Slow Cooker Lengua (Beef Tongue)

Name: Slow Cooker Lengua (Beef Tongue)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 485 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 beef tongue; 1/2 onion; 2 cloves garlic, or more to taste; 1 bay leaf; salt and ground black pepper to taste; water to cover; 1 tablespoon butter

⏱️ Ready in 8h 15m 🥄 Prep 10 min 🔥 Cook 8h 5m 👥 6 servings 👁️ 23 views

Don't let the cut of meat scare you it is a very tender tasty meat. You will be pleasantly surprised. Find the meat at any Mexican market, ask the butcher. Serve this in tacos with chopped onion, tomato, cilantro, and wedges of lime.

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🔗 Recipe adapted from AllRecipes

#Slow cooked

📊 At a Glance

Prep 10 min

Cook 8h 5m

Serves 6

Difficulty Hard

🛒 Ingredients

1 beef tongue

1/2 onion

2 cloves garlic, or more to taste

1 bay leaf

salt and ground black pepper to taste

water to cover

1 tablespoon butter

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 6

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 492

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 38.8g 50%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 123mg 5%

Total Carbohydrate 1.2g 0%

Dietary Fiber 0.2g 1%

Total Sugars 0.4g

Protein 32.1g 64%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Place beef tongue, onion, garlic, and bay leaf in the crock of a slow cooker; generously season with salt.

Pour in enough water to cover beef mixture.

Cook on Low for 8 hours.

Transfer beef tongue to a work surface and cool slightly.

Peel outer layer of skin from beef tongue and remove rough end.

Chop the meat into bite-size pieces.

Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir beef tongue meat until tender, 5 to 10 minutes.

Season with salt and pepper.