Soups and pasta are dishes that give a lot of play in the kitchens. This is because they are easy to combine with another large amount of food. So, the noodles are a mixture of both: soup and pasta.

The broth of the soup, on the one hand, can be obtained with both plant products and animal products. That is to say, nobody would be surprised to see a vegetable soup or, for example, a boiled soup based on the broth extracted from animal bones.

After all, a soup is nothing more than a cooking of products in water. The flavor is given by the products themselves and other condiments, such as salt.

In addition, the noodles, being so thin, are cooked right away. You can have a rich noodle soup in about 15 minutes.

As a cooked product, noodle soup is a perfect first dish for winter: it is a dish that provides many nutrients due to its combination of food and its heat, always appreciated when it is cold.

Finally, soup is a good way to incorporate fish. Diners who do not welcome these products will eat them without knowing what they are eating.

Steps to make the noodles

In this case, we are going to make some Malaga noodles. It is a mixture of vegetables and fish typical of southern Spain.

As will be seen below, and as has been said throughout the article, a soup is a combination of ingredients that may or may not, on paper, combine well.

Ingredients

• An onion
• A green pepper
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 ripe tomatoes
• 1 bag of frozen squid (200 g)
• 1 or 2 fish fillets for broth (200 g)
• ⅔ cup of peas (100 g)
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika (5 g)
• 4 cups of fish broth (1 liter)
• ¾ cup fat noodles (150 g)
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ glass of olive oil (100 ml)
• Salt
• Pepper
• Water (the necessary)

Preparation

1. First, finely chop the onion, peppers and garlic cloves. With these ingredients, make a sofrito in a casserole with olive oil.
2. Once tender, add the tomato also chopped and stir constantly. Let saute 10 minutes or, if necessary, until these products look tender.
3. Meanwhile, boil a pot with boiling salted water. Clean fish from skins and bones: the fish should be cleaned in the soup. If you wish, in this casserole you can incorporate the spines of the fish or bones to give more flavor.
4. Then, add the sweet paprika to the sofrito and stir. Immediately, add the hot water to said sofrito. If the spines or skin were previously placed in the water, you must incorporate the water with a grid drainer. You can not add thorns, skins or bones to the soup.
5. It’s time to add the fish, the frozen peas and the noodles. Simply, let it cook for 8 or 10 minutes or until the noodles are perfectly cooked.

Noodle soup recipes

In this case, let’s make a typical casserole of noodle soup. It is an easy recipe, which will take about 30 minutes.

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups of noodles (300 g)
• 1 cup of pork lean (200 g)
• 4 tablespoons fried tomato (60 ml)
• 1 tablespoon of onion sauce (15 g)
• 1 green pepper
• Garlic and parsley
• 1 tablespoon oil (15 ml)
• Salt
• Bones
• Water (the necessary)

Preparation

1. First, brown the meat in a casserole with olive oil.
2. Add the onion and the finely chopped pepper and sauté. Stir constantly so it does not burn.
3. To finish the sauce, add the fried tomato and sauté all the ingredients for a minute.
4. Meanwhile, in a separate casserole, cook the bones of the meat in salted water. Once boiled for about 10 minutes, add the resulting broth to sofrito. Add the garlic and parsley too.
5. Raise the heat, add the noodles and let the resulting mixture boil for a few minutes.
6. Once boiled, let cook with the low heat for 10 or 15 minutes.

So you get two simple and tasty noodle dishes. They do not take long and will transport you to meals in winter at your grandmother’s house during your childhood.