beef tongue
Cow's oral muscle
Beef tongue is the tongue of a cow, prepared as food.
It's a muscular organ meat that becomes tender when slow-cooked, often braised or pickled.
Popular in many cuisines—Mexican tacos de lengua, Jewish deli, Eastern European dishes—beef tongue has a rich, beefy flavor and smooth texture once the outer skin is removed.
- offalEdible animal organs
- lenguaSpanish for tongue
- tacosFilled folded tortillas
- braisedBrowned and simmered slowly
- tenderSoft or sore
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- braised dishesbraised pork, pot roast, braised lamb, osso buco, braised short ribs
- historic foodssyllabub, pottage, mead, hardtack, gruel
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Superior meat portion
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Fowl's pectoral meat
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