Warm Beef Tongue Salad with Red Beans

1. 1 Beef tonguepack 1 kg ≈ $14.00Not in every store: Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Target, Trader Joe's, Safeway, Whole Foods 100 g
2. 2 Canned red beanspack 400 g ≈ $1.10 100 g
3. 3 Pine nutspack 50 g ≈ $5.00Not in every store: Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Target, Trader Joe's, Safeway, Whole Foods 10 g
4. 4 Garlic≈ $10.00 per kg 5 g
5. 5 Soy sauce 25 ml
6. 6 Lemon≈ $4.70 per kg 30 g
7. 7 Sunflower oil 15 ml
8. 8 Breadcrumbs 15 g
9. 9 Fresh basilpack 30 g ≈ $2.50 10 g
10. 10 Salt 2 g

Grey rows are pantry staples: salt, oil, spices. They are not counted in the serving price.

Method

1. Cover the tongue with cold water, add salt, and simmer for 2.5 hours until fork-tender. Cool, then peel off the skin.

2. Slice the tongue into medallions, dip in 1 tbsp soy sauce, then coat in panko.

3. Pan-fry the tongue in half the oil for 2 minutes per side until golden brown.

4. Rinse the beans, then sauté in the remaining oil for 3–4 minutes.

5. Mix the remaining soy sauce, minced garlic⁴, lemon⁶ juice, and chopped basil.

6. Toss the beans with the dressing, top with the fried tongue, and sprinkle with pine³ nuts.