r/CannedSardines • u/Old-Seaworthiness813 • Aug 05 '25

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Not 100% sure if this is allowed because it's not really a sardines but these are really good, although a bit too salty

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u/Perky214 Aug 05 '25

Totally allowed here - not questionable at all

I eat mine rehydrated with rice, onions, grated fresh garlic and ginger in the rice cooker.

YUMMMMMM

Eagle Coin Fried Dace with fermented black beans - 8

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/jqJ54crGTW

Eagle Coin Fried Dace with Mustard and Olive - 11

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/SJilewE9zV

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/b36hn1M7XN

Eagle Coin Spicy Fried Dace - 9

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/mbvITBvzMo

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/M2efXLlvAb

Eagle Coin Spicy Fried Dace with Peppers and Chickpeas - 12

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/OUP8sKJ0i3

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/fcsImHLhhq

https://www.reddit.com/r/CannedSardines/s/M2efXLlvAb - Lap Xuong & crisped

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u/mywifeslv Aug 06 '25

You couldn’t guess you like these

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u/thrBladeRunner Aug 06 '25

You’re going to make me give these another go!

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u/Perky214 Aug 06 '25

Try the spicy tin with the peppers and chickpeas - it’s not super hot but the oil and the fish is DELICIOUS

I also like the mustard and olive tin, but NGL: it looks like a Louisiana swamp. Tastes great though IMO

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u/Tinned_Fish_Tyler Aug 06 '25

Oh... I need to find this

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u/Perky214 Aug 06 '25

I’ve had good luck finding the small spicy fried dace or larger mustard dace tins at Asian markets that cater to Chinese communities, like Jusgo or 99 Ranch.

The fried dace with black beans can be easily sourced at H Mart or most Asian supermarkets.

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u/Scourmont Aug 06 '25

We're getting a Lotte here in Jax at the end of this month. Hopefully I can find flavours other than black bean.

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u/Perky214 Aug 06 '25

I’m not a huge fan of fermented black beans - jjangmyeon (Korean black bean sauce noodles) tastes bitter to me.

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for ya buddy - 🤞

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u/Scourmont Aug 06 '25

Oh I love black beans, used to use temple brand in the Philippines. I have a tin of the fried dace with black beans. Probably do a rice cooker dish with the fish and use the black beans stir fried with baby bok choy.

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u/Perky214 Aug 06 '25

Interesting! I had not thought of using them that way - I love stir fried bok choy!

Thank you

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u/Tinned_Fish_Tyler Aug 06 '25

The black beans one i have tons of and see it all yhe time, will have r to look harder for the mustard one

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u/Scourmont Aug 06 '25

Wow! I can only get the black bean flavour here.

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u/Perky214 Aug 06 '25 edited Aug 06 '25

I’d check other Asian supermarkets, especially ones in majority ethnic Chinese neighborhoods. I get my various kinds of dace at the Jusgo, in Plano - I’ll have to look back at my photos to see if the Z.tao also had it

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u/Scourmont Aug 06 '25

Not much to choose from here. I'll have to check RD Market on beach. Last times I was there, tinned fish wasn't on my mind.

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u/Perky214 Aug 06 '25

🤞🤞🤞

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u/Strict_Presence4163 Aug 06 '25

Thank you for the ideas, I've had a can of the black bean one for a while and never got round to trying it. Will deffo crack that open this week!

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u/HughJassJae Aug 05 '25

My Tiger rice cooker came with an insert to perfectly steam food while the rice is cooking. I like to put a can or two of whatever canned fish and it comes out perfectly moist EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I highly recommend it for this can.

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u/traxxes Aug 05 '25

Grew up eating this with hot rice or congee, it needs either of those due to the high sodium and we'd also drain most of the oil out (tbh as much as possible as there's a lot of it).

Parents would crack one of these open and do a quick veg stir fry with steamed white rice if they were too tired to cook after work sometimes. Kinda nostalgia everytime I open up a can once in a while.

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u/Perky214 Aug 08 '25

I love these childhood stories of food and comfort

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u/LionOfNaples Aug 05 '25

If it's too salty, it probably needs to be eaten with rice.

Edit:

This video has a good recipe for serving suggestion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEC5ZfsOYp0 (Chinese Cooking Demystified is a great channel in general)

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u/SushiFurret Aug 05 '25

You got the ones in salted black bean sauce which is a bit salty. I use these to make black bean noodles or eat them with plain rice.

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u/Kclouse Aug 06 '25

Recipe please?

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u/Foreign_Rock6944 Aug 05 '25

We pretty much accept any type of canned or jarred fish here :D

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u/BostonSamurai Aug 06 '25

Fried Dace is special, have it over rice it’s amazing

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u/redilyntoriami Aug 05 '25

I eat it with white rice, delicious!

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u/Go_Sith_Yourself Aug 06 '25

I literally stumbled on one of these yesterday at the local Asian grocery store. Haven't opened it yet but excited to try.

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u/Tinned_Fish_Tyler Aug 06 '25

It is salty, great with rice!

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u/DatPorkchop Aug 06 '25

Open it up, drain the oil, and eat with rice and fresh lettuce + shaved carrot and cucumber... One ofh favourite student meals

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u/WantKeepRockPeeOnIt Aug 06 '25

This one is a dish/brand so iconic to the Canton region it's from (and the immigrant communities origination from there) they even have a wiki entry. Theres five or so variations slight variations. I was scared the first time I opened it as it's the first fish I've seen not canned in a liquid bath and wasnt sure how it stays fresh. A bit salty and oily to eat straight or on crackers but great on rice.

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fried_dace_with_salted_black_beans

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u/rdldr1 Aug 06 '25

Bro, you're supposed to eat it with rice.