Pickled Cucumber & Sardines

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Pickled Cucumber & Sardines

Recipe by Justine Schofield

pax icon 2 people   | time 20 minutes
 

Ingredients

  • 1 can Sardines in Extra Virgin Olive Oil & Chilli, halve the sardines and retain the olive oil & chilli
  • 2 Lebanese or 1 Japanese cucumbers, deseeded and cut into 2inch batons
  • 1 tsp salt

Picking Liquid:

  • 60ml rice or apple cider vinegar
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 red chilli padi, finely chopped
  • Chilli from sardines tin, chopped
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • Extra virgin olive oil from the sardines can
  • 4 tbsp brown sugar or to taste
 

Method

  1. Rub salt into cucumber and set aside for 5 minutes. Drain off liquid and rinse. Squeeze off excess liquid from cucumber.
  2. Mix pickling liquid ingredients and stir until sugar dissolves. Toss with sardines, cucumber and chilli to serve.

Tip:

  • You can eat it with toast, crackers, salad or as an appetizer.