Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
My lunch several times a week! Warm Sardines and Tomatoes on Toasted Sourdough is a ten minute lunch that makes tinned sardines taste like something worth bragging about. Kenji gets sardines in all his meals.
The tomatoes go into the pan first, cut-side down, so they caramelise a little before anything else joins them. That's the whole trick. Garlic goes in for thirty seconds, no more, then a splash of white wine to deglaze the pan and pull all that flavour together. The sardines go in whole and get turned once, gently, so they stay intact.
A splash of balsamic vinegar right at the end lifts everything. Spooned over toasted sourdough with a good glug of olive oil, it's a proper Mediterranean lunch that costs a few dollars and takes less time than delivery.
Sardines are also one of the better sources of omega-3 you can buy in a tin, and most nutrition guidelines suggest two serves of oily fish a week. This one's an easy way to tick that box, hence why I have it so often.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Morning walk with Kenji
02:47 Recipe - Sardines and Tomatoes on Toast
05:11 Plating and Tasting
06:20 Kenji the Aussie Shep Treat & Afternoon Trail Walk
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My lunch several times a week! Warm Sardines and Tomatoes on Toasted Sourdough is a ten minute lunch that makes tinned sardines taste like something worth bragging about. Kenji gets sardines in all his meals.
The tomatoes go into the pan first, cut-side down, so they caramelise a little before anything else joins them. That's the whole trick. Garlic goes in for thirty seconds, no more, then a splash of white wine to deglaze the pan and pull all that flavour together. The sardines go in whole and get turned once, gently, so they stay intact.
A splash of balsamic vinegar right at the end lifts everything. Spooned over toasted sourdough with a good glug of olive oil, it's a proper Mediterranean lunch that costs a few dollars and takes less time than delivery.
Sardines are also one of the better sources of omega-3 you can buy in a tin, and most nutrition guidelines suggest two serves of oily fish a week. This one's an easy way to tick that box, hence why I have it so often.
00:00 Intro
00:26 Morning walk with Kenji
02:47 Recipe - Sardines and Tomatoes on Toast
05:11 Plating and Tasting
06:20 Kenji the Aussie Shep Treat & Afternoon Trail Walk
👉 Get this written recipe here: recipe30.com/warm-sardines-and-tomatoes-on-toast.html
👉 Curious about the knife I use in every video, including this one? Grab it here: https://taski.store/products/kenji-7
👉 Check out my favourite kitchen tools (affiliate): amzn.to/4gjGmtz
👉 Follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/recipe30
👉 Follow me on Facebook: facebook.com/recipe30
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MAILING ADDRESS:
RECIPE30
PO BOX 416
MOUNT MARTHA 3934
VICTORIA AUSTRALIA
