Beef Tongue recipes

[CHenry]

I need to cook a tongue that's been in the freezer for awhile. Wife won't eat it because of...well its a tongue and therefore she won't cook it either.
I remember mom used to boil it, skin it and then grind it into a beef sandwich spread similar to tuna spread with Mayo relish boiled eggs etc. but i don't have a grinder. I am about to start making some jerky, any idea how this might turn out if I use the tongue for jerky?
Any ideas would be great.

 

[Hump66]

Lengua Tacos. Delicious.

 

[CHenry]

Lengua Tacos. Delicious.

Sounds great, a recipe to tell me how would be the point of this thread...

 

[Hump66]

I've never cooked them myself. Google can probably help.

 

[Danny Tanner]

Never had it, but I'm addicted to AllRecipes.com and this sounds delicious: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/lengua-beef-tongue/Detail.aspx

I would imagine just add in the step of throwing everything into a tortilla and you have what he suggested.

Ingredients:
1 beef tongue
5 fresh green chile peppers
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 white onion, sliced thinly
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 small tomatoes, halved and sliced
2 (15 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained
salt to taste

Directions:
1. Wash tongue and place in a large pot of water to cover. Simmer until no longer pink, about 50 minutes per pound of tongue. Remove from water and let rest until cool enough to handle. Peel skin from tongue and trim gristle. Cut into 1/4 inch slices.

2. Place whole peppers in a skillet over medium-high heat and roast, turning, until all sides are charred. Let cool, rub off skins. Remove stems and seeds.

3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute chile peppers, onion and garlic until onion is translucent. Stir in tongue and continue to cook until tongue is brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and cook until limp, 5 minutes. Pour in corn and heat through, 2 to 5 minutes. Season with salt. Serve immediately.

 

[gundummy911]

NOPE! not gonna eat ANYTHING that has already been in someone else's mouth !!

 

[chris]

I am about to start making some jerky, any idea how this might turn out if I use the tongue for jerky?

Sorry, but just thinking about tongue jerky gives me the creeps.

 

[Zombie]

boil it and skin it eat it with ritz crackers

 

[Perplexed]

NOPE! not gonna eat ANYTHING that has already been in someone else's mouth !!

Sorry, but just thinking about tongue jerky gives me the creeps.

Peel skin from tongue and trim gristle. Cut into 1/4 inch slices.

Just in time for Halloween...

 

[CHenry]

Never had it, but I'm addicted to AllRecipes.com and this sounds delicious: http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/lengua-beef-tongue/Detail.aspx

I would imagine just add in the step of throwing everything into a tortilla and you have what he suggested.

Ingredients:
1 beef tongue
5 fresh green chile peppers
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 white onion, sliced thinly
4 cloves garlic, minced
4 small tomatoes, halved and sliced
2 (15 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained
salt to taste

Directions:
1. Wash tongue and place in a large pot of water to cover. Simmer until no longer pink, about 50 minutes per pound of tongue. Remove from water and let rest until cool enough to handle. Peel skin from tongue and trim gristle. Cut into 1/4 inch slices.

2. Place whole peppers in a skillet over medium-high heat and roast, turning, until all sides are charred. Let cool, rub off skins. Remove stems and seeds.

3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute chile peppers, onion and garlic until onion is translucent. Stir in tongue and continue to cook until tongue is brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and cook until limp, 5 minutes. Pour in corn and heat through, 2 to 5 minutes. Season with salt. Serve immediately.

Hmm, I might even get the wife to like this. Actually she won't even try it because she is turned off by the fact its a tongue...