Cooking Lengua - Costa Rican Beef

beef tongue

🥗Healthier: pork shoulder

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Pork shoulder is leaner and chicken thighs are more budget-friendly.

Poke the beef tongue with prongs on both sides.

Cover the tongue with water about 3/4 of the way and add bay leaves.

Put the tongue in the slow cooker for at least 12 hours.

Peel the skin off the tongue after cooking.

Cut the tip of the tongue for easier slicing and slice it diagonally.

Blanch a tomato in boiling water to make it easier to peel.

Chop the peeled tomato finely.

Sauté onions and tomatoes in a skillet.

Add 2 to 3 tablespoons of salsa Lizano sauce for flavor.

Mix in half a cup of red wine and the oxtail soup mix with the liquid from cooking the tongue.

Add the sliced tongue and prunes to the mixture and let it simmer.

Serve the tongue on corn tortillas with avocado, cabbage, carrot, refried beans, and steamed white rice.

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