Sardines in Tomato Sauce

Author: Anita Jacobson

Categories: Main Dish

Cuisines: Indonesian

Ingredients: Seafood

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 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.