Oven Baked Greek Sardines
Oven‑baked Greek sardines are one of the purest expressions of Mediterranean cooking with fresh or frozen sardines drizzled with olive oil, lemon, garlic, and oregano, then baked until tender and full of bright, coastal flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo sardines fresh or frozen
- 10 potatoes large cut into halves
- 2 onions finely chopped
- 3 garlic cloves whole
- 2 tbsp fresh or dry oregano
- 2 ½ lemons squeeze for juice
- 6 sun-dried tomatoes optinal
- 2 tbsp mild mustard optional
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- salt optioanl
- pepper
- fresh parsley
Instructions
- Peel the potatoes and cut them into wedges.
- Preheat oven to 180℃.
- Place the 10 potatoes in a medium-sized baking tray.
- Add the 2 onions, 3 garlic cloves, 2 ½ lemons , 2 tbsp mild mustard, ⅔ cup olive oil, and 2 tbsp fresh or dry oregano to the potatoes and combine.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Place the tray in the oven and bake for about 35 minutes.
- Once the potatoes are done, place the sardines side by side in a single layer on top of the potatoes and let them bake for another 15 minutes.
- Drizzle olive oil over the sardines, season with salt and pepper.
- Place back into the oven and bake for another 10 minutes. Sprinkle fresh parsley or dill over the sardines.
- Serve with fresh Greek salad.