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Korean Bracken Fern with Pork

A popular Korean dish—give it a try! Bracken fern with meat is an unusual, appetizing, and wholesome Korean dish with a bold, spicy flavor. Fried pork and seasonings complement it perfectly, making the fern even more fragrant and satisfying.

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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 23 % 6 g
Fats 38 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 38 % 10 g
154 kcal
GI: 91 / 0 / 9
  • Bracken fern with meat is a traditional Korean dish, and Korean cooking is growing more and more popular. One of its hallmarks is a lower share of animal protein and generous use of vegetables and roots. Among plants, Koreans favor lotus root, bamboo shoots, and fern. Fern is the base for such national specialties as gosari-namul and bibimbap, and it also goes into salads and soups. The pairing of fern with fried pork or chicken is especially loved in Korea and beyond. Thanks to its perfectly balanced blend of spicy, salty, and lightly sweet flavors, this dish has become popular in many countries. Fern is the main ingredient here—everything else is there to complement and set off the taste of this exotic plant. This recipe uses salted young fern shoots (gosari). You can salt them yourself or buy them ready-made at a market or supermarket. Before cooking, the fern needs to be soaked in water to draw out excess salt: cover the salted fern with plenty of water, changing it now and then—ideally, soak the shoots overnight. Then drain the salty water, rinse and clean the fern well, spread the shoots on a paper towel, and pat dry. Cut the stalks into pieces about 2½ inches (6 cm) long. Rinse the pork, pat it dry, and cut it into small strips as well. Peel, wash, and dice the onion. Pour vegetable oil into a heated skillet and fry the onion. Add the sliced pork and fry until golden. Add the fern to the meat and fry over medium heat for 4 minutes. Take the pan off the heat and add the seasonings and soy sauce. Mix thoroughly. Peel and chop the garlic and add it, along with the sesame seeds, to the fern and meat. Taste and adjust the seasoning. Rinse and finely chop the cilantro, add it to the pan, and stir. Sprinkle in the sesame seeds and mix once more. Transfer the finished dish to plates and garnish with green onions. Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Garlic - 143  kcal/100g
  • Ground black pepper - 255  kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51  kcal/100g
  • Granulated sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398  kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873  kcal/100g
  • Green onion - 19  kcal/100g
  • Dried whole sesame seeds - 563  kcal/100g
  • Shelled sesame seed - 582  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41  kcal/100g
  • Coriander greens - 25  kcal/100g
  • Chili pepper - 40  kcal/100g
  • Pork fillet - 264  kcal/100g
  • Fern - 34  kcal/100g

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