Pan-Fried Sardines with Sweet-and-Sour Onions, Pine Nuts, and Raisins

Name: Pan-Fried Sardines with Sweet-and-Sour Onions, Pine Nuts, and Raisins
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 Tbsps coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley; 79 milliliters all-purpose flour; 79 milliliters golden raisins; 1 teaspoon About kosher salt, divided; 79 milliliters olive oil, divided; 79 milliliters toasted pine nuts; 237 milliliters red-wine vinegar; 907 grams sardines, gutted, heads off; 2 mediums yellow onions

Pan-Fried Sardines with Sweet-and-Sour Onions, Pine Nuts, and Raisins is a dairy free and pescatarian main course. One serving contains 815 calories, 60g of protein, and 52g of fat. This recipe serves 4. If you have flat-leaf parsley, olive oil, pine nuts, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the golden raisins you could follow this main course with the Apple Crumble with Golden Raisins as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Slice onions into thin half-moons.

Ingredients you will need

Onion

Combine vinegar and raisins in a measuring cup. Rinse sardines well inside and out, dry with paper towels, and roll in flour, shaking off excess.

Ingredients you will need

Sardines

Raisins

Vinegar

All Purpose Flour

Roll

Equipment you will use

Measuring Cup

Paper Towels

Heat 3 tbsp. oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Fry sardines in 2 batches, 1 1/2 minutes per side, being careful not to overcook.

Ingredients you will need

Sardines

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Frying Pan

Transfer to a large shallow serving dish or platter and sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. salt (you can layer the sardines if necessary).

Ingredients you will need

Sardines

Salt

Wipe pan clean with paper towels, return to heat, and add remaining oil. When oil is hot, add onions and remaining 1/2 tsp. salt. Cook, stirring often, until onions are a soft, browned mass, 25 to 30 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Onion

Salt

Cooking Oil

Equipment you will use

Paper Towels

Frying Pan

Add vinegar and raisins and cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.

Ingredients you will need

Raisins

Vinegar

Pour over sardines and sprinkle with pine nuts.