Sardine Recipes

Cumin Spiced Sardines recipe

This wonderful dish of pan-fried sardines combines some delicious flavours - garlic, cumin, lemon juice and parsley flavour salty sardines. Serve with bread to mop up all the tasty juices.

Ingredients:

  • 8 sardines, cleaned, scaled and gutted
  • 50g plain flour
  • 1 tsp. ground cumin
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • Small handful freshly chopped parsley
  • 2 tbsp. lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper
  • 4 tbsp. oil

Method of Preparation:

  1. Mince the garlic cloves. Mince with the parsley and spread over the inside and outside of all of the sardines. Sprinkle with lemon juice, cover well and leave to sit in the fridge for 2 hours.

  2. Season the flour with cumin and salt and pepper. Dredge the marinated sardines in the flour, making sure they are thoroughly coated.

  3. Heat oil in a frying pan. Fry the fish until golden and crispy. Serve immediately.

For extra spice, add a little chilli powder to the flour mixture. Recipe serves 4.

Author: Laura Young

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Review by Trevor A Panther on 3rd August 2012:

Quite nice and being a curry addict I did add the chilli. To be honest I usually just coat my sardines in my own version of curry powder and fry them for a tasty midday snack after a morning cycle ride.

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Published: May 25, 2012
Average rating of 3.00 stars based on 1 reviews.
Summary: This wonderful dish of pan-fried sardines combines some delicious flavours - garlic, cumin, lemon juice and parsley flavour salty sardines. Serve with bread to mop up all the tasty juices.
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