Indonesian•quick
Sardines in Tomato Sauce
My family's most requested emergency food is sardines in tomato sauce. This recipe quickly transforms canned sardines into a divine dish you crave on any normal day.
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cans (each 215 gram) sardines in tomato sauce
- 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced
- 1 tomato, cut into wedges
- 4 garlic, minced
- 1-2 red chilies, sliced diagonally
- 2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 1 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 scallion, thinly sliced
- 2 calamansi (or 1 lime)
Instructions
- 1
Open the cans of sardines and separate the fish from the tomato sauce.
- 2
Heat a tablespoon of oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the onion for 1 minute. Add the tomatoes, garlic, and chilies. Cook for another 30 seconds.
- 3
Add the reserved tomato sauce, ketchup, and pepper. Cook for 2 minutes.
- 4
Add the sardines to the pan and cook for another 2 minutes.
- 5
Transfer the dish to a serving plate. Garnish with scallions, and squeeze calamansi/lime juice over the dish before serving.