Xouba: The Little Galician Sardine Finding A Home In American Kitchens

Meeting Xouba: A Tiny Sardine With A Big Story Xouba is the Galician word for a very small sardine. In Galicia, on Spain’s Atlantic coast, the word xouba usually means young European pilchard, the species Sardina pilchardus in the herring family. These fish are slim, silver, and blue-green on top. They live in big schools…