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Slow Cooked Spicy Beef Tongue

Worried about tongues? Lucky for us, there's nothing to fret about. The tongue is just another muscle, like a steak or any other cut of beef you've had before! Tongue breaks down and pulls apart into a gorgeous dish if treated with care via a slow, gentle cook in the the crockpot. Give it a try!
Course Main Course
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings 4 people
Author Lucia Hawley

Ingredients

  • 1 beef tongue
  • 1 small onion chopped in half
  • 4 garlic cloves smashed
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 teaspoon sea salt
  • filtered water
  • 1/2 pound tomatoes 2 or 3 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
  • 1/2 onion minced
  • 1/2 jalapeno minced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • sea salt
  • juice of 1/2 lime

OR!

  • 1 and 1/2 cups of your favorite salsa right!

Instructions

  1. Place whole tongue in slow cooker and cover with filtered water. then add in the onion, garlic, bay leaves and sea salt. Cook on high for 6 hours, or on low overnight.

  2. Remove tongue from liquid and while it's still hot peel off and discard the skin (it will come off easily while the tongue is hot or just cooled briefly).
  3. Place tongue in a bowl and using a few forks begin to separate the meat until all meat is pulled apart.
  4. In a large skillet, heat some olive oil and saute the onions until translucent. Add the tomatoes, jalapeno and garlic. Allow to cook down briefly, about 10 minutes.
  5. Add in the meat and lime juice and cook until sticky and delicious.
  6. Taste and add more salt if necessary.
  7. If using the jar of salsa, omit the fresh tomatoes, onion, jalapeno and lime and simply cook the meat with the salsa, garlic and salt to taste.
  8. I like to serve sprinkled with raw or pickled onions, cilantro and more lime juice, all rolled into a lettuce leaf. Nom, guys.