by AdobeStock/white78
4-7 hours
DURATION
4-7 hours
COOK TIME
10 minutes
PREP TIME
3-5
SERVINGS
Ingredients
- 1 beef tongue, whole
- 2 teaspoons cumin seeds
- 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 onions, sliced
- 1 tablespoon salt
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Directions
- In a stockpot, cover tongue with water. Add remaining ingredients and bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and simmer for 4 to 7 hours, replacing water as needed (Note: This can also be done in a slow cooker, or atop a woodstove.)
- Remove tongue from broth and allow to cool on a cutting board for 5 minutes. Pour broth into jars and freeze for future meals.
- When tongue is cool enough to handle, peel off the outer skin and trim away any part of the base that feels hard. Cube, slice, or shred the flavorful inner meat and serve as desired.
Slow or pressure cooking cow tongue makes a flavorful and nutritious foundation for any of your favorite beef tongue recipes.
Deeply flavorful beef tongue can be used in a dozen different ways. Add it to chili; shred it for some barbecued beef sandwiches; or roll it into burritos with salsa, cheese, and guacamole.
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Wren Everett and her husband live on an Ozark homestead, where they seek to live as self-sufficiently as possible.
