Hey Y’all!
Hope everyone is doing great! I missed a couple weeks on this blog. Life gets busy, that’s for sure. I’m an Independent Insurance Broker, and I’m always on the look out for new ways that I can help folks protect themselves and their family and their finances. So I’ve been learning a few new opportunities which has had me pretty consumed.
I’m happy to be back with a personal favorite of mine! With some of those beautiful DCR bovine being split between 2 and 4 orders and there’s only one tongue per cow, it’s like winning the lottery when you get one!
I know y’all love tacos as much as we do, and I absolutely love some Lingua tacos! The meat is so tender and tasty! Now you can use the meat in other ways, I’ve heard my Hispanic friends say it’s great on a torta sandwich!
The first thing you’re gonna want to do is clean the tongue. Use a vegetable brush and scrub it with water till the water is clean.
We’re going to be cooking this in the insta pot, you can slow cook it overnight if you like.
Set the tongue in the pot. Fill with water until covered.
Now you add your seasonings and aromatics. I use a Tbs of sea salt, 5 whole pepper corns, a few cloves, and a bay leaf. Next I rough cut an onion, a couple carrots, a few stalks of celery, and a couple garlic cloves.
Put your lid on, close your vent, set on high pressure for 45 minutes.
Let it naturally vent, and then remove from the pot.
You will want to let it cool a little so you can handle it. Slice lengthwise down the middle of the tongue, don’t make a deep cut at this point, just enough to get a hold of the casing and peel the casing off of the entire tongue. Discard the casing.
Now I cut it into 3 pieces and then cut them down into small bites or less. Then I put all of that into my cast iron skillet with some of the broth from cooking it. Please don’t throw out that amazing broth, save it for other cooking! I let the meat simmer in its own broth for about 20 minutes while I warm tortilla amd get all my other toppings ready!
Top your tacos to your liking and enjoy these delicious Lingua tacos!!
Your Cook,
Craigan
PS Feeling free to follow me on my new Cook’s Corner TikTok where I’m cooking up DCR meats and much more! Thanks for your support Fam!
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