Place the beef tongue in the pot with enough water to cover it, add a half of onion, 3 garlic cloves, 2 bay leaves, 2 spoons of salt and cover the pot.
1 pc Beef tongue, 1 pc Onion, 5 pc Garlic cloves, 2 pc Bay leaves, 1/4 tbsp vegetable oil, salt, 1 cup beef broth
You can cook the beef tongue in the slow cooker for 8 hrs or for about 3 hrs in the stove.
1 pc Beef tongue
When the tongue is cooked and soft, remove it from the broth. Do not throw away the broth yet.
1 pc Beef tongue
Now you need to peel the beef tongue. Remove the thick layer of skin that covers the tongue and scrape out the fat. Separate the meat from the tongue.
1 pc Beef tongue
Shred the tongue meat.
1 pc Beef tongue
Slice half of the onion, chop the garlic cloves and cilantro.
1 pc Onion, 5 pc Garlic cloves, 4 branches Cilantro
Blend the tomatoes with 1 cup of the meat broth or water, as you prefer.
4 pc Tomato, 1 cup beef broth
Heat a quarter spoon of oil in a frying pan.
1/4 tbsp vegetable oil
Fry the onion and garlic until the onion is sizzled.
1 pc Onion, 5 pc Garlic cloves
Add meat and allow to fry for a while. Add tomato sauce and cilantro, mix and shimmer for approximately five minutes.
1 pc Beef tongue, 4 pc Tomato, 4 branches Cilantro