Veal or Beef Tongue Soup

2016-04-01 and many others

Beef tongue soup is one of my favorite frequent flyers. The broth from cooking veal or beef tongue is a divine food. I always drink the soup when I cook beef tongue..

Vegetables are not a requirement. tongue broth is delicious even without any embellishments. Drink it ‘as is’ or add vegetables for different flavors. I try to cook the tongue with different vegetables each time for the endless flavor variations; and they all taste delicious. Don't limit yourself to this one recipe. Add whatever strikes your fancy (or—like I make my choices—whatever you have in your fridge.).

INGREDIENTS

This is what you need for 8+ quarts / 16 servings:

1 beef tongue, washed, 4 lbs.
S&P

Optional:

8 poblano peppers
3 large carrots
½ celery head
½ lb. spinach
2 small yellow zucchinis
½ lb. mushrooms
nearly anything vegetable you have in you refrigerator will do fine

Pic1: beef tongue soup with poblanos, zucchinis, mushrooms a.o. vegetables

Directions

Pic2: cooked without vegetables
Pic3: cooked with zucchinis a.o. vegetables
Pic4: cooked with cabbage, onions, tomatoes, and carrots

Fresh tongue may need to be soaked in cold water to remove the blood.
I don't usually bother with that. I toss it in the stock pot, blood and all.
In a 12 qt. stock pot, add enough water to completely submerge the tongue.
Leave the fat on for cooking. It adds flavor to the broth.
Add S&P to taste and the optional vegetables and spices.
If you use peppercorn, laurel or small-leaved spices, put them all in a tea egg or cloth bag that can easily be removed afterwards.
Bring to a boil and simmer on low to medium heat for about 1 hr. per pound.

Pic5: soup without vegetables
Pic6: breaded beef tongue soup
Pic7: beef tongue soup with cabbage a carrots

Serve the clear bouillon (Pic5) or add some vegetables. (Pic6+7)
Enjoy.

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more and avemariasongs.org

See also: Deming, NM gardens, animals and more
and avemariasongs.org