This dish is our chicken or tomato soup---you eat it when you are sick, depressed, cold, happy It is very simple. It can be eaten with leftovers, or quesadillas, as a first dish, as a main dish. I like lots of lemon in it when I am eating.
 Ingredients
1 cup pasta shaped like a wagon wheel*
1 Tbsp oil
1/3 medium onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
4 water
1 cups crushed tomatoes
dash pepper
¼ cup chopped cilantro, loosely packed
¼ tsp cumin
1 Tbsp  Knorr “Caldo de Pollo” base (available in most markets)
    or 1 chicken bouillon cube
 Directions
Mix together liquids and spices and set aside.  Sauté the pasta in oil until light brown, stirring constantly.  (This step is essential for desired texture and appearance.)  Add onion and garlic and quickly sauté.  Add liquid and bring to a boil.  Sprinkle cilantro over top.  Turn down heat and cover loosely.  Cook for 20 minutes or until the pasta are done.  Check water while cooking it should have liquid when you are done it is more like a pasta soup. Serve with lemon wedges
 
* you can also use other shapes like stars.
 

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