Malaysian
Ikan Sardin Masak Cili (Canned Sardines in Chilli and Onion)
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Ikan Sardin Masak Cili (Canned Sardines in Chilli and Onion) is Malaysian home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Slice the onion and chilies.
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Heat the oil in a small pan over medium heat and fry the onion until softened, about 3 minutes.
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Add the chilies and fry 1 minute more.
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Gently stir in the canned sardines with their sauce, taking care not to break them up too much.
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Season with the salt and simmer 3 minutes to heat through and let the flavors meld.
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Squeeze over the lime just before serving.
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Serve hot alongside rice.
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Serve it with
A Malaysian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Ikan Sardin Masak Cili (Canned Sardines in Chilli and Onion), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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Something to sip
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Ikan Sardin Masak Cili (Canned Sardines in Chilli and Onion) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Ayam Goreng Berempah (Malaysian Spiced Fried Chicken) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 270 kcal
- Protein
- 22 g
- Carbs
- 6 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 560 mg
- Saturated fat
- 4 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Ikan Sardin Masak Cili (Canned Sardines in Chilli and Onion) takes about 15 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It is at its best in the monsoon, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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