04/12/2024
Beef Tongue
Passover tradition is to eat beef tongue for the Seder. Tongue symbolize story telling. For jews, Passover is about telling the story of the exodus of Egypt.
Ingredients:
1 Beef Tongue.
2 medium Yello Onion.
1 more Onion for the marinade.
1 Haid Fresh Garlic.
4-6 leaves of Bay Leaves.
Cooking oil.
Salt.
Black pepper.
Garlic powder.
Instructions:
Preparing this recipe includes 3 stages:
Cooking the tongue.
1. In a big pot put a few tbs of cooking oil.
2. Peel and chop 2 onions and saute in the oil until it gets gold color.
3. Wash the tongue under the faucet.
4. Put the tongue in the pot and cook 10 minutes then turn it on the other side and cook 10 more minute.
5. Add the fresh garlic, bay leavs, salt, and black peper.
6. Add hot water to cover the meat and more.
7. First cook to boil and then reduce to low heat, and cover with a lid.
8. The cooking will take 4-5 hours, and make sure that the tongue is covered with water all this time. When you add water, add hot water.
9. After 4 hours start checking from time to time with a fork to see if the tongue is soft.
10. When ready, let it cool off a little bit.
11. Take the tongue out of the pot and lay it on a large cutting board.
12. Keep the broth. You will use it later.
Peel the skin.
1. When the tongue is still worm. Peel the skin from the meat, using your fingers and a small knife. Try not to cut the meet.
2. When the tongue is all peeled, slice slices of 1/4 in each (Like you slice a loaf of bread).
Saute in Marianade.
1. Use heavy skillet for the last phase.
2. Chop the 3rd yellow onion to small pieces.
3. Sauté the chopped onion in cooking oil, in the skillet.
4. Add the tongue slices and keep sauté. It’s ok to do more than one layer.
5. On every layer, add salt, black pepper, and garlic powder.
6. Add to the skillet some of the broth from phase A.
7. Keep sauté for 20 minutes and it’s done.
I Serve the tongue with different sides like mashed potatoes, kashah (buckwheat), rice, cooked leek/zucchini , Israeli salads, cabbage salad.
Be-Te-Avon