Albóndigas de Sardinas
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
1 hr
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Cook Time
mins
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Total Time
1 hr 40 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
African
Albóndigas de Sardinas
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Albóndigas de sardinas are delicious traditional sardine dumplings that are popular in Equatorial Guinea.
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Ingredients
- 1 red bell pepper , chopped
- 1 green bell pepper , chopped
- 1 onion , finely chopped
- 1 onion , roughly chopped
- 1 lb sardine fillets (fresh)
- 2 red hot peppers (or green)
- 3 cloves garlic
- salt
- ¾ cup flour
- vegetable oil
Equipment
- Mortar and pestle
- Dutch oven
Instructions
Sauce
- Heat 4 tablespoons of oil in a Dutch oven and fry the coarsely chopped onion for 4 minutes, over medium heat, or until soft and golden brown.
- Add the chopped bell peppers and a pinch of salt.
- Continue cooking for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Pour this mixture into a mortar and pound until obtaining a paste. Set aside.
- Add the chili in a large volume of boiling water for 3 minutes to soften them, then drain.
- In another mortar, place the finely chopped onion, garlic and chili pepper and crush the mixture until it is reduced to a paste. Book.
- Boil a large amount of lightly salted water in a pot. Add the sardine fillets and cook for 3 minutes.
- Drain the sardines and chop them well.
- Add the sardines in the second mortar containing the onion, garlic and peppers mixture. Season with salt and mix well with the pestle.
Albóndigas
- Grease your hands and form dumplings with the sardine paste.
- Dredge all the dumplings in the flour.
- Heat a large volume of oil in a pan and deep fry the sardines over medium heat for about 10 minutes or until cooked and browned.
- Pour the reserved sauce into a large Dutch oven and heat over medium-low heat.
- Place the meatballs in this sauce and simmer for 10 minutes covered.
- Serve hot with white rice.
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