This recipe is one of my favorite, though it's very rare to find an ox tongue in the supermarket. I go to our local butcher to order from them but it won't be available for few days. Ox tongue has a very unique and tasty if you know what/how to cook with it. It is rich in protein and fleshy(not fatty at all). Easy to clean and prepare, and it will turn out such rewarding when yummy meal when cooked. Now, here's my version of recipe that you will love and will change your mind about (not so) offal.
Ingredients:
1 whole ox tongue (about 2kg more or less)
half a cup of vinegar
2 medium onions
1 lemon
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tsp black peppercorns
1 whole head of garlic
3 pcs bay leaves
1 tbs salt
1 1/2 litre of water
METHOD:
1.) Clean the ox tongue by brushing or rubbing the rough part of it and rinse. In a basin put
the vinegar and rub the meat with it for 2 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly.
2.) In a Pressure cooker, put the meat, 1 onion quartered, garlic(cut in half and unpeeled), bay leaves,
peppercorns, salt and water. Close it nicely locked, then boil it for about 45 minutes, off the stove and leave it to cool down.
3.) Once it cold enough to handle, take the meat out, keep the stock. Peel the outer layer
of the tongue and rise. Pat dry with kitchen towel and slice it crosswise (round).
4.) Slice the remaining onion, stir fry in a pan with a bit of oil until translucent, put it in a
bowl, save for later. Put in the same pan the meat and stir fry it for a minute, add the soy
sauce and about 1 cup of the stock that you used to boil the meat and juice from the lemon. Let it simmer for
15 minutes or until the sauce is thick-ish. Then serve, garnish with the onion on top.
BON APPETITE!
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