That's not my tongue I'm sticking out...

[Brian Dahl]

Hey Gang! Just getting around to posting Sunday evenings meal: Pork tongue. I got 'em at the Farmer's Market a couple of weeks ago, time to cook 'em up. How do I do that? Flying by the seat of my pants here, the first thing I come up with is tacos. I need something other that just a slice of tongue on the taco, how about a Mole? More poking around on the inter-web and I find a YouTube video on how to clean pork tongue. The big tip for me here is scalding the tongue and than scrapping the 'skin'. Almost the opposite of beef. It worked pretty slick. Here they are outta of the cryovac; very well trimmed compared to the vid



and after the scald and scrape step



oiled and rubbed w/ Pig Salt and Bone Dust & rested for a couple of hours



So far so good. Onto the kettle, snake method w/ mesquite. They were on for about two hours, running around 250f. I was a little worried when I poked 'em some, pretty stiff...



here are two of 'em sliced up on the board. Other than the tips, which were dry and chewy, they weren't too shabby! 3/4's of each tongue had a 'line' of fat up the middle, this portion was much juicier and less chewier, relatively speaking wise...



and the assembled plate





fresh cuke salad, Pico de Gallo, avocado and a nice bed of rice. We both enjoyed 'em, and have leftovers for sandwiches at work. I'm hoping Tony has a better name for this dish... Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great week!

 

[Tony R]

Never had pork tounge Brian. But I must say they look delicious with the mole sauce on top...

I don't have a name for your dish since this is the first time I see this done.... But how about this.

"Tacos de lengua de cochi"

Translates to pork tounge tacos.

 

[Jerome D.]

My kind of tacos, Brian! I've had beef tongue tacos before, and they had some of the beefiest flavor I've ever had. Adding the flavor of smoke plus mole sauce? Even better.

 

[Clay Neubauer]

I've been in a pen with a few gilts whose behavior would give me some real satisfaction to eet that meal!

 

[Mike Coffman]

I have never tried pig tongue either Brian, but by the looks of that delicious
plate of food I am willing to try it!

 

[Bill Schultz]

I'll take a big plate Sir, well done

 

[Gregory R]

Never had tongue, but I'd grab a plate of this in a heartbeat!! Looks gooooood!!!!!!

 

[Dean V]

Looks good...I aint touching it.

 

[Brian Dahl]

Never had pork tounge Brian. But I must say they look delicious with the mole sauce on top...

I don't have a name for your dish since this is the first time I see this done.... But how about this.

"Tacos de lengua de cochi"

Translates to pork tounge tacos.

Simple and sweet, thanks Tony!

 

[Paul Kastner]

When I see cooks like this my thought is interesting but I don't think I would try it. Looks good after it was cooked though.

 

[Peter Gallagher]

way to step up with a little experimentation! We've done the lengua tacos before, but with cow lengua - however never done the piggy ones. Your plate looks superb!

 

[John Solak]

Very nice looking taco plate!!

 

[russ olin]

your not getting my tongue

 

[Bob Mann]

Very cool Brian!

 

[David]

On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate that tongue? Looks goods........................d

 

[Andy Beers]

Never had tongue but it looks good