Mouthwatering beef tongue stew in the Instant Pot
Learn how to use an unusual and undervalued cut of meat like beef tongue to make this mouthwatering stew enriched with fresh vegetables and herbs. An healthy, nutritious, simple, and unexpensive family meal!
Servings: 4
Equipment
- 1 Instant Pot pressure cooker
Ingredients
- 1 beef tongue whole (about 3 pounds)
- 1 1/2 cup water or bone broth
- 2 tablespoons grass-fed butter
- 1/2 onion
- 4 or 5 medium potatoes
- 4 medium carrots
- 1 clove garlic optional
- Sea salt
- Fresh parsley
Instructions
- Thoroughly wash the tongue under cold running water
- Place the tongue on the Instant Pot rack, add 1 1/2 cups of water or bone broth, close the lid and the pressure valve, and turn on the Instant Pot on "pressure cook" (high) for 1 hour
- Let the Instant Pot naturally release the pressure for about 15 minutes and carefully open the lid. Take the tongue out and place it on a cutting board. Once the tongue is not too hot to touch anymore (but still warm), remove the skin with your fingers or with the help of a knife. You should be able to easily peel the skin off the meat. If some of the white harder pieces of skin are still on the meat, scrape them off using a knife
- Cut the tongue meat into chunksSave about 2/3 cup of the tongue cooking liquid, and discard the rest (or save it to add extra flavor to other recipes!)
- Finely chop the onion, and peel and cut the potatoes and carrots into chunks
- Turn the Instant Pot on "sauté" and add the butter and clove of garlic (optional)
- Once the butter is melted, add the chopped onions and let them sauté for a few minutes stirring often with a wooden spatula
- Add the chunked tongue meat, potatoes and carrots and season with sea salt and a few leaves of fresh, chopped parsley. Add about 2/3 cup of the tongue cooking liquid (or bone broth or water) and stir to combine everything together
- Turn off the "sauté" function, place the Instant Pot lid on with the valve closed, and turn the Instant Pot on "pressure cook" (high) for 20 minutes
- At the end of the 20 minutes, release the pressure and safely open the Instant Pot lidIf the stew if too runny, turn back the Instant Pot "sauté" function and let the stew reduce for a few minutes, stirring frequently
- Serve warm and garnish with fresh parsley, if desired
Notes
You can substitute potatoes and carrots with your choice of (any vegetables). For a fall version, try it with squash! Adjust the cooking time accordingly.
If you wish, you can substitute half of the tongue meat with about 1 pound of stew meat (beef, pork, lamb, or any other meat). This will make the recipe less intense. To do so, reduce the first cooking time for the tongue to 40 minutes instead of 60. Clean and cut the tongue as described in the original recipe, and then place back in the Instant Pot with the rest of the meat and 1 cup of liquid and pressure cook for another 20 minutes. Remove from the Instant Pot and follow steps 7-14 of the original recipe to cook the vegetables
