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 Time10minutes
Cook Time6hours
Total Time6hours10minutes
Servings4people
AuthorLucia Hawley
Ingredients
1beef tongue
1small onionchopped in half
4garlic clovessmashed
2bay leaves
1teaspoonsea salt
filtered water
1/2poundtomatoes2 or 3 large tomatoes, roughly chopped
1/2onionminced
1/2jalapenominced
2clovesgarlicminced
sea salt
juice of 1/2 lime
OR!
1and 1/2 cups of your favorite salsaright!
Instructions
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.
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).
Place tongue in a bowl and using a few forks begin to separate the meat until all meat is pulled apart.
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.
Add in the meat and lime juice and cook until sticky and delicious.
Taste and add more salt if necessary.
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.
I like to serve sprinkled with raw or pickled onions, cilantro and more lime juice, all rolled into a lettuce leaf. Nom, guys.