Recipe and source notes

Boiled Tongue

8 servings Source yield

Ingredients

  • 5 pounds Pickled tongue
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 2 Bay leaves

Make it step by step

  1. Wash the tongue. Combine with onion, garlic and bay leaves in a deep kettle. Cover with water. Bring to a boil and cook over medium heat 3 1/2 hours or until tender. Add boiling water as it cooks out.
  2. Let the tongue cool in the stock, then remove the root and skin. Reserve 2 cups stock if you want to make a sauce. Remove bay leaves. Slice the tongue and serve plain or with a sauce.

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Recipe source

Adapted from Foodista by Melissa Peterman, under CC BY 3.0. Formatting adapted; listed quantities and instructions are retained from the source.

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