Despite the fact that the beef tongue is considered more popular in cooking, pork is no less an excellent option for preparing all kinds of dishes. I propose to cook a delicious, mouth-watering and aromatic soup in pork tongue.
Photo of ready-made soup Recipe content:
- Useful tips for cooking pork tongue
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
Pork tongue, when properly cooked, turns out to be very fragrant, tender and literally melting in the mouth. Real culinary connoisseurs and sophisticated gourmets appreciate the thickest part of such a delicious product. But the entire tongue is also distinguished by a delicate and soft texture and wonderful taste. An important indicator of this offal is its low calorie content. Therefore, it can be used by everyone and even those who are watching their figure and weight, because 100 g contains about 210 kcal. This light by-product does not contain coarse fibers, which makes it possible to include it even in a children's menu, because it is perfectly absorbed by the child's body.
Aspic is most often prepared from pork tongue. But the recipes are not limited to this dish. A lot of delicious holiday and everyday dishes are made from it. And the easiest way is to make a fragrant soup. Such a delicious first course will be a great success on every table.
Useful Tips for Cooking Pork Tongue
- When cooking, the weight of the tongue is halved.
- To make it easier to peel the tongue after boiling, it must be immediately placed in cold water. After such a shock procedure, the skin will easily separate from the pulp.
- Pork tongue is added to the children's menu after 1 year.
- A fresh tongue should be red in color and smell good.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 108 kcal.
- Servings - 4
- Cooking time - 3 hours (of which 2, 5 hours the tongue is cooked)
Ingredients:
- Pork tongue - 1 pc.
- Potatoes - 3 pcs.
- White cabbage - 250 g
- Onions - 1 pc.
- Garlic - 1 clove
- Dill - small bunch
- Bay leaf - 2-3 pcs.
- Allspice peas - 5-6 pcs.
- Salt - 2/3 tsp or to taste
- Ground black pepper - 0.5 tsp or to taste
Cooking Pork Tongue Soup
1. Wash the pork tongue, put it in a saucepan, fill it with water 2 centimeters higher and put it on the stove to cook. As the water boils, reduce heat and cook it for 1, 5 hours.
2. Since the soup will be cooked in the broth of the tongue, after 1, 5 hours of cooking, pour the water from the pan, wash the offal and put it back. Add bay leaves, peppercorns, peeled onions and a clove of garlic to it. Pour in fresh drinking water and continue cooking for 1 hour after boiling.
3. The readiness of the tongue can be checked by piercing it with a fork. A well-cooked product will be soft. It is also important not to digest the tongue, otherwise it will become tough and lose its beneficial properties, delicate taste and aroma.
4. When the main ingredient is ready, remove it from the broth, immediately place it under cold water and leave for 5 minutes. Then remove the white skin and get rid of all inedible parts: tendons and veins. Also, extract the onion, garlic, bay leaf and peppercorns from the broth.
5. Tongue cut into cubes of any size you like and put it back in a saucepan with broth.
6. Peel the potatoes, wash, cut into cubes and send after the tongue.
7. Wash the cabbage, chop finely and place in a saucepan 10 minutes before the potatoes are ready.
8. Season the soup with salt, pepper and add the washed and finely chopped dill.
9. Cook the first course until all ingredients are cooked through. At the end of the boil, adjust the flavor with salt and pepper.
ten. Serve ready-made pork tongue soup immediately after cooking with a fresh slice of bread, and for a dietary table with rye bread.
See also a video recipe on how to cook potato soup with beef tongue:
