🐟 Oven-Baked Sardines with Lemon

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Fresh sardines baked with lemon, garlic, and parsley, an affordable, high-protein dish.

⏱️ 20 min🍽️ 2 servings👩‍🍳 Easy🔥 495 kcal per serving💪 57 g protein per serving

Ingredients

  • 400 g fresh sardines
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 8 g fresh parsley
  • 1 pinch fine salt
  • 1 pinch ground black pepper

Method, step by step

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C with top and bottom heat (or grill).
  2. Clean the sardines, remove the guts, and pat dry with kitchen roll. Place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper.
  3. Season with salt and pepper, add the garlic powder, drizzle with olive oil, and squeeze half a lemon over the top.
  4. Bake for 12-15 min until the skin is crisp and golden.
  5. Serve with the other lemon half on the side and chopped fresh parsley.

Nutritional information (per serving)

495
kcal
57 g
protein
3 g
carbs
27 g
fat

Values are approximate.

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