Delicious Beef Tongue Tacos recipe

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Ingredients

1 beef tongue
½ white onion, sliced
5 cloves garlic, crushed
1 bay leaf
salt to taste
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
5 Roma tomatoes
5 serrano peppers
salt to taste
½ onion, diced
2 (10 ounce) packages corn tortillas

Nutrition Info

226.7 calories
carbohydrate: 14 g
cholesterol: 65.5 mg
fat: 14 g
fiber: 2.1 g
protein: 11.4 g
saturatedFat: 4.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 46.2 mg
sugar: 0.9 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place the beef tongue in a slow cooker and cover with water. Add the onion slices, garlic, and bay leaf. Season with salt. Cover and cook on Low overnight or 8 hours. Remove the tongue and shred the meat into strands.

  2. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook the tomatoes and peppers in the hot oil until softened on all sides. Remove the tomatoes and peppers in a blender, keeping the oil on the heat, season with salt. Blend briefly until still slightly chunky. Cook the diced onion in the skillet until translucent, stir in the tomato mixture. Cook another 5 to 6 minutes. Build the tacos by placing shredded tongue meat into a tortilla and spooning salsa over the meat.

Recipe Yield

20 tacos

Recipe Note

This is a really mouth-watering way of making tongue. It practically melts in your mouth. Enjoy!

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