Pickled pork tongue

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make pickled pork tongue? Very simple! First, prepare the necessary ingredients according to the list. Pork tongue can be replaced with beef. If you can't find the celery root, replace it with parsley root, celery stalks or dried root mixture.

2. Step 2:

   

   Rinse the tongue thoroughly. Peel the carrots, celery root and onion. In a large saucepan, boil water. Lay out the pork tongues, onion, carrot, celery root. Add salt. Bring the water to a boil and cook, removing the foam, for about 1.5 hours until soft. The exact cooking time depends on the size of the tongue and the intensity of boiling. A larger beef tongue is cooked longer - 2-2.5 hours.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the finished tongue in a bowl of cold water and leave for 5-7 minutes. Then peel off the skin. From the temperature difference, the skin is easily cleaned off.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cut the tongue into slices no more than 1 cm thick .

5. Step 5:

   

   Now prepare the necessary ingredients for the marinade. You can take any vegetable oil - I have fragrant unrefined sunflower oil.

6. Step 6:

   

   Peel the bell pepper from the seeds and stalks and cut into small cubes.

7. Step 7:

   

   Also peel the chili peppers from the seeds and chop them finely. If you want a sharper marinade, leave the seeds. Chili peppers are of two types: red is more spicy, green is less spicy. If desired, you can not add chili pepper at all.

9. Step 8:

   

   Finely chop the garlic with a knife or pass it through a press.

10. Step 9:

    

    Wash the greens, dry them and chop them finely. In addition to parsley, you can use any greens to taste: dill, basil, cilantro, etc.

11. Step 10:

    

    In a bowl, mix honey, soy sauce, vegetable oil and lemon juice.

12. Step 11:

    

    Add bell pepper, chili pepper, garlic and chopped herbs. Mix everything again.

13. Step 12:

    

    Put the tongue slices in a bowl and pour over the marinade. Cover the bowl with clingfilm and refrigerate for 3-5 hours or overnight.

14. Step 13:

    

    Put the finished tongue on a plate. Pour over the marinade and serve. Enjoy your meal!