Fideo is vermicelli pasta. A much thinner spaghetti pasta. Cooks faster than spaghetti. The recipe calls for 2 measurements of minice onion when there should be only 1.. I prefer to use fresh chopped onion . I cook it at the same time I brown my meat. (ground beef or whole steak diced in bite sized cubes) I don't measure just toss in a handful. When the meat is cooked I add the box of vermiceli and cook the noodles stirring until brown. Cover with water. Add tomato, spices , salt and pepper to taste and cook on low until pasta is tender. about 10 minutes. I don not use green bell pepper in my recipe. On occasions I add a small potato cut in small cubes and add it to the fideo when I add the water. Cook until fideo and diced potato are done. Do not over cook fideo.
This turned out pretty good and far better than I expected honestly. I used ground venison in place of beef but that was the only change I made. I am a little confused by the "mexican spaghetti". Fideo as I know it is soup which is what I originally had when I turned the stove off but the noodles absorbed so much of the liquid within a few minutes that "mexican spaghetti" is what ended up on the dinner table. Regardless, the flavor was good. You'll just need to add more liquid (I chose spicy V-8) if you want the more soup consistency.
I'm not sure what to compare this with because I've never had Fideo before. I wasn't sure what Fideo noodles were but what I could find on the internet said that it was spaghetti so that is what I used. I followed the recipe but I had to add about 4 cups of water to get the noodles completely cooked. It was kind of strong on the onion and garlic flavor for me. I think I would cut the onion and garlic powder in half if I make this again.
Substitute real onion for onion flakes and added some sofrito. My daughter had seconds no leftovers.
Great recipe! Loved it! Thanks
This is a quick and easy dinner for a week night. I made it a bit differently (but rating on the as is recipe). For one I added frozen corn and some black beans (my kids not green pepper fans). I also use more cumin and less salt as the boullion has plenty. But that s the joy of this recipe - doctor it as you would like!!!
I love it!!! Instead of 16oz fideo I used the 7oz. Still game out good and plenty!! Thanks for the recipe!!!
Too much cumin. Easy otherwise. Unfortunately, I didn't have tomato sauce so I subbed paste. Probably a big part of the problem. Also subbed chicken cubed boullion, no beef. I will probably try again but with correct ingredients.
Good easy recipe. Will definitely make again.
