Ox Tongue

Ox Tongue

A dish prepared from ox tongue.

A preparation made from cow tongue.

Like a braised meat offal dish.

Ingredients

  • Ox tongue
  • Bay leaves
  • Cinnamon stick
  • Cloves
  • Cardamom
  • Lemon juice
  • Salt
  • 6 cloves 6 garlic cloves
  • Half an onion Half an onion
  • Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Black pepper
  • Vinegar
  • Water
  • Bell pepper / chili pepper
  • Coriander
  • a little Onion
  • Parsley
  • Tomato

Instructions

  1. Soak the ox tongue in a bowl with water, salt, and vinegar before boiling.
  2. Place the ox tongue in a pressure cooker with bay leaves, a cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, half an onion, salt, and pepper. Add bell pepper to the pressure cooker if desired.
  3. Close the pressure cooker and cook the ox tongue in it for 1 1/2 hours.
  4. Check whether the ox tongue is cooked after boiling by removing the skin from one spot; if the skin comes away easily on its own, it is cooked.
  5. Peel the ox tongue after boiling.
  6. After boiling, leave the ox tongue to cool slightly on a board or work surface, then cut it into slices.
  7. Heat a frying pan over the heat and add the butter.
  8. Add the sliced garlic to the pan before the butter melts and burns, and stir the garlic in the pan until it takes on a light color.
  9. Add a pinch of salt and the lemon juice to the pan with the garlic and butter.
  10. Coriander can be added to the pan with the garlic and lemon juice if desired.
  11. Lower the heat under the pan after adding the lemon juice.
  12. Serve the ox tongue hot after pouring the lemon-and-garlic topping over it.
  13. The ox tongue can be served another way with onion and parsley.
  14. The ox tongue can be served another way with the juice of one lemon, tomato, and a little onion.

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