In addition to fried, baked, or dicepes, I also often process fish with sardines. Because in addition to practical, sardines also have a good nutritional content for health. Initially, I mostly consumed canned sardines. But lately I realized if healthy as canned food, still better homemade food. For this reason, I began to learn how to make a sardine menu of his own canned tuna at home.
Although I was afraid the sardine I made failed, but it turns out if we can process it properly, guaranteed deh homemade sardine will not be outdone by the taste of canned sardines. It may even taste much better, because the ingredients of quality and taste can be tailored to your taste. You are also interested in making your own sardines at home? As a guide, here I bonded a few tips when you will make homemade sardines. Lets check it out!
1. Note the selection and cleaning of fish
To get a delicious sardine taste, the first thing you should do is choose fresh fish with good quality. For the type of fish itself, you can use sardines, tuna fish, salmon, or other thick fleshy fish according to your taste. The selection of thick-fleshed fish is intended to make fish meat is not easily destroyed when cooked.
Well, before being processed, make sure you wash the fish until completely clean and free of fishy odor in running water. Do not forget also to remove the abdomen of the fish, because the part is dirty and will only cause bitter taste in your sardines. To be more easily consumed, you can remove the head of the fish and only use the body only.
2. Use natural tomato sauce
One of the secrets of sardine pleasure lies in the seasoning that has a distinctive flavor, color, and aroma. Well, the main ingredient for making sardines is tomatoes are boiled and then destroyed. Furthermore, boiled tomatoes are pan-fried with onions, garlic, onions, ginger, sugar and flavored taste, and chilli curl (optional).
In order for the color is more beautiful, you can also add a bit of bottled tomato sauce. If you like to eat sardines with plentiful sauce, you can make a dose of tomato sauce more to taste. Then cook the fish along with the spices until completely seeped.
3. Cook the fish using a presto pan
Usually, sardines are served in the form of medium pieces that can be eaten with the bone. For soft fish bones, you can cook fish with seasoning in a presto pan. But if you do not have a presto pan, you can fish the fish first until the bone is really soft and edible.
