My maid in Singapore used to always offer to make sardines for me because she knew I loved to eat milk fish but was too lazy to remove the bones. She told me by pressure cooking milk fish just like sardines, I wouldn't have to bother removing the bones. The pressure cooker would soften the bones to a point where you could eat it.
My girlfriend and I enjoy eating at Barcino and they sell these canned sardines that have larger than the usual sardines. Something you couldn't find in any super market. This inspired me to make my own because I wanted to have bigger fish for my sardines.
So here's how I did it;
Ingredients:
1 Kilo Round Scad Fish. About 10 pieces to a kilo.
500ml Olive Oil
Salt
Ground Black Pepper
Whole Pepper Corns
Bay Leaf (10 leaves)
One Carrot about 300grams cut crosswise
Pickled Cucumber
Fresh Red Chili about 10 pieces
Clean the fish. Cut of the head and tail with scissors and remove the gills and innards. Season with salt and pepper. Lay seasoned fish into the pressure cooker. Put the whole pepper corns, bay leaf, cut carrots, pickled cucumber, red chili. Pour the olive oil and make sure there is enough to cover the fish and all other ingredients.
Put on the pressure cooker in the stove and 100% flame. As soon as the pressure cooker starts to make the sound. Lower the flame to 50% and let it cook for another 35 minutes.
That's it. Serve with garlic bread and you're good to go.
