Korean cooking ingredients:
Fernbrake
You can see that sometimes kosari is brown and sometimes it’s green.
Originally the color of fresh kosari is a little brownish green. In the spring, people gather kosari from mountains. They can either cook or dry it. They blanch the fresh kosari and cook it. When they dry the kosari, its color gets brown and thinner like thread. When you buy dried kosari, you will have to boil and soak it until it’s soft before cooking.
Fresh kosari (green) or dried and soaked kosari (brown) can be used for yuk gae jang or bibimbap.
Hi,
April 1st, 2008 at 10:19 amwhat is the proper way to cook kosari…I’d like to make bibimbap..please help me…thanks
Dried kosari
1. Place kosari in cold water in a
pot. 1 cup of kosari will need
more than 20 cups of water.
2. Boil it for 30 minutes and don’t drain hot water and let it soak. Wait about 6-8 hours.
April 1st, 2008 at 10:41 pmI usually boil it at night and drain it next morning.
That’s it!
Thank you very much…
April 2nd, 2008 at 9:00 pmhi maangchi
do we have to add kosari when cooking bibimbap???
i dun hav it
May 30th, 2008 at 6:37 am=( =(
What does dried kosari look like? Do you have a photo of it?
May 30th, 2008 at 1:59 pm? Didn’t you see the photo of dried kosari here?
May 30th, 2008 at 11:27 pmskip kosari if you can’t find it. It will still be delicious.
May 30th, 2008 at 11:29 pmI used to go with my mom to pick these.. this is really popular with thai people, they usually soak it in water for awhile and then lay it out in the sun to dry. It is good to eat but so much work trying to pick them!
August 15th, 2008 at 2:49 amJennifer,
August 15th, 2008 at 8:23 amI didn’t know Thai people eat this. : )
Maangchi
Yes it can be stir fried (after washing it a couple times to get the sand out)
My mom usually boils it once drying is done, then she would steam them to eat with warm bowl of rice .. adding the fish sauce and pepper.
August 15th, 2008 at 11:45 pmfor those also confused about other names of this product, Kosari is also called FERN, FERNBRACKEN, DRIED GREENS & WILD GREENS. I went to hmart today and bought a 2LB package of fresh Kosari for 2.99!
August 16th, 2008 at 2:26 ammattlai,
$2.99! good deal! : )
August 16th, 2008 at 7:29 amHi,
I love your website but one question… what is the “Kosari” name in Korean?
August 16th, 2008 at 6:12 pmJenny, it’s kosari or gosari in Korean. (고사리)
August 16th, 2008 at 8:21 pmhahah yes maangchi
August 16th, 2008 at 10:07 pmi couldnt help but get it right away!!
Maangchi,
How do you prepair fresh green kosari? I’ve just bought fresh and dry kosari at the korean market, but don’t know how to use the fresh one, particularly in bibimpap. I am so excited to cook it for my husband as he looooves bibimpap.
And by the way, thank you sooooo much for your site
September 6th, 2008 at 12:25 amTetyana,
September 6th, 2008 at 1:13 am“Cut them 5-7 cm in length and sauté it in a heated pan with 1 ts of vegetable oil. Stir it and add 1 TBS of soy sauce, half TBS of sugar, and cook it for 1-2 minutes and add sesame oil.”
Maangchi,
Actually I looked and it says “Boiled Fern”, and it is green color. Could you please tell me how to cook this kind of kosari?
Thank you for your help
September 7th, 2008 at 8:36 pmTetyana
September 7th, 2008 at 11:56 pmThe same recipe! Boiled fern means it’s ready to be cooked.
Hi, Maangchi!
September 13th, 2008 at 11:30 amUm, I was wondering if a Chinese supermarket would sell kosari because the Korean market is so many miles away from my house. Thanks for your help. :D
Anonymous,
September 13th, 2008 at 11:47 amYes, I’m sure they sell it. I found good online store where you can get it. Check this out.
http://www.koamart.com/shop/12-1408-dried_food-dried_fernbrake_6oz.asp
i live in the USA, South Dakota. anyways i have a Korean Student living here with us for a couple years, i want to prepare some Korean food for him, can you help me with some easy Recipes, some things i cant get here,even at the asian store
September 14th, 2008 at 10:55 amthanks
Chad,
September 14th, 2008 at 2:08 pmWhy don’t you make steamed egg side dish? All Koreans love it and it’s very simple recipe. Check all my recipes and find some that you can make it easily. All the dishes posted on my website are very basic and popular dishes among Koreans.
Oddly you can pick kosari wild in some of the forests in England. I remember going with my mom on trips with her friends and picking so many garbage bags full.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:14 pmHi Maangchi, how does kosari taste like? i’m not sure whether i can get it over here, so can i substitute with another vege (maybe pickled) instead? i’m planning to make bibimbap next week.
October 31st, 2008 at 10:36 pmHi Maangchi, guess what? I managed to buy fresh green kosari from the market, yippee! :) Can’t believe I didn’t notice this vege before. And the price is only 30 cents per bunch (6-7 stalks). I’ll keep u updated on my bibimbap making :)
November 4th, 2008 at 11:27 ammeiling,
November 4th, 2008 at 5:22 pmWhat a good deal! I would like to buy some, too! : )
how does kosari taste like. If i can’t find it, any replacement? Thanks
December 19th, 2008 at 6:19 pm