Salt fern is becoming an increasingly common product. It contains many valuable components and brings great health benefits. In addition, this product has a pleasant taste. At the same time, not everyone knows how to properly prepare salted fern: how and how much to soak, cook, how to fry. This product can be subjected to different types of processing. In addition, it harmonizes perfectly with meat and vegetables.
How long to soak
Salted fern is considered a fairly popular product among residents of Kamchatka and Primorsky Krai.In these regions, it has been used for a long time to prepare a wide variety of dishes. This product is also popular in Asian countries - China, Korea, Japan. It can be consumed baked, fried, stewed or boiled.
The local population often produces this product themselves. This makes it possible to use it in winter as a semi-finished product. A properly prepared product can be stored in a cool place for at least 3 years. It is also bought ready-made - usually in vacuum bags.
The stems need to be soaked before cooking. To do this, you need to remove them from the packaging the day before and rinse them thoroughly. Then the product needs to be poured with cold water and left overnight. It is advisable to change the water several times.
How to cook properly
The duration of heat treatment is affected by the size of the sprouts. Thick stems take longer to cook. Bracken needs to be cooked approximately 10-15 minutes longer. This must be taken into account before adding the product to boiling water.
After boiling, it is recommended to cook the salted fern for 7 minutes. However, you must taste one stem before finishing cooking. If you feel bitterness in it, then you can add another 4-5 minutes to the process. The total cooking time after boiling should be a maximum of 20-25 minutes.To prevent the product from becoming bitter, it is necessary to periodically change the water.
Recipes using fern
Fern is a versatile plant that can be used in a wide variety of dishes. It can be combined with a variety of products - vegetables, meat, spices.
Pork soup
To prepare this dish you will need the following:
- 180 grams of salted fern;
- 1 liter of pork broth;
- 1 onion;
- 60 grams of rice;
- 50 grams of greens;
- garlic;
- vegetable oil.
To prepare a tasty and healthy soup, you need to do the following:
- Place rice in boiling broth and cook until almost done.
- Wash the soaked fern, cut it into pieces and fry in vegetable oil. This must be done within 10 minutes.
- Separately, fry the chopped onion.
- Add chopped boiled meat.
- Add fried vegetables to the soup.
- At the end add chopped garlic and herbs.
Cabbage soup
To prepare this type of soup you need to take the following products:
- 280 grams of fern;
- 200 grams of cabbage;
- 800 milliliters of water;
- 150 grams of potatoes;
- 1 onion;
- 40 grams of carrots;
- 50 grams of sour cream;
- 50 grams of tomato;
- sunflower oil.
To prepare cabbage soup, you need to do the following:
- Cut carrots and cabbage into strips, potatoes into small pieces, onions into thin half rings.
- Cut the soaked fern into small pieces.
- Fry it with the addition of tomatoes for a maximum of 7-9 minutes. This will help maintain the crispy texture.
- Separately fry the onions and carrots.
- Bring water to a boil, add cabbage and potatoes.
- After a quarter of an hour, add the fried onions and carrots.
- 5 minutes before readiness, add a mixture of fern and tomato. At the end add sour cream.
Fried fern with onion and beef heart
This recipe requires the following ingredients:
- 500 grams of fern;
- 1 medium sized onion;
- 1 boiled beef heart;
- 50 milliliters of sunflower oil;
- 70 milliliters of soy sauce;
- cold water.
To prepare a delicious dish, you need to do the following:
- Remove the fern from the packaging, add cold water and leave for 6-8 hours. The water needs to be completely changed several times.
- Rinse and allow moisture to drain.
- Cut the sprouts into pieces approximately 3 centimeters in size.
- Boil beef heart. It should be soft.
- Heat sunflower oil and fry chopped onion in it. This must be done until translucent.
- Cut the heart into small thin slices.
- Place the heart in a frying pan and fry over medium heat for 5-10 minutes.
- Add a little soy sauce and fry the heart until golden brown.
- Place the fern in the pan and pour in the remaining sauce.
- Mix all ingredients and bring to readiness.
To determine if the dish is ready, pierce the stems with a knife. They should pierce easily.
Fried with meat
Veal and pork go well with fern. To prepare a delicious dish, you should prepare the following ingredients:
- bunch of fern;
- 300 grams of pork;
- 3 onions;
- salt;
- pepper;
- vegetable oil.
To prepare this dish, it is recommended to follow these steps:
- Soak the plant in advance. After which the water needs to be drained, and the fern needs to be cut into small pieces.
- Chop the peeled onion.
- Cut the pork tenderloin into small pieces, add seasonings and place the meat in a heated frying pan.
- Fry the pork for 10 minutes, stirring several times.
- Add the onion and continue to fry, stirring occasionally.
- Add fern. After 2 minutes, add some water. Mix the ingredients and taste the dish for salt. If necessary, it needs to be added salt. The readiness of the dish can be determined by the texture of the fern - it should be soft.
With meat, onions and carrots
To get a tasty and healthy dish, it is recommended to take the following products:
- 700 grams of fern;
- 500 grams of meat;
- 1 onion;
- 1 carrot;
- 1 tomato or 1 tablespoon of tomato paste;
- 1 sweet pepper;
- vegetable oil.
To prepare this dish, you need to do the following:
- Fry the meat over high heat.
- Pour oil into a frying pan and fry the chopped fern and vegetables.
- Add fried meat and simmer until done.
Stew
To prepare the stew, you should take the following products:
- 400 grams of fern;
- 1 onion;
- 100 grams of bacon;
- 800 grams of potatoes;
- 1 carrot.
To prepare this dish you must follow these steps:
- Heat the pieces of bacon in a frying pan.
- Add chopped vegetables and fry well.
- Cut the soaked fern into pieces, add to the vegetables and simmer until tender.
Buckwheat
To get a tasty and nutritious dish, you can mix fern with buckwheat and squid. This recipe is especially popular in the Far East. This dish is prepared from the following ingredients:
- 700 grams of buckwheat;
- 500 grams of fern;
- 400 grams of squid;
- 2 onions;
- 50 grams of butter;
- garlic;
- spices;
- vegetable oil.
To prepare this dish, it is recommended to follow these steps:
- Rinse the buckwheat, pour boiling water over it, close the lid and leave for a while.
- Thaw and clean the squid. Cut them into pieces and fry in butter. This must be done over high heat for 2 minutes.
- Add buckwheat and simmer over low heat.
- In another frying pan, fry the chopped onion and soaked fern sprouts.
- Mix all ingredients, add garlic and spices and simmer for another 5 minutes.
Pizza
Pizza can be prepared with the addition of a wide variety of products that are available. To prepare the dough you will need the following:
- 250 milliliters of water;
- 8 grams of dry yeast;
- 750 grams of flour;
- 10 grams of salt;
- 20 grams of sugar.
The following ingredients can be used as filling:
- 2 onions;
- 450 grams of fern;
- 200 grams of cheese;
- 250 grams of salami;
- black pepper.
To prepare this dish, you need to do the following:
- Knead the dough by mixing all the ingredients and leave in a warm place.
- Finely chop the soaked fern and start frying in a frying pan. Add chopped onion.
- Cool the filling slightly.
- Cut the sausage.
- Roll out the dough and place in the mold. Brush the top with olive oil.
- Add sprouts fried with onions. Place sausage on top.
- Sprinkle pizza with grated cheese.
- Bake in an oven preheated to 190 degrees. This must be done within a quarter of an hour.
Salted fern is a tasty and healthy product that can be used to prepare a wide variety of dishes. It must first be soaked, changing the water several times. Also, in many recipes you need to boil this product first.
