Beef tongue - let's discuss

BBQ Bandit · Jan 16, 2013

Yup - you guessed it... a whole beef tongue wound up finding its way home into my fridge and ended up researching prior threads regarding cooking/prep/smoking techniques... and found these little morsels.

Decided to compile this list to help anyone who's afraid of a little tongue. :shock::shock::shock:

Any additional legitimate suggestions would be greatly appreciated (watch it farkers :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen

WineMaster · Jan 16, 2013

OK YUK. Im done

Garrett · Jan 16, 2013

I have never cooked one myself, but I remember as a kid my Papaw cooked them every time we killed a cow. I know he smoked them and that's all I know. They were good and I look forward to seeing your post. I would like to get hands on one and try it.

buccaneer · Jan 16, 2013

Skinned and Charcoal grilled with Thai dipping sauce and I am so into it!

Pugi · Jan 16, 2013

Best meat for tacos there is. Wife boils them in pot, removes outer layer then shreds meat. Throw in tortillas with diced onion, hot, hot chili sauce and a squeeze of lemon juice. Looks like I need to do another tutorial.

Untraceable · Jan 16, 2013

2nd only to beef cheeks in tacos

Titch · Jan 16, 2013

Cured and pressed into a meat loaf:-D
Great sandwich food.
Never tried grilling them tho,Tender?
cheers.
Titch

Pugi · Jan 16, 2013

AussieTitch said:
Cured and pressed into a meat loaf:-D
Great sandwich food.
Never tried grilling them tho,Tender?
cheers.
Titch

Titch, is kinda like cooking pulled pork. You have to cook it until probe tender.

Boudreaux · Jan 16, 2013

Just getting into smoking here, so I would not know about "SMOKED BEEF TONGUE" (yet). BUT, I can tell you that Smothered Beef Tongue over the kitchen stove is about the best to be had... bar none...

That's a dish that Cajuns learn at an early age......

SO I guess I will need to try SMOKED BEEF TONGUE one day soon......

BobBrisket · Jan 16, 2013

I love tongue! :-D Great flavor. Two things that turn people off......the way it looks and even once you have cooked the hell out of it........the texture. My mom learned to make it from my Grandma. Their version was boiled, then sliced. After slicing, they get tossed in a hot pan with some oil, lard, or bacon grease and allowed to brown a bit. The sauce is a tomato, celery, onion, garlic, and green peas sauce.......OMG!!! Farking incredible!

Fo Sizzle My Nizzle · Jan 16, 2013

A friend of mine talked me into getting a Lengua burrito (beef tongue) and it was pretty darn good. Tasted like a really well cooked pot roast.

ssv3 · Jan 17, 2013

Pugi said:
Best meat for tacos there is. Wife boils them in pot, removes outer layer then shreds meat. Throw in tortillas with diced onion, hot, hot chili sauce and a squeeze of lemon juice. Looks like I need to do another tutorial.

Untraceable said:
2nd only to beef cheeks in tacos

Yes and yes. Around here anytime I'm coming home from an outing at 3am :rockon: on a weekend with munchies and I spot a taco truck or a taqueria with tongue or cheek meat on the menu, baby I'm in!!! I'm craving it right now as a matter of fact :hungry: BRB lol

PigBeter · Jan 17, 2013

I love tongue, but have never had it smoked. That's something I would love to try!

Callahan-que · Jan 17, 2013

Sliced thin and piled high on most any type of bread or roll!

BobBrisket · Jan 17, 2013

Pugi said:
Best meat for tacos there is. Wife boils them in pot, removes outer layer then shreds meat. Throw in tortillas with diced onion, hot, hot chili sauce and a squeeze of lemon juice. Looks like I need to do another tutorial.

What you waitin fer?:becky:

jacob · Jan 17, 2013

Beef Balls(Cowgirl Recipe) is one thing but I absolutely draw the line with the tongue. Them things are gritty and that would hurt. NTTAWWT

trufunk · Jan 17, 2013

Never liked Lengua but you've got to try it at least once in your life

likeadeere · Jan 17, 2013

I did actually end up smoking one for about 4 hours. But seein how there was some Old English involved I never took any pics. I just don't see how it could be cooked like a butt, because it doesn't have much fat to it. It is a strong muscle with zero fat. I think your best bet is to boil the hell out of it and chop it up and then smoke it. Mine didn't turn out so hot, and it ended up in the garbage. Not to mention I couldn't get over the fact what it was.

Joe Grod · Jan 17, 2013

Pickled, cooked like corned beef and served on rye bread with plenty of good mustard.

Joe

landarc · Jan 17, 2013

BobBrisket said:
I love tongue! :-D Great flavor. Two things that turn people off......the way it looks and even once you have cooked the hell out of it........the texture. My mom learned to make it from my Grandma. Their version was boiled, then sliced. After slicing, they get tossed in a hot pan with some oil, lard, or bacon grease and allowed to brown a bit. The sauce is a tomato, celery, onion, garlic, and green peas sauce.......OMG!!! Farking incredible!

That is not so far from what my mom did with tongue. Interesting. The only difference was that she use some sugar to make what she called 'Creole sauce'. It was very good as I recall. I haven't cooked tongue in quite a while.

You can get pig tongue, lamb tongue (blue and somewhat off-putting) and goose tongue in Chinatown. I have never tried the pig or lamb tongue. I kinda think I did try goose tongue, it must not have been memorable though.

As a child, I loved grabbing the raw tongue and 'licking' people, this had a poor risk/reward payoff, but, was still entertaining to me.

Beef tongue - let's discuss

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