The Making of Mexican Noodles

Mexican Noodles look like something so easy to make. I have been watching my husband make them for nearly six years now. The few times I have made them, I was more like an assistant and my husband was in the kitchen just giving instructions. While he was gone I got this crazy idea that I could make them, and I could make them the harder way.

There are two ways to make the mix, one is with the onion and tomato prepared like salsa, which is the way my husband used to make them, but one day he discovered the mix and began using that. Now when he called to check on us and I told him what my plan was I could hear the doubt in his voice. I could also tell that he thought I should make that extra trip to Walmart to get the mix, but I said nah, I got this. Well, that was a big laugh.

When he came home and demonstrated how easy they were to prepare he also told me that a three year old could make them, whatever. I did fail and I failed miserably.

So I am going to lay it out here, what I did and what I should have done.

The easy way is with the little box of mix, add the chicken bullion powder and some onion. Or if you are really good, probably already Mexican, or experienced with how their foods work, you can use the ingredients on the right.

 
 





Now I put the oil in a skillet, and let that warm up, then added the noodles. When I explained this to the hubby he said that I was wrong and never stood a chance of getting them right. For best results oil in a sauce pan then add noodles stirring until they turn a light brown.

The saucepan on the right is my attempt to boil the onion and tomato to salsa consistency and then add to the blender. The sauce pan on the left is how it should look. Once the noodles are a soft light brown you add the sauce, onion, and the bullion and then boil.

 

This is not how they should look. My kids wouldn't even touch them because they knew this was an epic fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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