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COW TONGUE TACOS

November 3, 2024 by gaby Leave a Comment

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Have you ever tried the cow tongue tacos? The tacos are so delicious and very easy to make.You only need a few ingredients, and let the pressure cooker do their job.

COW TONGUE TACOS.

You can make this COW TONGUE TACOS any time, all year long. We love tacos and as a Mexican we eat a lot of tacos, you should try these other ones, Like the TACOS AL PASTOR, this tacos will wow you, just as the beef tongue tacos.

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  • Top tip
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  • Pairing
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Budget Ingredients and Substitutes

You only need just a few ingredients for this amazing recipe.

ingredients for the cow tongue tacos.
  • cow tongue
  • salt
  • bay leave
  • cloves of garlic
  • a piece of onion

See recipe card for quantities.

Equipment

You can cook it in a crock pot fro 10 to 12 hrs on low. In the pressure cooker for 45 minutes or 1 hr and 45 min if frozen, or in the stove for around 2hrs or so but you need to be adding water to the pot.

Instructions

Honestly, there is not much instructions for this Mexican beef tongue tacos.

add the meat the onion garlic adn salt plus water to the pressure cooker.

Add the meat in the pressure cooker with the spices, add water to cover the meat, Cook it for 45 min. if is frozen cook it for 1 hr and 45 min.

peel the tongue  for the COW TONGUE TACOS.

Peel the tongue.

shred the meat.

Shred the meat. And add some of the meat to the tortilla and add some cilantro and onion.

add onion and cilantro and eat the best cow tongue tacos.

Enjoy it. It is the best.

Storage

keep the meat inside the fridge for up to 1 week.

Top tip

I highly recommend to cook it in the pressure cooker, is faster and you don't have to babysit the meat. And it shred's beautiful.

FAQ

Where can I find the cow tongue?

You can find it at walmart, kroger etc.. in the meat department.

Related

Looking for other recipes like this? Try these:

  • potato taquitos.
    POTATO TAQUITOS
  • Mexican discada
    MEXICAN DISCADA
  • TACOS AL PASTOR
    TACOS AL PASTOR
  • Chicken tacos with Beans sauce
    Chicken tacos with Beans sauce

Pairing

These are my favorite dishes to serve with [this recipe]:

  • red rice WITH VEGGIES
    RED RICE WITH VEGGIES
  • pico de gallo restaurant
    Pico de Gallo Restaurant.
  • seasoned white rice
    Seasoned white rice
  • THE BEST MEXICAN GUACAMOLE
    MEXICAN GUACAMOLE RECIPE
cow tongue recipes.

COW TONGUE RECIPES.

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Cook Time 45 minutes mins
4 minutes mins
Total Time 49 minutes mins
Course DINNER
Cuisine Mexican
Servings 12 TACOS

Equipment

  • Pressure cooker preferably

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cow tongue
  • 3-5 cloves of garlic
  • 1 ½ tablespoon salt
  • 3 bay leaves
  • TOPPINGS
  • onion and cilantro
  • limes
  • salsa
  • flour/corn tortillas
  • salt

Instructions
 

  • Cook the Cow Tongue:
    Place the cow tongue in a pressure cooker, together with the bay leaves, salt, and cloves of garlic.
    Add some water to cover the meat.
    Cook for 45 minutes.
    Once done, release the pressure.
    Prepare the Meat:
    Carefully remove the tongue from the pressure cooker.
    Peel off the outer skin.
    Shred the meat using two forks.
    Assemble the Tacos:
    dices some onion, cut some cilantro very finely, mx the both together.
    Warm the tortillas. Add some shredded cow tongue to each tortilla.
    Top with diced onion, fresh cilantro, a squeeze of lime juice, salt, and salsa.
    enjoy your tacos.

More Mexican Main Dishes

  • tuna taquitos.
    TUNA TAQUITOS
  • DELICIOUS BEAN SOUP.
    DELICIOUS BEAN SOUP.
  • street tacos at home.
    STREET TACOS AT HOME.
  • FRIJOLES CHARROS.
    FRIJOLES CHARROS

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