- Tapas-style sardine salad makes a good appetizer, lunch, small dinner plate, snack, or even breakfast.
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I owe a big thank you to my food-loving friend Carolyn for introducing me to this simple, delicious, nutritious sardine salad. (Sardines are packed with vitamins, minerals, omega-3 fatty acids, and protein! Sardines are not packed with mercury! So says Wikipedia!)
This remarkably concise dish features only four main ingredients, each intensely flavorful. A small bite goes a long way.
And on a scale from effortless to elementary, this recipe’s difficulty rating hovers somewhere around “imbecile-proof.” Sardine-loving imbeciles, rejoice!
Serve with good bread or crackers, along with optional roasted red peppers and/or slices of hard-boiled egg. Makes a delicious small dinner plate, light lunch, or even breakfast for those inclined towards savory morning fare.
Sardine Salad with Parsley and Lemon
Ingredients
- 1 4- ounce can of lightly smoked* sardines including oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice from about one lemon
- ¼ cup chopped red onion
- ½ cup chopped curly leaf parsley
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Remove bones from sardines, if needed, and chop.
- In a small serving bowl, mix chopped sardines (along with the oil from the can), lemon juice, onion, parsley, salt, and pepper.
- Taste and add salt, pepper, and/or lemon as needed.
Lovely work! Would you be happy to link it in to the current Food on Friday over at Carole’s Chatter which is creating a collection of recipes using anchovies or sardines? This is the link . I do hope to see you there. Cheers
Juliana, so glad you stopped by to add to the collection. Hope to see you again soon. Cheers