FIDEOS: Classic Mexican Comfort Food, Perfect in its Simplicity

When it comes to Classic Mexican Comfort Food, Fideos is high on the list. This dish is perfect in its simplicity, and it also happens to be very inexpensive to make. If you're a broke and starving college student, you definitely need to make this. Fideos can be enjoyed as a side dish, as you'll see in this video, or you can have fideos as a soup, called "Sopa de Fideos." Either way, you're going to love it. Read on for the easy recipe.

Fideos

1 7oz. package of fideos (or vermicelli cut into pieces)
1/4 of an onion, chopped finely
1 8oz. can of tomato sauce
2 - 4 cups of water (I used just over 2 cups. If you want this as a soup, use 3 or 4 cups)
salt & pepper (I use approx. 1/2 tsp. salt & 1/4 tsp. pepper)
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. cumin

Heat a large skillet on stovetop over medium high. Put just enough vegetable oil in it to coat the bottom of the pan. When hot, add in fideos and stir continuously while they begin to toast. Add in chopped onion and continue mixing until most of the fideos are golden brown in color. Add in can of tomato sauce. Stir. Add in water. Stir. Mix in seasonings. Let it come to a boil, then reduce heat to low. Simmer for 15 minutes until fideos are cooked tender. Then remove from burner, let cool a few minutes, and enjoy!

*All music in this video used with rights from Storyblocks.
1:44 "Funky Samba"

[marcyinspired]

Let me know in the comments if you grew up eating fideos. Did you have it as a side dish or as a soup? 🥣Also, are there any "dichos" (sayings) you or your parents have said? I'd love to hear them.😊

[GarrettsTravelNAdventure]

White boy from West Texas, who married into a Hispanic family. I’ll never forget the first time I had my mother in laws fideo.. glad im not the only one who calls it “Mexican spaghetti” 😂. I love me some fideo and Picadillo

[spacrazie]

Growing up we ate Fideo at least 4 days a week and loved it. When you mentioned “dichos“, that brought back a funny memory. Back in the 1960s My mom would ask us kids what we wanted for dinner. She would ask, you want enchiladas? We’d say no. She’d then ask, you want frijoles? We’d say no. After so many of our rejections, she’d finally say, “pues come caca!” 😂

[fv]

When you're hungry, no hay mal pan!

[ShesInLosAngeles]

In my Mom’s 1950’s Mexican kitchen in So Cal, she used the very thin coiled vermicelli. And we did have it as a side dish. In lean times, there were 13 of us, she would fry up some hot dog “coins” and throw those into the pot. At 72, I still enjoy this homey treat. 👍🏼💕

[arlenevaldez]

I grew up in the San Luis Valley, Monte Vista colorado.I love fideos .
Somtimes my mama would make little meatballs in the fideo.
I m 66 yrs old, and o how I love fideos.
So does my grandaughtet.So yummy!😋

[marissalately]

I love how you did this in a pan. Most channels I've watched use a big pot which is cool but i dont necessarily want it soupy. Thank you for this recipe!! ❤ #newsubscriber

[chihuahuense]

I grew up in Chihuahua just south of the border. Your channel makes me home sick, but I can't help but watching you make "MY" food. Thank you so much for all your delicious recipes.I'm also blessed to read your kitchen message board in each video, although I have to pause to read them most times. 😀 Please keep making good food and videos. God bless you. 🥰

[jackieburns]

I always have called it Fideo... I also sometimes add papitas, to make a caldo, sometimes ground beef . I always make it soupy, never dry. Your Fideo actually looks very inviting 😋

[CrisCrossPhx]

I grew up in the southwest as well (Tucson). Mom is from Tucson and dad is from Texas (Uvalde). Mom made it more like a soup and she just called it “fideo”. I've also heard it called “sopa”. People in the southwest and from northern Mexico serve it more dry as a side dish and call it “sopa seca” (dry soup). Regarding dichos, the one that stands out to me was what mom would say if we had a scrape or a cut or bruise. She’s rub the area lightly and say “Sana sana, colita de rana. Dame un besito para hoy y mañana” which translates to “Heal heal little frog's tail. Give me a little kiss for today and tomorrow.” English is my first language, Spanish my second, and Spanglish my third 😊

[HarrySatchelWhatsThatSmell]

I discovered your channel just yesterday, but the simple, down-home recipes are a goldmine! Keep up the good work!

[doloresanaya]

😍 I grew up in Farmington (northern NM). My grandma was from Tucumcari NM, she made this so much when my mom was growing up that my mom didn't make it. BUT I LOVED THEM so my grandma ALWAYS made them for me because they are my favorite! 😅 *A side dish, coiled, but I would eat as the main dish 😂🎉

[brendaaguirres]

I grew up in a Spanglish home as well!! Love-love-love fideos!!
Here's a saying I remember growing up. "Sana-sana colita de rana, si no sanas hoy, sanaras manana".

[calady]

My mom used to make fideo at least once a week Mom would add chopped tomatoes and sometimes small cubed potatoes to the fideo, served with her homemade flour tortillas. YUM! This is great comfort food especially growing up in a Mexican home.

[vedamaxrp]

I love the story it made me laugh so cute, I love the picture to your mom she is beautiful. Is that you when you were little you look so cute. I do remember eating this when I was little sometimes on the side and some beans, tortillas or sometimes she would put some meat inside of it. I mean with it. I tried to make it once but it didn’t come out good. I’m glad you made this recipe. I didn’t know it was that easy to make .I’m going to make this . Thank you for sharing your stories love them ☺️💖

[tammyr]

We would have fideos for dinner about once a week with salad and a bowl of black olives. Mmmmm memories!

[AnaBadillo-is]

My Mom would make videos all the time. They were Dad’s favorite. I have made and loved them with hamburger and potatoes. Now my kids and grandkids make them and love them too Thank you, Marcy, love your show! Soy del sur de California. Que Dios te bendiga!

[sandrapina]

Hello Marcy, I grew up with the same sayings. I’m over here laughing remembering the sayings you posted the picos y tolondrones especially, I never understood that one either. Thank You for your YouTube postings I LOVE THEM ALL. Your a Great presenter. 💖

[gsantoyo]

I love mixing in pinto beans with the fideo.

[PuertoRico]

🙏 thank You. I love Spanish food! Mexican one of my favorites!!