Sardinas a la Plancha (Spanish Grilled Sardines)
Whole sardines salted and seared hard on a flat plate, eaten with nothing but lemon.
⏱ 30 min total🔪 10 min prep🔥 10 min cookEasyServes 4Spanish
Ingredients
- •700 g fresh sardines, cleaned
- •2 tbsp olive oil
- •1 lemon, cut into wedges
- •1 tsp salt
Directions
- 1Pat the sardines completely dry inside and out.
- 2Salt them generously on both sides and rest ten minutes.
- 3Heat a flat griddle or heavy pan until it is very hot indeed.
- 4Wipe the sardines dry again, brush with the olive oil, and lay them down without crowding.
- 5Cook three minutes a side without moving them, until the skin blisters and lifts cleanly.
- 6Serve straight away with lemon wedges.
💡 Dry fish and a genuinely hot plate. Either one missing and the skin welds to the pan instead of releasing.
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