Tex-Mex Fideo

Tex-Mex Fideo

sobota, 15 lutego 2014

Tex-Mex Fideo

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 ounces vermicelli, broken up (about 2 cups)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1 (4 ounce) can green chilies, chopped
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 cups water

Directions

• 1 In a wide skillet, heat the oil over medium heat.
• 2 Add onion and cook for 10 min, until quite reduced in size and golden, stirring occasionally.
• 3 Add the garlic and cook for 1-2 min more.
• 4 Break the vermicelli into short lengths (2 inches or so) and add them to the skillet as you do.
• 5 Stir and cook for 3-4 minute They will turn opaque and then begin to brown.
• 6 Stir them often, and when many of them are brown and the others are opaque, add the salt, pepper, cumin, green chilies, tomato sauce, and water.
• 7 Bring to a boil over high heat.
• 8 Cover and reduce heat to low and simmer for about 10 min or until the noodles are tender.