Caribbean Stewed Sardines

Ingredients

• Canned Sardines

  2 tins (240 g total)

  $2.20

• Onions

  1 medium

  $0.22

• Tomatoes

  2 medium

  $0.55

• Garlic

  2 cloves

  $0.08

• Scotch bonnet chilli

  1/2 whole

  $0.20

• Vegetable oil

  1 tbsp

  $0.05

• Thyme

  1 sprig

  $0.09

• Lime

  1/2 lime

  $0.20

• Black pepper

  1/4 tsp

  $0.01

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Preparation

1. 1

   Slice the onion thinly, chop the tomatoes, and finely mince the garlic and scotch bonnet.

2. 2

   Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium heat and sauté the onion and garlic until translucent, about 3 minutes.

3. 3

   Add the chopped fresh tomatoes, thyme, scotch bonnet, and black pepper, cooking until tomatoes break down into a sauce, roughly 5 minutes.

4. 4

   Carefully empty the tins of sardines along with their oil or sauce into the skillet, keeping the fillets largely intact.

5. 5

   Gently spoon the warm tomato sauce over the sardines and simmer on low for 4 to 5 minutes until heated through.

6. 6

   Squeeze fresh lime juice over the top just before serving alongside boiled ground provisions, rice, or bread.