Potato Nuggets with Sardines

These Crispy Potato Nuggets with Sardines are packed full of flavor. Crispy on the outside and deliciously soft and savory on the inside. Whether you’re looking for a sardine flavored snack or for something new, this easy recipe is sure to WOW your tastebuds!

This dish makes the usual nugget more interesting, versatile, and budget friendly. This creative twist on a classic comfort food. Creamy mashed potatoes mixed with umami-rich sardines, colorful veggies, and breadcrumbs, fried into crisp perfection. This protein filled dish makes for an excellent snack, appetizer, or even as a light meal.

Ingredients :

• Oil – for frying
• Potatoes – the main base of the nugget.
• Canned Sardines – the main flavoring. It gives the nugget a slight meaty texture and subtle briney taste.
• Onion and Garlic – gives additional flavor and aroma.
• Carrots – for color and natural sweetness.
• Spring onion – adds a mild peppery and sweet flavor.
• Salt and Pepper – to taste
• All purpose flour – acts as a binder and sucks most of the moisture out.
• Cornstarch – to help with the crispiness.
• Egg – to help bind everything together.
• Breadcrumbs – for coating

How to Cook Potato Nuggets with Sardines ?

Ingredients :

• 2 large potatoes ( chopped )
• 2 cans sardines ( 155 grams each )
• 1 medium onion ( minced or grated )
• 5 cloves garlic ( minced or grated )
• ½ cup carrots ( minced )
• ¼ cup spring onion ( chopped )
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1 large egg
• Breadcrumbs for coating
• Oil for frying

Steps :

1. First prepare the sardines by draining them. Mash, then set aside.

2. Chop the potatoes and place in a pot with enough water to cover the potatoes. Cover and boil until soft enough to pierce with a fork. Strain.

3. Mash with a fork or masher. Mix in a bowl with the sardines, onion, garlic, carrots, spring onions, salt, pepper, all purpose flour, cornstarch, and egg.

4. Mix until well combined. Scoop and form into balls. Coat with breadcrumbs and shape however you like. Repeat until all the balls are coated with breadcrumbs.

5. Fry in a pan with hot oil at medium heat until golden. Flip if needed. Serve hot !

This Potato Nuggets with Sardines recipe is a unique twist of a simple potato snack. Combining budget friendly everyday ingredients to create something comforting but still full of flavor. Whether you are just looking for something quick and easy to much on or a sardine fan. This recipe offers a fun protein-rich, affordable snack that you can also serve on almost any occasion.

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Questions: 

• Can you prepare this the day before?

Yes you can! You can keep this un-fried in the freezer for a week to a month. Make sure these are wrapped individually with cling wrap or layer over parchment to make sure these do not stick to one another. Fry following step 5.

If you’ve already fried this and plan to reheat the next day: you can simple refry for a few minutes on each side, bake at a 200°F or 100°C preheated oven for 10 – 20 minutes, or air fry similarly.

• How to store

If uncooked, wrap each ball in cling wrap, or place in an airtight container, layering each ball over parchment to avoid these from sticking to one another. 

If cooked, place in an airtight container lined with tissue to absorb the excess oils better. Make sure these have cooled completely before storing.

Potato Nuggets with Sardines Recipe ( Tagalog )

Mga Sangkap :

• 2 malalking patatas ( hiniwa )
• 2 lata ng sardinas ( 155 gramo bawat lata )
• 1 sibuyas ( tinadtad o ginadgad )
• 5 butil ng bawang ( tinadtad o ginadgad )
• ½ tasa karot ( tinadtad )
• ¼ tasa dahon ng sibuyas ( hiniwa ng maliliit) 
• Asin at paminta panlasa
• 2 kutsara ng all purpose flour
• 1 kutsara ng cornstarch
• 1 malaking itlog
• Breadcrumbs
• Mantika pang prito

Paano Lutuin :

1. Una, ihanda ang mga sardinas. Salain at i-mash. Pagkatapos itabi.
2. Hiwain ang mga patatas at ilagay sa kawali. Takpan ng tubig, pakuluan hanggang lumambot. Malalaman kung malambot na ito kung mabilis itong tusukin gamit ang tinidor. Salain.
3. Imash gamit ang tinidor o masher. Haluin sa mangkok kasama ng sardinas, sibuyas, bawang, karot, dahon ng sibuyas, asin, paminta, all purpose flour, cornstarch, at itlog.
4. Haluin ng mabuti. Iscoop at iporma ng pa-bola. Takpan ng mga breadcrumbs at iporma ng kahit anong hugis na gusto. Ulitin hanggang matakpan ang lahat ng bola ng breadcrumbs.
5. Iprito sa kawali na may mainit na mantika sa katamtamang init hanggang mag-golden. Pag baliktarin kung kinakailangan. Ihanda habang mainit pa.