Fresh Sardines
Crisp-fried fresh sardines, salt and lemon — Adriatic simplicity, eaten by hand.
- Total
- 25 min
- Serves
- 4
The Adriatic's simplest pleasure: fresh sardines dusted in flour, fried in hot oil until the skin crisps and the flesh stays sweet, finished with nothing but salt. Croatian konobas serve them by the plateful with lemon and local wine. Eat them with your hands, tail and all — that's not a suggestion, it's the culture.
Ingredients
- 500g Sardines
- Dash Vegetable Oil
- To Glaze Flour
- Dash Salt
Instructions
- Wash the fish under the cold tap.
- Roll in the flour and deep fry in oil until crispy.
- Lay on kitchen towel to get rid of the excess oil and serve hot or cold with a slice of lemon.
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 250
- Protein
- 25 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Carbs
- 10 g
Adapted from visit-croatia.co.uk. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.
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