Beef cut: where it is, price, recipes
Beef tongue
Simmered for hours then peeled, tongue turns rich and silky. It is one of the most globally cooked cuts there is: lengua tacos in Mexico, gribiche-dressed tongue in France, charcoal-grilled gyutan in Sendai.
- Poached
- Stewed
$7/ lb
- In French
- Langue de bœuf
- Where it sits
- Head. Beef cheek melts after hours of braising: it is the hardest working muscle of the whole animal.
- Tenderness
- 3/5
- Flavor
- 4/5
- Marbling
- 3/5
- Price
- $7 / lb ·
- Actual size
- ~30 cm
