Pako salad recipe (paco)
Pako salad (paco) is one of the fern vegetables that Filipinos love to eat. This vegetable (fiddlehead fern, scientific name Athyrium esculentum) is usually eaten as a salad like Filipino fruit salad or as a side dish to a main viand.
Servings 4 people
Cost $2
Ingredients
- 4 cups pako leaves
- 2 tomatoes sliced
- 1 red onion sliced
- 1 salted egg sliced
Dressing
- 2 tbsp vinegar
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- ½ tsp sugar
Instructions
- Combine the ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl.
- Mix well and set aside.
- Wash and spin-dry pako leaves.
- Combine pako, tomato slices, and onion slices in a bowl and mix well.
- Drizzle with dressing and toss.
- Top with salted egg slices.
- Serve.
