Beef Tacos de Lengua

This recipe is not for the food-queazy. whether that’s you, you might want to just skip that one, or instead check out some of our chicken breast recipes.

What? You’re still with us? Okay, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

My first recollection of beef tongue was when I was about 8 years old and there happened to be a huge one in the refrigerator. It looked, and felt (I touched it, who could resist?) like a ginormous tongue. Just like my little 8-year old tongue, but oh my gosh, it was so big! And soon after my parents cooked it and made us eat

it. (No view how they prepared it.) The texture. It was so, so tongue-like. It was all too weird, even for me.

Fast forward a couple decades (okay, more than a couple) and I’m in Mexico when my bud Matt announces that there’s a crowd around the lengua tacos in the buffet line. I get there just in moment to scoop up the last of the day’s lengua for my taco and I’m in tongue heaven. So tender, so perfect in a taco.

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