Sardine tempura
Servings: 4
Time: 30 min
Difficulty: medium
Ingredients:
- 1 can Formosa Gourmet Sardines in vegetable oil
- 3 carrots*
- 1 handful green beans*
- 1.5 liter vegetable oil for frying
*can be replaced with vegetables of your choice, for example sweet potato, mushroom or zucchini.
Batter:
- 1 egg
- 2 dl all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 dl ice-cold water
Chili-lime mayo:
- 1 small chili
- 1 lime
- Mayonnaise
Preparation:
Mix the mayonnaise, pieces of chili and lime juice.
Keep in the fridge while making the tempura.
Put a pan of water to boil.
Slice the vegetables into smaller pieces. Boil for 6 min then rinse with ice-cold water. Take out the sardines from the can.
Put a wide frying pan on a medium heat with the vegetable oil.
Make the tempura batter: mix egg and flour with water to a thick batter.
Put the sardines and the vegetables into the tempura batter to coat them and then carefully put a few of them in the oil.
Fry one side and then turn over and fry the other side. When they have a golden color, they are done.
Serve immediately together with the chili-mayo.
Bom apetite!