Bacon and two chiles bring smoke and heat to a tomato broth that turns thin noodles into a complete meal
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 2 oz bacon, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 teaspoons garlic, minced
- 1 poblano chile, seeded, cut into strips, and diced
- 1 jalapeño chile, seeded, cut into strips, and diced
- 2 teaspoon Casa M Spice Co® Chain Reaction®
- 2 14 oz cans tomato sauce
- 6 cups chicken broth
- PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER:
- 2 8 oz bags fideo noodles
- cilantro, avocado, and sour cream for garnish
Method
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01
Dice bacon, onion, chiles; mince garlic
8 minGet your mise en place tight — uniform dice on the bacon and onion means even cooking, and those chiles need to be small enough to distribute flavor throughout every spoonful.
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02
Sauté bacon in olive oil until browned
5 minYou want that bacon to render out completely and turn crispy at the edges, not just soften — that fat is your flavor base for the whole pot.
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03
Add onions, garlic, chiles; cook until translucent
5 minWatch for the onions to turn translucent and the chiles to soften and release their oils into the bacon fat; that's when you know the aromatics are ready to carry the spices.
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04
Add tomato sauce and spices; cook 2-3 min
3 minLet the tomato sauce and Chain Reaction® cook together for a minute or two so the spices bloom and the raw tomato taste mellows out into something deep.
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05
Add broth and bring to a boil
6 minOnce it hits a rolling boil, give it a stir and taste the broth — this is your moment to dial in salt and heat before you add the noodles.
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06
Add noodles; cook at medium until al dente
7 minWatch closely as fideo cooks quickly
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07
Prepare cilantro, avocado, sour cream garnishes
3 minRough-chop your cilantro, slice the avocado thin, and get your sour cream in a small bowl; cold garnishes on hot soup is where the magic happens.
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08
Ladle soup into bowls and garnish
2 minPour it hot and let each eater build their own bowl with as much cilantro, avocado, and sour cream as they want — that's how you make it personal.
From Mike's Notebook
Toast the fideo in the broth for 30 seconds before simmering — it deepens the noodle flavor.
Watch the pot after adding noodles; fideo absorbs liquid fast and can go from tender to mushy.
Don't seed the poblano completely — leave some seeds for actual heat, not just flavor.
Nutrition
Estimated · 1 serving · calculated from the ingredient list, not lab-tested.
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