Indonesian•quick
Tumis Sardines: Sauteed Canned Sardines
Cooked with chillies, garlic, shallots and tomatoes, tumis sardines elevates regular canned sardines in tomato sauce and gives it an Indonesian flavour. A quick and tasty dish, especially when fresh fish isn’t available.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 can of sardines in tomato sauce (around 425 gr)
- 3 cloves garlic peeled, thinly sliced
- 3 small shallots (can be substituted with a small red onion), peeled, thinly sliced
- 1 small tomato, sliced in wedges
- 0.25 tsp white ground pepper
- 1 big red chilli (optional), sliced
- 4 whole bird’s eyes chillies (optional)
- A pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
Instructions
- 1
In a wok, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat.
- 2
Sautee the sliced garlic, shallots, big red chilli and tomato until fragrant, around 4 minutes.
- 3
Put in the canned sardines, add white pepper, salt and the whole bird’s eye chillies. Gently stir to mix all the ingredients, being careful not to break the fish.
- 4
Continue to simmer until the sauce thickens, around 10 minutes.
- 5
When done, transfer the sardines to a serving plate.