Baked Sardines. . This is my secret recipe to make Baked Sardines for my friends.
Baked Sardines
You can have Baked Sardines in 9 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you can simply cook it.
Ingredients of Baked Sardines
| 1 | Approximately 1 lb of sardines, cleaned. |
| 2 | You need 1/4 cup of olive oil, extra virgin. |
| 3 | Take to taste of Salt. |
| 4 | About to taste of fresh ground black pepper. |
| 5 | Take 1 good pinch of greek oregano. |
| 6 | Approximately 1 good pinch of dried thyme. |
| 7 | Approximately 4 of garlic cloves, sliced. |
| 8 | Prepare to taste of crushed red pepper flakes or paprika. |
| 9 | Prepare 1/2 of lemon, juice only. |
Baked Sardines cooking instructions
| Step 1 | Preheat oven to about 200 c.. |
| Step 2 | Salt the sardines overnight with rock salt.. |
| Step 3 | Rinse under cold running water.. |
| Step 4 | Then layer sardines in a baking dish and season with black pepper.. |
| Step 5 | Then whisk the olive oil, oregano, thyme, garlic, red pepper flakes or paprika and lemon juice in a small bowl until well combined.. |
| Step 6 | Pour over the sardines and then let it sit for about 30 minutes so the sardines absorb the flavours.. |
| Step 7 | Then transfer the baking dish to the oven and cook for about 20 minutes. Add a splash of water to the dish if it becomes dry at any point.. |
| Step 8 | Serve immediately. Enjoy with some crusty bread.. |