Lengua estafada Recipe

Braised ox tongue.

Lengua Estofada Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 lbs Ox tongue (cleaned, boiled, skin removed, and thinly sliced)
• 1 cup Tomato sauce
• 1 pc large potato, peeled and thinly sliced (crosswise)
• 1 tsp garlic, minced
• 1 medium sized onion, diced
• 1 pc beef cube
• 1/2 cup green onions, chopped
• 1/2 cup green olives
• 2 cups white mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tbsp oyster sauce (optional)
• 1 cup cooking oil
• 3 cups water

Cooking Procedure

1. Sauté the garlic and onion
2. Put-in the Ox Tongue and cook for a few minutes
3. Add the tomato sauce, beef cube, and water then simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours (30 minutes if using a pressure cooker).Note: Add water as needed.
4. In a separate pan, heat the cooking oil and fry the potatoes. Set aside
5. On the same pan were the potatoes were fried, remove excess oil and sauté the mushroom.
6. Add some oyster sauce then set aside
7. Once the Ox tongue is tender, add salt, pepper, and green olives and simmer for 5 minutes
8. Serve the Ox tongue with the fried potatoes and sautéed mushrooms in a single serving plate. Share and Enjoy!

Number of servings (yield): 6