Sardine Singary (Sardines Baked In Lemon-Garlic Sauce) Recipe

Name: Sardine Singary (Sardines Baked In Lemon-Garlic Sauce)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: For the marinade:; Fresh-squeezed lemon juice from 3 lemons (if they're large) or 5 lemons (if they're smaller); 1/4 cup olive oil; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 teaspoons black pepper; 3 jalapenos or serranos, minced; 2 tablespoons ground cumin; 5 garlic cloves, minced; For the finished dish:; 8 fresh sardines, filleted (see step 1); 1 bunch parsley, leaves finely chopped; Rice, for serving (optional)

Servings: persons

For the marinade:
Fresh-squeezed lemon juice from 3 lemons (if they're large) or 5 lemons (if they're smaller)
1/4 cup olive oil
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons black pepper
3 jalapenos or serranos, minced
2 tablespoons ground cumin
5 garlic cloves, minced
For the finished dish:
8 fresh sardines, filleted (see step 1)
1 bunch parsley, leaves finely chopped
Rice, for serving (optional)

1
To make the lemon sauce, whisk all the ingredients together in a small bowl along with 1/4 cup of water.
2
The sardines should be as fresh possible: Canned will not work for this recipe, especially since they need to bake in the oven for such a long time. My mom used to get them from the local village fisherman in Egypt, but you can get them from any meat/fish butcher. Make sure to ask them to clean them fully (inside and out), preserving their skin and meat, if you don't know how to properly clean them. (Most people don't, and I wouldn't blame you for not wanting to-it's very intense and not recommended if you're squeamish.) If you do decide to clean them yourself, make sure to remove the insides, scales, and as much bone as you can. Sardines have tiny bones so it's hard to get everything, and this is not a particularly easy dish to eat for that reason, but trust that it's worth it.
3
Set your oven to broil. Place the sardines in the glass dish skin side up and pour the lemon sauce over the fish. Make sure it covers every corner of every sardine! If you'd like, you can leave it out for a couple hours to really soak into the fish and marinade. There should be plenty of juice in the dish. Cover the dish with aluminum foil and place in the oven for 35 minutes. Take the dish out of the oven and carefully remove the aluminum foil, then bake the fish for an additional 5 minutes without the cover. After 5 minutes, remove from oven and immediately sprinkle parsley over fish so that the flavor gets absorbed into the heated fish.
4
Wait 10 minutes for the dish to cool down, then dig in! You may wish to serve this dish alongside some white rice: Let the juice seep into the rice if you do by serving the fish on top of the rice. (There should still be plenty of juice in the pan.)

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This recipe makes 4 servings. You can adjust the portion size directly on this page.

You need 12 ingredients. The key ingredients include: For the marinade:, Fresh-squeezed lemon juice from 3 lemons (if they're large) or 5 lemons (if they're smaller), 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 teaspoon salt, and more.

Yes, Sardine Singary (Sardines Baked In Lemon-Garlic Sauce) falls under the Seafood category and is a great choice for this type of meal.

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3–4 days. Reheat gently before serving.

Sardine Singary (Sardines Baked In Lemon-Garlic Sauce)

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