San Marino Fideo with Chicken Soup

This light and flavorful fideo with chicken soup soup is perfect for lunch or as a light dinner paired with a fresh garden salad and crusty bread.

Can You Use Fideo With Chicken Soup?

Yes, fideo is perfect for soup recipes because the noodles are small and thin. These type of noodles cook quickly, and are easy to get onto your spoon.

With Chicken and Vegetables, Can You Make Fideo Soup?

You can use fideo for many soup recipes. You can make this mouth-watering soup by adding potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes; or whatever other ingredients you see fit.

What Sides to Make With Fideo?

You can serve this soup with a sandwich, or as a starter before one of our favorite dinner recipes.

What Are The Benefits of Fideo Soup?

Chicken Fideo soup is a perfect chicken soup recipe to eat in the winter when you may have a cold. Hot soup helps to break up congestion, and added salt can help to soothe your sore throat.

Can You Use Chicken and Fideo To Lose Weight?

This recipe is low in calories, so it can help in eating better for weight loss. However, everyone’s body is different, so no results will be guaranteed..

What other soup recipes should I try?

Here are some of our other favorite soup and salad recipes.

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San Marino Chicken Fideo Soup

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Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes

Total Time 55 minutes

Ingredients

• 3 T. extra virgin olive oil, divided
• 1 medium sweet onion, diced
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 celery stalks, diced (leaves reserved)
• 1 T fresh thyme, crushed
• 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts cut into 1” cubes
• salt and black pepper, to taste
• 8 c. low-sodium chicken stock, divided
• 1 cup Fideo noodles, cooked and drained
• 1 T fresh lemon zest
• 1 T fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 t. ground or freshly grated nutmeg
• Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to taste
• Optional Garnish: Fresh parsley and thyme

Instructions

Heat 2 T. olive oil over medium heat in a large stockpot or Dutch oven. Add onion and sauté 2 minutes until just beginning to soften. Add carrots, celery (including leaves), and thyme and sauté for 4 minutes.

Add chicken, salt, pepper, and 4 cups chicken stock. Partially cover and
simmer for 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender.

While the soup is simmering, cook Fideo according to package directions in the remaining broth until al dente. Reserve 2 cups of cooking liquid before draining pasta. Drain pasta and transfer to a medium bowl and toss with remaining olive oil. Cover and set aside.

Just before serving, add Fideo to the Dutch oven. Stir and remove from heat.

Add lemon zest, lemon juice, nutmeg. If soup is too thick, add a little bit of the reserved cooking liquid to desired consistency.

To serve, divide Fideo among individual serving bowls and top with hot soup. Add freshly grated Parmesan cheese.

Garnish with additional fresh cracked pepper and fresh parsley and thyme if desired. Serve with hot crusty bread and/or a crisp, garden salad for a light and delicious meal. Enjoy!

Notes

Fideo is a short-cut spaghetti noodle. If you are unable to find them at your local market, vermicelli broken into 1” pieces is a good substitute.

For best results, cook the Fideo separately, rather than in the same pot with the rest of the ingredients. This extra step yields more consistent results by eliminating the release of excess starch into the soup.

It also prevents the noodles from becoming too soft and mushy, which means more appetizing leftovers the next day and better results when freezing for future use. Cooking the Fideo in chicken stock instead of water adds an extra layer of flavor.

For a bit more flavor, you can use economical boneless, skinless chicken thighs instead of the chicken breasts, but be sure to trim and remove any excess fat first.