5 sopa pasta soup Recipes

dried ancho or pasilla chiles (each 4 to 5 in. long; see notes and, olive oil, dried vermicelli or fideos, broken in thirds, anise seeds, cumin seeds, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, reduced-sodium chicken broth, peeled, deveined shrimp, tails left on, kosher salt, sour cream (optional), diced avocado (optional), chopped fresh cilantro

fideo- which is vermicelli pasta (or the stars-which is what i used in the pics), tomato sauce, minced onion, red pepper flakes (optional), garlic cloves minced, cumin, mexican oregano, oil for frying, water (may add more, if needed), chicken boullion cubes, cojita cheese, tortillas, sour cream, limes, you can cut left over pork chops/chicken into thin slices and throw some in there. you do not need any meat it is just as good without.

very large yellow onion (or two smaller onions), garlic cloves, cumin seed , roasted, and ground, fresh cilantro, minced, ground beef, eggs, slightly beaten, cracker crumb (i use saltine crackers,dry breadcrumbs may be used), roma tomatoes (about 8 ), mexican oregano, ground dried chile , arbol powder, olive oil, macarroni noodles (or penne,stars,any shape you like), bay leaves, carrots, sliced very thinly, salt , to taste, pepper , to taste, beef broth or 6 -8 cups water, as needed, limes, cut in half

tomatoes, onion, water, garlic cloves, oil, vermicelli, broken, chicken stock, salt , to taste, creme fraiche (optional), serrano chili pepper, chopped (optional)