Santa María’s Chicken Soup with Noodles from Zarela's Veracruz: Mexico's Simplest Cuisine by Zarela

Santa María’s Chicken Soup with Noodles from Zarela's Veracruz: Mexico's Simplest Cuisine by Zarela

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I loved the brothy soup with pilaf-style noodles (you brown them in hot oil before cooking them in the broth) that I grew up with in northern Mexico. So I was delighted to find a closely related di...

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Ingredients

  • 1 10- ounce package fideos (nested thin noodles), or about 8 ounces vermicelli
  • 3 ancho chiles, stemmed and seeded
  • 15 mint sprigs (1 small bunch)
  • 2 small white onions, 1 unpeeled
  • 6 garlic cloves, 2 unpeeled
  • 1½–2 teaspoons salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper (optional)
  • 1 3½-to-4- pound chicken, cut into quarters
  • 10 black peppercorns
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • 7–8 cups water

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