Sardines are fish which are usually considered with other dishes. This fish is low on the food chain so it only has trace amounts of poisonous heavy metals like mercury. Sardines are considered a “super food”, meaning they contain many nutrients and omega-3 fatty acids. Today we will try something new and delicious by frying our sardines as patties! We are going to use sardines from a can for this recipe. Let’s start cooking:
First we need to prepare the onion and garlic. Start by chopping the onion in to fine pieces. Next break open each clove of garlic and chop them up finely. When you’re finished combine the pieces of onion and garlic together in a mixing bowl. We’ll take the rest of our ingredients and mix them together with the onion and garlic. Empty out the can of sardines in to the bowl. Spoon in four tablespoons of breadcrumbs. Pour in three tablespoons of soy sauce. Last, crack open an egg and pour the contents into the bowl with the other ingredients. Mix everything together very thoroughly! For this recipe, I used a common table fork to mix the ingredients.
So now we’re ready to go ahead and fry our patties. We’ll put a frying pan over medium heat. Pour in enough oil to cover the bottom of the frying pan. Wait until the oil begins popping in the pan. Take an amount of our sardine patty mixture in a table spoon then carefully place it into the oil in the frying pan. Then, flatten the ball into a patty with the bottom of the spoon. Depending on the size of the frying pan, you should be able to fry at least three or four of the sardine patties at once.
After our patties have fried to a golden brown, remove each one to a dinner plate covered in a paper towel. The paper towel is for absorbing the cooking oil. You can serve sardine patties with tomatoes and lettuce. Please enjoy your meal!
Ingredients:
- 1 can sardines
- 1 small onion
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp breadcrumbs
- 3 tbsp soy sauce