Ginger Steamed Sardines
Ayam Brand, Malaysia.
Sounds very good. I look forward to making this. I do list a shortcut for homemade sardines in olive oil, but that is not really a cost saver due to the cost of olive oil. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 15 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine Malaysian
- 1 tin sardines in olive oil, (120 g / 4¼ oz, Ayam or any brand)
- ½ inch fresh ginger, grated
- 1 spring onion, sliced, green and white
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 3 tablespoons water
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- sugar, to taste
Heat your steamer. I will use my tiny rice cooker with a steamer tray. You can also use a pot and a steamer basket.
Drain the oil from the tin into a small bowl. Remove the sardines from the tin, split in half and arrange on a heat proof dish.
Mix the ginger and spring onion (keep a pinch of the spring onion aside for garnish) with the oil from the tin to make a paste.
Heat the oil in a small pan and cook the paste until fragrant.
Pour the oil mixture over the sardines and place the dish in your steamer. Cover and steam for 5 minutes.
While the sardines are steaming, using the same pan the oil was heated in, add the soy sauce and water and heat that up, add sugar to taste.
When the sardines have steamed for 5 minutes, carefully remove the dish, pour the soy sauce mixture over the sardines, serve and enjoy.
One tin of sardines in olive oil at Tesco is 59 Baht. For 2 servings, this is about 46 cents per serving.
Shortcuts: Sardines in Olive Oil.