Bracken fern: 10 recipes

Residents of the Far East can perfectly cook fresh bracken fern at home, since dishes with it are considered traditional. This plant is delicious, there are many delicious recipes. According to consumers, the fried shoots resemble mushrooms. The rules for cooking grass dishes will be presented in the article.

What can be cooked from fresh bracken fern

Fern is an amazing plant from which you can cook a huge number of different dishes. Of course, not every person may like them, so for the first time you need to use the minimum amount of products to try.

From fresh bracken fern, you can cook the following dishes:

• noodle soup;
• soup with potatoes and lard;
• stew with fern and meat;
• various roasts;
• stews;
• gravy;
• salads;
• filling for pies.

How to cook bracken fern

For cooking, shoots of bracken and ostrich fern (ostrich operator) are used. The plant must be harvested in the month of May, until the leaves unfold. At a later date, the plant becomes inedible.

Do not use the stems immediately after harvest. They should lie in a cool place for about 3 days. You can boil the shoots in salt water. These preparations will help avoid poisoning.

The bracken shoots contain useful substances, and, most importantly, the protein, which is characteristic of cereals, is easily and quickly absorbed by the human body.

General rules for preparing shoots

Before preparing various dishes, the shoots must be soaked for 24 hours in salted water to remove the bitterness. The fluid must be changed several times. Then quickly boil in boiling water, but not longer than 2-3 minutes.

There is another way of cooking: the shoots are placed in salted boiling water, boiled for 2 minutes, then the water is changed. The procedure is repeated 3 times.

How to cook fried bracken fern

Each housewife will find her own original recipes for cooking fried bracken fern. This option assumes the use of such products:

• 400 g fresh shoots;
• 2 tbsp. l. tomato paste;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 1-2 onion heads;
• vegetable oil;
• salt to taste.

Cooking rules:

1. Soak raw materials for a day in salt water. Rinse the shoots in several waters before cooking.
2. Then pour cold water and boil for 10 minutes.
3. Strain the shoots through a colander and cool.
4. While the main ingredient cools down, you need to cook the onions. Cut it in a convenient way: rings, half rings, cubes, as you like.
5. Grease a frying pan with vegetable oil, put onions. Let it simmer at the lowest temperature until golden brown.
6. Cut the cooled bracken shoots into pieces of at least 4-5 cm.Smaller is not recommended, since during cooking, instead of individual pieces, porridge will turn out.
7. Combine the shoots with the onions, continue to fry with constant stirring so that the contents do not burn.
8. When the shoots are soft, add the tomato paste and fry in another skillet in a little oil.
9. Put the tomato in the fern, stir, add salt to taste.
10. Peel the garlic, cut into thin slices and add to the fried dish.
11. Remove the pan after 2-3 minutes.

Bracken fern fried with egg

This dish is used as an independent dish. To prepare a fern according to a Far Eastern recipe, you will need:

• young shoots - 750 g;
• onions - 2 heads;
• broth - 100 ml;
• sour cream - 150 ml;
• flour - 1 tsp;
• chicken egg - 3 pcs.;
• butter - 1-2 tbsp. l .;
• hot pepper and salt to taste.

Cooking steps:

1. Chop the boiled bracken, add the onion and fry in oil until golden brown.
2. Add flour, fry a little, then pour in broth while stirring.
3. Continue simmering until the stems are tender.
4. Add pepper, salt to taste and sour cream.
5. While the fern is preparing, boil the eggs, put them in cold water. Then peel, cut into circles and put them on the bottom of the dish.
6. Cover the eggs with fried shoots and you can treat homemade ones.

Cooking fried bracken fern with potatoes

Many have tried potatoes with fried mushrooms. Since bracken has a mushroom flavor, you can prepare a delicious, hearty dinner dish for the whole family.

Products:

• 250-300 g of fern;
• 500 g potatoes;
• lean oil - for frying;
• black pepper and salt to taste.

How to properly prepare a dish:

1. Prepared stems, cut into pieces, are spread in a pan with a small amount of vegetable oil.
2. The potatoes are peeled and cut into strips and added to the shoots after 5 minutes. Add salt and pepper, cover and fry the food until tender.
3. So that during cooking the fern and potatoes are browned and not burnt, it is recommended to constantly stir the dish with a spatula.

Recipe for cooking bracken fern with meat

Few people dislike meat dishes. Bracken fern can be cooked with meat as these products work well together. You can take beef or chicken, who likes what.

Recipe composition:

• 0.3 kg of bracken stalks;
• 0.3 kg beef tenderloin;
• 1 onion;
• 0.5 heads of garlic;
• 1 carrot;
• soy sauce, salt, pepper, sesame seeds - to taste;
• 1 tsp ajimoto seasoning.

Cooking features:

1. Cut the soaked stems into 3-4 cm pieces, add water and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Throw in a colander to glass the liquid.
3. Cut a piece of raw meat into strips and fry in vegetable oil.
4. Add carrots, onions, continue frying until the meat is tender.
5. Add bracken, stir. Pour over soy sauce, pepper, salt to taste.
6. Add chopped garlic 5 minutes before removing the pan.
7. The dish is served cold in a deep plate. Top with sesame seeds fried with meat and sprinkle with ajinomoto seasoning.

How to fry bracken fern with sausage and cucumber

To cook bracken fern according to this recipe, you will need:

• fern stalks - 200 g;
• salt to taste;
• mayonnaise - 2 tbsp. l .;
• dill and parsley greens - to taste;
• onions -1 pc .;
• cucumber - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil - for frying;
• semi-smoked sausage - 100 g.

Cooking rules:

1. Fry the stems in oil until tender, add cucumbers and sausage cut into strips. Slightly let down.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes, fry until golden brown.
3. Put the contents of the pan into a large dish, combine with the onion.
4. Add mayonnaise, salt, mix. Use parsley and dill for decoration.

How to cook bracken fern in Korean

In Korea, the bracken has a special relationship. Bracken dishes can be cooked there on weekdays and holidays. The result is a spicy snack.

To cook bracken fern in Korean you will need:

• fern - 0.5 kg;
• vegetable oil - 100 g;
• soy sauce - 70 g;
• garlic - 4 cloves;
• paprika - 5 g;
• ground red pepper - 5 g;
• coriander (seeds) - 10 g.

Cooking steps:

1. Soak fresh shoots for a day, then boil in salted water. Soak the salted bracken for 3 hours and also boil for 5 minutes.
2. Cut the stems into 3-4 cm pieces, add the spices indicated in the recipe, mix.
3. Wait until the dish is soaked and serve.

Bracken Fern Salad Recipes

From the stems of fresh bracken fern, you can prepare various salads according to recipes. These are not just exotic dishes, they contain many useful substances. You can add to the shoots:

• seafood;
• various types of meat;
• vegetables;
• onion and garlic;
• greens;
• seasonings and spices.

These ingredients only enhance the beneficial qualities of the finished product.

Cooking salads is easy, the main thing is to properly prepare the stems.

Carrot salad

Fresh shoots salads can be prepared for a limited time, in the spring.

Salad composition:

• 0.5 kg of shoots;
• 1 medium carrot;
• 4 cloves of garlic;
• 100 g soy sauce;
• 5 g of red ground pepper;
• 60 g of vegetable oil.

How to cook:

1. Soak fresh bracken shoots for 24 hours in salted water. The next day, rinse and boil for 10 minutes.
2. Peel the onion, carrots, chop into strips.
3. Combine with fern and fry until ingredients are tender.
4. Pour the sauce, the garlic passed through a crusher, mix gently.
5. Put on a wide dish, refrigerate for 2-3 hours so that everything is soaked.

Bracken Fern Salad with Chicken

Ingredients:

• fern - 0.3 kg;
• poultry meat - 0.5 kg;
• chicken eggs - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 1 pc.;
• turnip onions - 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil - for frying;
• soy sauce and salt to taste.

The photo shows the ingredients for a recipe for bracken fern with chicken.

Features of cooking step by step:

1. Soak the fern overnight, rinse in the morning and boil for about 10 minutes. Cut the cooled shoots into pieces 5-10 cm long.
2. Boil chicken meat.
3. Pour eggs with cold water and cook until cool.
4. Cut carrots into long strips, and onions into half rings.
5. Pour oil into a frying pan, put vegetables and fry them until golden brown.
6. Cut the cooled chicken fillet into pieces and transfer to vegetables. Continue to languish.
7. Fry the sesame seeds in a separate skillet.
8. Put bracken shoots, sesame seeds in a frying pan with vegetables and chicken, add soy sauce, simmer for another 10 minutes.
9. Remove to plates, transfer salad to a wide dish, add coarsely chopped eggs and stir.

This concludes the preparation. The appetizer can be served warm or cold, depending on your taste.

Spicy fern salad

Chili pepper and other hot spices used by Koreans very well set off the taste of bracken. This salad is from the chefs of the east. In the salad, the bracken should be spicy and crispy thanks to the roasting.

Spicy dish composition:

• 350 g fresh shoots;
• 2 onions;
• 2 chili peppers;
• 60 g soy sauce;
• 50 g of vegetable oil;
• 70 ml boiling water.

How to cook:

1. Soak the shoots for 8 hours, cut into slices.
2. Peel the onion, cut into half rings, put in a pan and fry until golden brown over low heat.
3. Chop the chili pepper together with the seeds and add to the onion, darken.
4. Pour soy sauce and boiling water into the pan, transfer the bracken. Fry at high temperature, stirring for 7 minutes.
5. Place in a large salad bowl, cool and serve.

Fern salad with mushrooms

The benefits and taste of bracken salad will increase several times if you cook them with mushrooms. For the dish you will need:

• fresh bracken - 200 g;
• champignons - 180-200 g;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• soy sauce - 40 ml;
• vegetable oil - 60 ml.

Features of cooking salad:

1. Soak the shoots from the bitterness for 7-8 hours.
2. Cut the stems into 4-5 cm pieces, put in a frying pan with butter, add garlic. Fry the ingredients.
3. Fry the mushrooms in another pan (they can be prepared in advance, as they take longer than the fern to roast).
4. Put bracken, mushrooms in a salad bowl, pour over the sauce. Mix the mixture gently.
5. Serve warm or cold.

Conclusion

Preparing fresh bracken fern is not difficult at all, you just need to know some secrets of preparing the main ingredient. The herb goes well with many foods, so the recipes above are a hint. If you turn on your imagination, then you can create your own versions of snacks and fern soups.

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