Lengua

Name: Lengua
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 3 lb beef tongue; 1 white onion; 1 head garlic; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp black peppercorns; 2 Tbs kosher salt; 4 qt water; 2 Tbs lard; 1 tsp kosher salt

👥 8 servings

🗣️ English (detected)

category: Stews & Braises

counters: Taquería

aka: lengua, beef tongue, taco de lengua, tacos de lengua, lengua en su jugo, cow tongue

pairs-with: corn-tortillas, salsa-verde

slack: forgiving — the skin comes off a hot tongue in one piece and off a cooled one in shreds, and reheating does not get it back

step: crisp on the comal 6 min

#beef #tongue #mexican #simmer #tacos

From: John Chen's Tabular Recipes

🥘 Ingredients

beef tongue 3 lb
white onion 1
garlic 1 head
bay leaves 2
black peppercorns 1 tsp
kosher salt 2 Tbs
water 4 qt
lard 2 Tbs
kosher salt 1 tsp

🍳 Cookware

stockpot
comal

1

Simmer beef tongue , white onion , garlic , bay leaves , black peppercorns , and kosher salt in water in a stockpot for 3 hr , barely bubbling, until a knife slides into the thick end with no resistance.
2

Peel @&( timer while it is still too hot to hold — the skin comes away in sheets and will not come away at all once it cools — and trim the root end.
3

Dice @&( timer into 1/2-in cubes.
4

Crisp @&( timer on a hot comal in lard with kosher salt for 6 min , until the cut faces brown and the middle stays soft as pot roast.

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