Sopa de Fideo – The New York Times
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Sopa de Fideo
Sopa de fideo is a quick and comforting Mexican staple that is particularly good on a chilly weeknight.
When I hit it with a squeeze of lime and a dollop of sour cream, it’s like that scene in “Ratatouille” where the critic gets transported back to his mother’s kitchen table. It just melts you. Blend tomatoes with a little bit of onion, one garlic clove and some broth. Then to make the soup, toast the pasta in oil and cook it in that tomato broth. The starch from the pasta thickens everything up. And as it sits, it cools. It continues to thicken to a creamy risotto consistency, which is spectacular.
Sopa de fideo is a quick and comforting Mexican staple that is particularly good on a chilly weeknight.
March 17, 2026
