Lengua

Name: Lengua
Ingredients: 1 whole Cow Tongue, 3-pound Size; 2 whole Onions, Peel Removed, Then Quartered; 1 Tablespoon Peppercorn; 2 leaves Bay; 5 cloves Garlic; 1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt

6 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 whole Cow Tongue, 3-pound Size
2 whole Onions, Peel Removed, Then Quartered
1 Tablespoon Peppercorn
2 leaves Bay
5 cloves Garlic
1 Tablespoon Kosher Salt

Directions

1

Put the tongue in a stock pot.
2

Toss in 2 quartered onions, peppercorns, dried crushed bay leaves, garlic, and salt.
3

Add water until the tongue is covered by 2-3 inches and crank on the heat.
4

By crank I mean bring to a boil and then lower the heat a bit and allow to simmer for about 3 1/2 hours if you are cooking a 3 pound tongue like I did.
5

The tongue should turn white and float when done.
6

Remove tongue from the water and carefully cut off the rubbery white skin (check out the related blog post for visual) and discard.
7

Serve as desired.
8

I used mine on tacos!