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(Spicy tongue)
Ingredients:
1 tongue of cow (2 lbs. more or less)
water sufficient to cook the tongue
½ cup oil
2 cups white onion, cut into thin strips
1 cup tomato, peeled and finely chopped
½ cup ground spicy red pepper
½ cup parsley, finely chopped
½ teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon crumbled oregano
½ teaspoon ground pepper
1 cup green peas, peeled
2 spoonfuls parsley, finely chopped
4 cups broth or water
1 spoonful salt
Directions
Before cooking the tongue, soften it by beating it with a
cooking hammer so that later it is easy to peel. Pour water
in a large casserole and set it to boil over high heat. Once
the water is boiling add the tongue. Let it cook for two hours
until it is soft. Remove the tongue from the pot, let it cool
and peel the skin that covers it. Then cut the tongue into
thin slices. In a separate casserole add the oil and set to
cook over high heat. Once the oil is hot add the onion. Sauté
the onion. Then add the tomato, spicy red pepper, parsley,
cumin, oregano, ground pepper, peas, broth and finally the
salt. Mix well and let it cook for one hour more or less.
The mixture must be thick. To the previous preparation add
the tongue slices, mix well and let it cook a little until
the tongue takes the flavour from the sauce. Serve hot with
one potato and steamed rice per person.
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