One of the dishes that most reminds me of summer is the sardine skewers. The plan of going to a beach in Malaga and eating this wonder of grilled sardines could not please us more, but when we try to grill them at home, everything is a problem, starting with the smells.
We love to cook, but the house smells like sardines for a week, not so much. And another drawback is time. That is why we have asked the experts at Directo al Paladar for the trick so that grilled sardines do not smell and are ready in a minute.
It is an open secret that the magic that they are ready in a minute is the fault of the microwave. This very practical device makes our lives much easier (a good example with these microwave recipes) and allows us to make everything from a light dinner like these aubergines stuffed with mussels, to a delicious express dessert like the banana bread in the video.
we tell you how to cook sardines in the microwave that will be ready in a minute and with which we will save ourselves the bad smells.
The first thing is to make sure that the sardines are fresh and if they can be medium or small in size, the better, because they have more flavor. In the fish market we will ask them to leave them whole and without emptying or anything, just as they are. In a microwave-safe dish we place a bed of coarse salt (about two or three millimeters thick), like the one we would use for sea bream in salt.
We put the sardines on the layer of salt and cover them with another layer of salt that will cover the body but not the heads or tails. As we would do with other salted fish, we press the salt against the sardines to ensure that the layer of salt is well compacted, and We put a minute in the microwave at maximum power. It is important that we make them in batches of four units so that they are done well, and once they are done we remove the layer of salt, and enjoy.
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