Caldo De Pollo Con Fideo Recipes

SOPA DE FIDEOS CON POLLO

Steps:

• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium-high heat. Crush fideo; add to saucepan and stir to coat with oil. Cook 2 minutes or until browned, stirring constantly. Add peppers, onion and garlic; cook 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in tomato sauce, water and bouillon. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover and simmer 10 minutes or until pasta is tender. Stir in chicken and seasoning. Sprinkle with cilantro.

CALDO DE POLLO

Steps:

• Place chicken legs into a large stock pot and pour water over chicken; add garlic, salt, and garlic powder. Cover, bring to a boil, and reduce heat to low. Simmer until chicken meat falls off the bones, 1 to 2 hours. Stir in chicken bouillon cube and let dissolve.
• Mix carrots, potatoes, zucchini, chayote, and white onion in the broth, turn heat to medium-low, and cook soup at a low boil until carrots and potatoes are tender, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Stir chopped cilantro into soup, simmer for 5 minutes, and serve.

CALDO DE POLLO CON FIDEO

Steps:

• Place chicken in stockpot or Dutch oven with unpeeled onion, the 2 unpeeled garlic cloves, 1 teaspoon salt,peppercorns and 3 sprigs mint.
• Add enough water to cover by 2 inches and bring to a boil over high heat.
• At once, reduce heat to maintain low rolling boil; skim off any froth that rises to top.
• Cook, partly covered, until chicken is tender, 20-25 minutes; remove pot from heat and let chicken cool in stock.
• Lift out chicken pieces. Discard skin, remove meat from bones and cut into bite-sized pieces.
• Strain stock into a bowl, discarding solids. Rinse out and dry pot.
• Place chiles in small bowl and cover with 2 cups of the hot stock. Let sit for 20 minutes; transfer chiles and soaking liquid to blender and puree with remaining peeled and coarsely chopped onion and 4 peeled and quartered garlic cloves.
• Add oil to clean stockpot and heat over medium-high heat until rippling.
• Add the nests of fideos and brown lightly on both sides. If using vermicelli, stir-fry until lightly browned.
• Lift out with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Pour out all but a thin film of oil from pot.
• Add pureed chile mixture, reduce heat to low and cook 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Add chicken, fried noodles and remaining stock. Bring to a boil and taste for salt, adding a little if it seems flat.
• Cook over low heat until noodles are al dente, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• Meanwhile, chop remaining mint. Add most of the mint to the soup; serve immediately with a sprinkling of the remaining mint, a few grinds of black pepper if desired and several jalapeno slices.

SOPA DE FIDEO CON POLLO ( MEXICAN CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP)

Steps:

• Combine first five ingredients in a large stockpot with enough water to cover; boil until done, about 30 minutes.
• Drain and reserve broth.
• While the chicken is cooking, heat the oil in a large skillet.
• Sauté the fideo in oil a few minutes until lightly browned over medium heat.
• Add onion and bell pepper pieces and cook until onion is translucent.
• Add cooked vegetables and noodles to the cooked chicken pieces.
• Pour in some broth and tomato sauce, enough to cover everything (just a little for thicker stews, more for thinner soups), then cover and simmer until noodles are cooked through.
• Finish with more seasonings (cumin, salt, garlic, to taste).
• Can be garnished with cilantro and/or jalapeño.

TRADITIONAL CALDO DE POLLO (CHICKEN SOUP)

Steps:

• In a food processor, finely chop onions, celery, and garlic.
• Puncture jalapeno with a knife.
• In a stockpot place chicken, water, salt, pepper, corn nibblets, and the punctured jalapeno along with chopped onions, celery, and garlic and bring this to a boil.
• Tuck the cilantro into the ball infuser and drop into stockpot.
• Let everything simmer for about 20 to 30 minutes.
• Add halved potatoes and simmer for 5 minutes.
• At this point taste the broth for flavor. Add salt if needed.
• Add carrots and chayote and simmer for another 5 minutes.
• Add green beans and simmer for 3 to 5 minutes.
• Test potatoes to make sure they are cooked. If they are turn off heat.
• Finally, add zucchini and cabbage and let these veggies cooked with the heat of the broth. Cover and let it sit approximately 3 minutes.
• Serve with lime and garnish with chopped onions/cilantro if desired. OR serve over plain rice.