicker pasta shape and it worked great!
- This particular dish has plenty of sauce but is not in excess or a soup.
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