Portuguese Griddle Grilled Sardines Recipe

These tasty and crispy grilled sardines (sardinhas grelhadas) are ready in just 20 minutes. You can grill them on a griddle or on a BBQ.

Preparation time	10 min
Cooking Time	10 min
Ready In	2 h 20 min
Level of Difficulty	Easy
Servings	2

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to serve3 cloves of garlic, sliced1 tablespoon of smoked sweet paprika, plus extra to serve1/2 lemon, zested and wedged to serve4 sprigs of rosemary, leaves stripped and bruised1 red chili pepper, deseeded and finely chopped8 sardines, gutted Get Portuguese ingredients

Instructions

Put all of the ingredients, except the sardines, into a bowl and mix it all together.
Pour into a baking dish, add the sardines and toss really well.
Cover and let it chill for a few hours.
Heat a BBQ or a griddle pan until hot.
Cook the sardines for 4-5 minutes on each side or until they are really caramelised and charred.
Put onto a serving plate, drizzle with oil and squeeze the lemon wedges over them.

Recipe & Photo Credit: olivemagazine.com

Eddy

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Comments

Dave

Heard best cooked over pine wood, true ?

2 years ago, Monday, August 23, 2021

Eddy

That is actually not true, you shouldn’t cook anything over pine wood, google it Dave.

2 years ago, Tuesday, August 24, 2021