During the entire month of Ramadan, I always try to cook something
simple, easy and delicious for suhoor to provide needed energy throughout the
day of fasting for my family. Canned sardines is a great convenience food that
many people enjoy, even crave! I keep at least a few cans of sardines in tomato
sauce in my pantry, to eat with rice or toast or to make the filling for
sardine puffs.
The following recipe is adapted from Azie Kitchen but I added
a few things to suit our taste. We just love it so much! To me, it’s a simple, delicious
and very comforting dish.
Bird's Eye Chili Sardines
Ingredients
1 small can of sardines in tomato sauce (separate
the fish and the tomato sauce)
½ yellow onion – sliced
4 cloves garlic
15 pcs fresh bird’s eye chilies (Add more if you
like it spicier)
2 tbsp chili sauce (I added this)
2 tbsp water (I added this)
Seasonings – ½ tsp chicken stock granules (I
added this, I prefer Maggi Brand)
Method
1. Using a pestle and
mortar, pound the garlic then followed by the chili, into a paste. Be careful when you do this as you really do
not want to get any chili in your eyes.
Sort of pound and look away and take a peek now and then.
2. Heat up a wok and
add about 1½ tbsp of oil then sauté the yellow onion until soft. To this, add the
garlic and chili paste and saute until fragrant.
3. Add in the sardines
and let it be slightly fried, turn over to fry both side, making sure you don’t
break the sardines up in the process. You will soon hear popping sounds!
4. Pour
in the tomato sauce (that has been set aside earlier), chili sauce, water and
season with chicken stock.
5. Let
it simmer for another 2 minutes then dish out. Serve with hot rice or bread.
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