Salty BBQ sardines

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Salt bath sardines
Average rating: 3 out of 5 star rating

Barbecued sardines seasoned with sea-salt, quickly grilled, then flavoured with extra virgin olive oil and lime are just sublime!

  • Serves: 4

  • Skill level: Easy peasy

Ingredients

Mackerel also works really well with this recipe as it's extra-tasty when barbecued.

  • Largesardines
  • Pack of coarse sea salt
  • 25ml extra-virgin olive oil
  • Juice of 2 limes
  • Sea salt and rainbow peppercorn to taste
  • Foil

Method

  1. Wash the sardines and gut or not (adds flavour).
  2. Sprinkle a good layer of sea salt on foil and place sardines on top, then sprinkle more salt over, cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hr.
  3. Remove sardines from the fridge, brush off most of the salt and place on a fish grill tray.
  4. Mix oil and juice of ½ lime and brush over the fish. Grill on high heat on the grill tray, about 4-5 mins per side, then baste with oil and lime juice.
  5. Serve with remaining oil and lime juice then season with sea salt and rainbow peppercorn to taste.

www.nationalbbq.co.uk

Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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