If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it 100 times.
WE LOVE TINNED FISH.
They are a delicious snack, full of brightness, flavor, and nutrients. And even better, you don’t have to cook any seafood to enjoy them!
Tinned fish is even more important and useful during these quarantined times because they are shelf-stable and can be the protein backbone for all sorts of meals. —> see all our other tinned fish recipes.
A simple and well-thought-out sandwich is hard to beat. This sandwich combines the briny and salty sardines, the acidic crunch of pickled carrots, spicy and creamy Calabrian mayo, all topped off with crunchy potato chips.
Use this recipe as a blueprint for more tinned fish sandwiches:
- Any tinned fish can be substituted – tuna, mackerel, salmon, clams
- “Quickle” any crunchy veggies you have on hand – radishes, onions, cucumbers, asparagus
- Feel free to add more to the mayo – lemon zest, grated garlic, chopped herbs
- Choose any bread that you have! If you are stuck at home and want to try making some for yourself, try this simple focaccia recipe from Bon Appetit
- Obviously, any potato chips will work, but we are partial to the Salt & Vinegar Sal de Ibiza chips
And remember, we are still here to supply all the goodies to make life still feel as normal as it can!
Sardine Sandwich
Ingredients
- 1 carrot
- 1 Tbsp vinegar, apple cider, sherry, white wine, etc.
- A pinch sugar
- 2-3 Tbsp mayonnaise
- 1 Divina Calabrian Chili pepper, finely chopped
- 1 tin Sardines
- A handful mixed greens
- A handful potato chips
- 1 square fococcia, sliced in half and lightly toasted
Instructions
- Thinly shave the carrot using a vegetable peeler. Place in a small bowl with the vinegar. Add a pinch of sugar and enough water to cover the carrot. Let sit for at least 15 minutes.
- In another small bowl, stir together the mayo and the chopped Calabrian pepper.
- Open the tin of sardines and remove the backbones if desired. Gently tear into chunks and set aside.
- Build the sandwich. Spread a good helping of mayo on both slices of bread. Arrange the sardines across the bottom piece of bread. Top with the pickled carrots and mixed greens. Carefully place a handful of the potato chips on the lettuce and place the top piece of bread on top.
- Gently smash down and enjoy immediately.
