Ingredients:
- 1 can sardines in tomato sauce (fishbones removed)
- 1 onion chopped
- 4 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tomato, sliced
- 2 packs odong noodles
- 2 tbsp. fish sauce
- 3 cups of water
- Salt and pepper to taste
Procedure:
1. Saute garlic, onion, and tomato, on medium heat.
2. When the tomato slices are already soft or mushy, add fish sauce and add sardines.
2. Pour water then bring to a boil.
3. Boil it for 5 minutes and add the odong noodles. (Add water if not enough)
4. Once odong noodles are soft, season with salt and pepper.
5. Crack one egg, cover, and turn off the heat after 1 minute. (optional)
6. Transfer to a serving dish and enjoy while it's hot.
Makes 1-2 servings.
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Filipinos are no stranger to sardines. It's a staple on every Filipino household to have canned/bottled sardines on their pantry. Canned sardines may be a lifesaver because it is affordable and very accessible especially for the masses. Major groceries and sari-sari store sells sardines in a can or bottle.
Small but the mighty sardines can be cooked hundred-ways from simple saute to a gourmet dish like pasta con sardinas or sardinas croquetas. Canned sardines can be unhealthy because of the high salt concentration used during the preservation process but you can add veggies to it to absorb or lessen the saltiness of the dish. You can add malunggay leaves, chayote tops, pumpkin leave tops or any leafy vegetables or you can add papaya or chayote to it.
For this dish, instead of the usual misua noodles, I used odong noodles because it's a bit bigger and chewy in texture like typical noodles. Udong noodles can be bought at any local market and costs around Php10.00 only, very cheap right? 😊 I had my officemate buy me since it's available on their market. 😂😂😂 Thanks to Ren. 😘
How do you enjoy your sardines? Do you have any recipes to share? Enjoy cooking everyone!
