Traditional Mexican Sopa (Sopita Recipe)

Name: Traditional Mexican Sopa (Sopita Recipe)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 8 cups
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon avocado oil or vegetable oil; 1 7 ounces package of mexican pasta. Shells, alphabet, or fideo (or vermicelli noodles, broken into 2" pieces); ¼ cup white or yellow onion; 6 to 7 cups chicken or vegetable broth (add 7 cups for a brothier soup); 8 oz can tomato sauce; 1 cube chicken, beef or vegetable bullion; ¼ cup cilantro; ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt; ⅛ teaspoon black pepper

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Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings
8 cups
Calories
241 kcal
Course
Side Dish
Cuisine
Mexican

Traditional Mexican Sopa (Sopita Recipe)

Delilah Cunningham

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Warming and delicious, this Mexican Sopa (soup) recipe is loaded with comforting goodness and basic ingredients. It’s so flavorful and so easy to make!

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Ingredients

Servings

1 tablespoon avocado oil or vegetable oil
1 7 ounces package of mexican pasta. Shells, alphabet, or fideo (or vermicelli noodles, broken into 2" pieces)
¼ cup white or yellow onion finely chopped
6 to 7 cups chicken or vegetable broth (add 7 cups for a brothier soup).
8 oz can tomato sauce
1 cube chicken, beef or vegetable bullion
¼ cup cilantro finely chopped
⅛ teaspoon kosher salt
⅛ teaspoon black pepper

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Instructions

In a 4-qt. saucepan, heat the oil over medium heat. Saute the pasta until slightly browned. Keep stirring constantly to brown all sides. About 5 minutes.
Add the onions and saute for another 1 to 2 minutes until soft.
Add the tomato sauce and stir for about a minute or so. Be careful that if the pot it's too hot, the tomato sauce will splatter.
Add the broth, the bullion, cilantro, pepper & salt.
Bring to a boil, and reduce heat to medium low; cover with a lid (leaving it slightly open) and simmer until the noodles are tender, about 15 to 20 minutes.

Notes

For different variations you can add finely chopped vegetables such as carrots and zucchini when cooking the pasta. Add a little more broth to compensate the absorption from the veggies.
You may also add shredded chicken for another variation.

Nutrition Information

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Serving 2cups Calories 241kcal (12%) Carbohydrates 47g (16%) Protein 7g (14%) Fat 5g (8%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 1897mg (79%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 8g (16%)