Beef tongue

No less popular meat products than the same beef or pork include beef tongue. This is a pulpy sub-product of the first category, which also includes beef liver, kidneys, heart and brains. In addition, beef tongue is rightfully considered a delicacy.

It consists of muscle tissue, which is covered with an outer shell, rough to the touch. Before going on sale, beef tongue is thoroughly processed, during which connective tissues, fat and lymph nodes are removed. The high-quality meat product on the cut has a uniform light pink color. The calorie content of beef tongue is slightly less compared to the same pork tongue and is 173 kcal per hundred grams.

Due to its extraordinary tenderness, refined taste and high nutritional qualities, beef tongue is appreciated by many culinary experts around the world. In gastronomy, there are several ways to prepare this product, but the most common are boiling. It is customary to cook beef tongue for at least three hours, since it is after this time that it becomes especially soft and unusually tender. During the cooking process, the tongue can swell and increase somewhat in size. In order to give an additional taste and aroma to the finished product at the end of cooking, it is recommended to add various spices and spices to it, in particular, bay leaf or black peppercorns.

In addition to cooking, beef tongue is often baked, fried in crumbs or battered, and stuffed or stewed in cream, sour cream or red dry wine. Boiled beef tongue can be used as an excellent snack, added to a salad, and made with it jellies or pour meals.

The benefits of beef tongue

Regular consumption of this meat product contributes to the enrichment of the body with a number of B vitamins, protein, iron, magnesium, zinc and calcium. This is the immediate benefit of beef tongue to humans. It has been scientifically proven that only 100 grams of product is enough to replenish a person's daily need for such an important element as vitamin V1

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The daily norm of zinc, for example, is contained in 250 grams of language, and this substance is simply necessary for those people who suffer from dermatological diseases. In addition, zinc has the ability to synthesize protein and significantly increase the body's immune defense. Therefore, the benefits of beef tongue are obvious for those who have such an unpleasant disease as diabetes mellitus, since when eating this product, there is a natural production of insulin, which lowers the level of sugar in blood plasma.