Spicy Fern Salad with Sesame Soy Dressing

A spicy, delicious appetizer salad with a Far Eastern accent! Fern dishes are a big favorite in our family. One of them is a spicy salad. It can be made from either fresh or salted fern. Its taste reminds some of eggplant, others of mushrooms. Well, I personally believe that fern has its own special taste, and it is impossible to describe it in words — you have to try it! This salad can also be made for a holiday table, but it is advisable to prepare it a day before serving so that it steeps well. Today I made a salad from ferns that I pickled last year.
cook time: 24h 30 min
Hazel Farrow
Spicy Fern Salad with Sesame Soy Dressing

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

78
Calories
5g
Fat
9g
Carbs
4g
Protein

Ingredients (10 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 8 g
Salt to taste
Bulb onions 300 g
Hot pepper 5 g
Soy sauce 50 ml
Sesame oil 60 ml
Bracken Fern (salty) 850 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
Necessary products. I took dried hot peppers from my supplies. If you use fresh, cut it into pieces.

Step 2

Step 2
Drain the brine from the fern, rinse, and fill with cold water. Soak for 12 hours, changing the water periodically. After this, pour boiling water and leave for an hour. Then put it on a sieve.

Step 3

Step 3
Chop the onion into half rings. Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the onion and fry for about five minutes, stirring, until brownish.

Step 4

Step 4
We cut the fern stems into two parts.

Step 5

Step 5
Place in the frying pan with the onions, mix gently and cover with a lid. We turn down the fire. Cook for five minutes.

Step 6

Step 6
Then pour in soy sauce, add pepper, mix, and cover with a lid. Cook for ten minutes.

Step 7

Step 7
After this, add some salt if necessary (depending on the salinity of the soy sauce), add chopped garlic, stir one last time, close the lid and turn off the heat. Let it sit for another seven to eight minutes.

Step 8

Step 8
We transfer the finished salad into a large salad bowl, lick it, cover it with a lid and put it in the refrigerator! For three hours, or better yet, overnight. Bon appetit!

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