Sardine is a very delicious fish and filipinos has many versions on how to cook it, but i like mine to be fried always. I decided to try cooking it with a twist by making it like a tempura; the Japanese famous cuisine.
First buy a fresh sardine in the market, you don't have to worry about the price because it is the most cheapest fish. The sardine cost 30 per kilo, i only bought half of it. I already cut the head because we won't be needing that.
More ingredients to buy are:
Step1
Cut the sardines body and flatten it like this, pull out the bones and leave the tail ( if you know how to cut a milk fish you'll be fine with this process it's very simple really)
Mix well the flour, seasoning and the black pepper
Ready the bread crumbs and the egg in different bowls
Coat the sardines by dipping it first in a flour, second will be in the egg and last will be the bread crumbs. You can also dip it in a thick coat such as flour, egg, flour, egg and bread crumbs whichever you prefer.
Once the coating is done, fry it
Pull it out when it's golden brown or if you think its already cooked.
you can do a design with your own idea to make it presentable.
Here is how i present mine, i guess it looks presentable already hahaha
anyways its really delicious you guys should try it!
