Mexican Fideo

• 4 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
• 1 pound Vermicelli Noodles
• 15 ounces, fluid Can Of Tomato Sauce
• 3- 1/2 cups Chicken Stock
• 1/2 cups Red Onion, Diced
• 1- 1/2 teaspoon Ground Cumin
• 1- 1/2 teaspoon Mexican Oregano, Crumbled
• 1 teaspoon Granulated Garlic
• 1 cup Cooked Ground Beef (optional)
• 1 whole Bay Leaf
• 1/2 teaspoons Salt
• 1 pinch Black Pepper
• 1/4 cups Grated Queso Fresco

1. Begin by getting a large, deep skillet out, and add the oil.
2. Make sure you cover the base of the skillet with oil.
3. The trick to this dish is that you want to lightly brown the dry noodles in the oil, being careful not to burn the noodles.
4. So bring the oil to medium heat, then add in the pasta.
5. Mix well and continue to stir for a few minutes, not allowing it to burn.
6. Once you get a nice golden, amber-like color on the pasta, add in everything but the cheese.
7. Stir to mix well, bring to a gentle boil, then cover, and reduce to a simmer.
8. Cook for roughly 15 minutes, stirring once in between this time.
9. When you are ready to plate, add the pasta to a plate, or small bowl, and top with the grated queso fresco.
10. You will be really surprised by not only how comforting this simple recipe is, but also how unique it is.
11. The texture of the pasta has something about itsomething really great about itdue to the browning at the beginning.
12. At first you think you are eating a traditional Italian spaghetti dish, until you get a bit of the cumin flavor, along with the Mexican oregano.
13. A real hit, and one I am glad that I asked my waitress at the supermercado what the heck it was.
14. Enjoy.

vegetable oil, noodles, tomato sauce, chicken, red onion, ground cumin, oregano, garlic, ground beef, bay leaf, salt, black pepper, queso fresco

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/mexican-fideo/ (may not work)