Sopa de Fideo (Mexican Noodle Soup)

Sopa de fideo (Mexican noodle soup) is a satisfying tomato-based soup that's naturally vegan and super easy to make. You only need four ingredients to make a pot of this budget-friendly soup the entire family will love.

Sopa de fideo, also known as Mexican noodle soup, is a traditional Mexican comfort food that kids and adults alike absolutely love.

This is one of those soups that just make everything better. It's the perfect remedy on those days you're feeling under the weather but also perfect for warming you up on a cold day.

You only need four ingredients to make sopa de fideo and the total time to make it from scratch is just 20 minutes. It's easily the quickest soup you can make for lunch, or on those days you need something comforting without much effort.

Why you'll love sopa de fideo

• It's perfect for chilly days. This Mexican tomato soup with noodles is just the perfect bowl of goodness to warm you up on a cold day.
• It's made with staple ingredients. This is just the perfect soup to make when you don't have anything in the fridge. If you have some spaghetti, passata and veggie stock cubes, you're good to go!
• It's ready in 20 minutes. It's difficult to believe that a soup can be cooked from scratch in 20 minutes, but that's how long it takes to make sopa de fideo.

Ingredients and substitutions

Oil - I used avocado oil in this soup, but canola oil or olive oil would work just as well.

Fideos - Fideos is Spanish for thin pasta or noodles and they're a very popular addition to Mexican soups. You can use angel hair pasta, vermicelli or thin spaghetti broken into small pieces for this soup.

Vegetable stock - Homemade vegetable broth is great for this soup but shop-bought also works just fine. This is, after all, a soup to make with staple pantry ingredients so veggie stock cubes are perfect here.

Passata (tomato sauce) - You can use chopped tomatoes or canned plum tomatoes instead of passata (tomato sauce) if that's what you have on hand.

Just make sure you blend it into a smooth consistency before adding them to the soup.

How to make fideo soup

Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or large pot and cook the fideos until slightly golden and toasted. Stir often, so the fideos don't burn. It's ok if some of them get brown.

Turn off the heat and stir in the tomato sauce.

Add the stock and turn on the heat to medium.

Cook for 8-10 minutes or until the pasta is al dente.

Season to taste and serve immediately with some toast or crusty bread if you like.

Recipe notes and tips

• Sopa de fideo is best served immediately. If you leave it to sit for too long, the pasta will soak up all the liquid.
• If you want to reduce the sodium in this soup, use low-sodium vegetable stock and only add very little extra salt.
• Add some ground cumin and/or oregano for extra flavour.
• The soup is great on its own, but you can also serve it with toast or crusty bread. You can also garnish it with freshly chopped parsley or sliced avocado.

If you liked this sopa de fideo, you might also like some of my other easy vegan soup recipes:

• Vegan Avgolemono Soup (Greek Lemon Orzo Soup)
• Red Cabbage Soup
• Creamy Oyster Mushroom Soup
• Easy Vegan Potato Soup
• Spiced Moroccan Chickpea and Lentil Soup

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