Pako Salad

Pako (edible fern) can be cooked in many ways. One of my wife's favorites is the pako salad (edible fern sallet). It is one of the easiest dishes to prepare. All you need is to blanch 1 bundle of pako with a boiling water for approximately 4 minutes, just enough for the pako to be half cooked so that it remains to be crunchy.Then add 1 clove chopped onion,  tomato, ginger  and the seasonings: 6 tbsp. vinegar, approximately 1 tbsp. fish paste (bagoong) to taste, and 1/2 teaspoon monosodium glutamate.     

How to prepare Ginisang Pako

Ingredients:

For the ingredients, you only need garlic, onion, tomato, pako (edible fern) and 200 grams of fish.

Procedure:

Fry the fish til cooked, then set aside. Prepare the pako by cutting the young leaves portion of the fern. Heat the frying pan and pour 4 tablespoons of cooking oil. Add the garlic til brownish. Then add the sliced onion and tomato and the fried fish. Then add the pako. Cover the pan while cooking for about 20 seconds. Then add 1 sachet of seasoning like magic sarap, soy sauce and monosodium glutamate. Mix it gently til the pako turns tender. Serve it while it is hot.