Dinner for 8

Beef Tongue Tomato Sauce

Name: Beef Tongue Tomato Sauce
Total time: 90 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 beef tongue medium size; 4 quarts water to cook the tongue; 1/2 size white onion; 8 size garlic cloves; 1/2 tsp black peppers corns; 1 spring fresh thyme; 2 large bay leaves; 1/2 tsp dry mexican oregano salt to taste (optional); 4 large plum tomatoes chopped; 1 clove garlic; 2 jalapeño or serrano peppers sliced; 1 size white onion; 1 cup the beef cooking broth; salt to taste (optional)

Beef tongue cooks with aromatics, then simmers in a tomato sauce with peppers, onion, and cooking broth.

Typical price

$9.83for 4 servings

$2.46 per serving$9.83 for 4

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Photo: mexicoinmykitchen.com

90 minstart to table
Mediumdifficulty
8servings as written
$$typical cost tier

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
Beef chuck roast or stew beef$6.99/lb typical	1 lb	$6.99Typical price
Onions$1.29/lb typical	0.6 lb	$0.77Typical price
Garlic$0.75 each typical	8	$6.07Typical price
Mint, dill, rosemary, thyme and other fresh herbs$1.99 each typical	0.25	$0.61Typical price
Canned tomatoes$0.08/oz typical	5 oz	$0.40Typical price
Poblano and other fresh chiles$0.60 each typical	2	$1.20Typical price
Broth or stock$0.07/oz typical	8.25 oz	$0.58Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$19.67

Pantry staples you likely have

Salt and pepperDried herbs, spices and seasoning blends

Not included in the cost.

Ingredients

1 beef tongue medium size
4 quarts water to cook the tongue
1/2 size white onion
8 size garlic cloves
1/2 tsp black peppers corns
1 spring fresh thyme
2 large bay leaves
1/2 tsp dry mexican oregano salt to taste (optional)
4 large plum tomatoes chopped
1 clove garlic
2 jalapeño or serrano peppers sliced
1 size white onion
1 cup the beef cooking broth
salt to taste (optional)

Steps

Place the tongue, water, half the onion, eight garlic cloves, peppercorns, thyme, bay leaves, oregano, and salt in a pressure cooker.
Cook at high pressure for 60 minutes, then let the pressure release naturally for 15 minutes.
Peel and slice the warm tongue, removing the tough outer skin.
Simmer the tomatoes, remaining garlic, peppers, remaining onion, and one cup cooking broth in a large skillet for 15 minutes.
Add the sliced tongue and simmer for 5 minutes.

Swaps

Beef chuck roast or stew beef for Pork roast, shoulder or loinabout $4.50/lb less at typical prices
Onions for Red onionsabout $0.20/lb more at typical prices

Main ingredient on sale this week? See what to make with beef chuck roast or stew beef on sale.