Appetizer for 8

Pickled Beef Tongue

Name: Pickled Beef Tongue
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 1 rumba® meats beef tongue; 1/4 a large white onion; 2 bay leaves; 4 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup olive oil; 3/4 a large white onion; 2 cloves garlic; 2 large carrots; 2 jalapeño peppers; 1/3 cup white wine vinegar; 1/2 tsp dried mexican oregano; 1/2 tsp dried marjoram; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 2 bay leaves; 8 black peppercorns; 2 sprigs parsley; salt to taste (optional)

Beef tongue cooks under pressure, then gets sliced and covered with a warm vinegar, onion, carrot, and pepper mixture.

Typical price

$4.83for 4 servings

$1.21 per serving$4.83 for 4

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Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Photo: mexicoinmykitchen.com

50 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	0.4 lb	$0.52Typical price
Garlic$0.75 each typical	0.5	$0.45Typical price
Carrots$1.09/lb typical	0.4 lb	$0.43Typical price
Poblano and other fresh chiles$0.60 each typical	2	$1.20Typical price
Mint, dill, rosemary, thyme and other fresh herbs$1.99 each typical	a little	$0.02Typical price
Fresh herbs (cilantro, parsley, basil)$1.49 each typical	a little	$0.06Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$9.66

Pantry staples you likely have

Dried herbs, spices and seasoning blendsOlive and cooking oilWine, beer and spiritsSalt and pepper

Not included in the cost.

Ingredients

1 rumba® meats beef tongue
1/4 a large white onion
2 bay leaves
4 cloves garlic
1/4 cup olive oil
3/4 a large white onion
2 cloves garlic
2 large carrots
2 jalapeño peppers
1/3 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp dried mexican oregano
1/2 tsp dried marjoram
1/2 tsp dried thyme
2 bay leaves
8 black peppercorns
2 sprigs parsley
salt to taste (optional)

Steps

Place the tongue, one-quarter onion, four garlic cloves, and two bay leaves in a pressure cooker with enough water to cover.
Cook at high pressure for 35 minutes, then let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes.
Peel the tongue while warm, remove the tough parts, and slice it thinly.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cook the remaining onion, garlic, carrots, and jalapeños for 5 minutes.
Add the vinegar, oregano, marjoram, thyme, bay leaves, peppercorns, and parsley, then simmer for 5 minutes.
Pour the warm mixture over the sliced tongue and season with salt.

Swaps

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

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