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Serenity Valley Farms

Beef-Tongue

Beef-Tongue

$21.39 USD
$21.39 USD
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BEEF TONGUE
Three hours, and then the best tacos you will make.
Peel it after cooking, never before.
3+ HOURS
SIMMER TIME
PEEL AFTER
NOT BEFORE
LENGUA
WHAT IT BECOMES
What makes it different
What it actually is
A muscle, and a very rich one. Cooked long enough it goes soft and slightly gelatinous — somewhere between a brisket point and a good pot roast.
The skin
There is a thick outer skin that has to come off, and it will not peel raw. After a long simmer it slides away in sheets, which takes about a minute and is oddly satisfying.
What it is famous for
Tacos de lengua. Simmer, peel, chop, then crisp it in a hot dry pan until the edges catch. That last step is the one people skip and it is the one that matters.
This is an intimidating-looking cut and an easy one to cook. There is almost nothing to get wrong — it simply takes time.
FROM THE FARM
Our cattle are pasture-raised here in Monticello, Kentucky and processed at a USDA-inspected plant. We raise them, we have them cut, and we pack what comes back ourselves.
How to cook it
1
Into a pot with onion, garlic, bay and salt. Cover with water and bring it to a bare simmer.
2
Three hours, sometimes four. It is done when a knife goes in with no resistance at the thickest part.
3
Lift it out, let it cool just enough to handle, and peel the skin off while it is still hot. Cold, it will not come away.
4
Chop or slice it, then crisp it in a hot dry pan before it goes anywhere near a tortilla.
What you're getting
One beef tongue.
Peel it after cooking — the skin will not come off raw.
From cattle raised on our farm in Monticello, Kentucky, processed at a USDA-inspected plant.
Weights are averages. Every package is cut by hand, so no two are exactly alike.
Who vouches for us
Homegrown By Heroes
Homegrown By Heroes
Farmer veteran certified
Weston A. Price Foundation
Weston A. Price
Wise Traditions listed
Kentucky Proud
Kentucky Proud
KY Dept. of Agriculture
Appalachia Proud
Appalachia Proud
Mountains to Market
USDA inspected · Processed at USDA-inspected facilities in Science Hill, Kentucky and Walling, Tennessee

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Everything we send is perishable, so nothing spends more than two days in transit. Your order is vacuum-sealed, packed in an insulated liner with reusable ice packs, and ships Mondays and Tuesdays so it never sits over a weekend.

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