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BBQ sardines with chermoula sauce

3 grilled sardines served alongside a bowl of chermoula sauce

BBQ sardines with chermoula sauce

Name: BBQ sardines with chermoula sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 8 whole sardines gutted; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 large pack coriander; 1 small pack parsley; 2 garlic cloves; 1 preserved lemon skin only; 1 tsp ground cumin; ½ tsp smoked paprika; ¼ tsp chilli flakes; 75ml extra virgin olive oil; 8 metal skewers extra virgin olive oil

Sophie Godwin – Cookery writer

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 5 mins

Direct heat

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Serve sardines with a delicious lemon, chilli and herb chermoula sauce for the ultimate taste of summer. Perfect for a lazy afternoon barbecue

Gluten-free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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8 whole sardines

gutted
2 tbsp olive oil

For the chermoula sauce

1 large pack coriander
1 small pack parsley
2 garlic cloves
1 preserved lemon

skin only
1 tsp ground cumin
½ tsp smoked paprika
¼ tsp chilli flakes
75ml extra virgin olive oil

You will need

8 metal skewers extra virgin olive oil

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal661
fat55g
saturates10g
carbs1g
sugars1g
fibre2g
protein39g
salt0.7g

Method

step 1

Blitz all the ingredients for the chermoula sauce in a food processor (or finely chop) with a generous pinch of seasoning, then set aside. Will keep in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days.
step 2

Heat the barbecue for direct cooking. Rub the oil over the sardines and season well. Thread each fish from head to tail onto a skewer, making a few slashes with a knife to each if you like.
step 3

Cook the sardines over the glowing coals for 2-3 mins each side until cooked through and nicely charred. Drizzle over the chermoula sauce to serve.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2017

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