Fried Sardines
When you grow up with nothing, you’ll always find a way to put food on the table. I would often go down to the wharf on Horn Island with a hand reel and the biggest hook I could find, then lower the line down into a school of small sardines. Then I’d give the line a hard jig and hook up the sardines. I’d catch enough for dinner and head home to roast them up – yum.
Ingredients 6
500 g sardines
olive oil, for rubbing
Pinch dried saltbush
Handful sea parsley, chopped
Pinch sea salt
lemon juice, to serve
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Method 3
In a bowl, give your a good rub with some oil, the , and a pinch of .
Heat a barbecue to high and cook the on each side for 2–3 minutes.
Serve up with a good splash of lemon juice.
Mabu Mabu's tips
I love sardines cooked on an open flame to give you a nice char. Cooking them straight on the barbecue is the best way to replicate the same crispness.
