Mexican-Style Chicken Noodle Soup with Garlic Sauce
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 Roma (Italian) tomatoes, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 small white onion, chopped
- 8 cups Basic Chicken Broth
- 8 ounces fideos, vermicelli, or fine egg noodles, broken into 1-inch pieces
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 2-3 jalapeno or serrano chiles, seeded and minced
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large egg yolks, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon strained fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup mild olive oil
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a heavy saucepan over medium heat.
- Add the tomatoes, garlic, and onion and saute for 10 minutes, or until the onion is soft and translucent.
- Pour the broth over the vegetables and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a large skillet.
- Add the noodles and toast over medium-high heat, 5 to 8 minutes, or until light brown.
- Watch carefully so the noodles dont burn.
- This can be done in two batches.
- Place the noodles in a heavy saucepan.
- Strain the broth and pour 1/2 cup over the noodles.
- Cook 10 minutes, until the noodles are soft and plump.
- Add the remaining soup and cook another 5 minutes, or until soup is hot and thick.
- Ladle into bowls and top with cilantro, chiles, and a dollop of Garlic Sauce.
- Serve immediately.
- For the Garlic Sauce: Place the garlic, salt, egg yolks, and lemon juice in a blender.
- Blend on high speed until mixture is smooth, then slowly add the oil in a very thin stream until it is absorbed and forms an emulsion.
- Adjust salt to taste.
- Serve immediately or cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
- Makes 1/2 cup
vegetable oil, tomatoes, garlic, white onion, chicken broth, fideos, fresh cilantro, serrano chiles, garlic, salt, egg yolks, lemon juice, olive oil
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/mexican-style-chicken-noodle-soup-with-garlic-sauce (may not work)