Lengua Estofado - Batangas Style

Ingredients:

• 1 ox tongue
• 6 cups water
• 1 onion
• 5 pepper corn
• 1 carrot
• parsley
• 1 bay leaf
• green onion
• salt
• coking oil
• a tsp of garlic
• a cup of vinegar
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1-1/2 cup beer
• 2 tbsps Worcestershire sauce
• 2-4 tbsps sugar
• breadcrumbs
• fried plantain bananas
• fried sweet potato

Procedure:

1. Clean and trim the ox tongue. In a heavy-bottom casserole, put water and add the next-seven ingredients. Lid on. Bring to boil. Keep boiling for a minute, then reduce heat. Let it simmer gently for 3-4 hours. Cut into chunks
2. In a deep sauce pan, put oil. Brown ox tongue chunks. Add the garlic, vinegar, soy sauce, beer, Worcestershire sauce and sugar. Bring to boil. Let it simmer gently again until ox tongue is very tender.
3. Thicken the sauce with breadcrumbs.
4. Serve with freshly cooked white rice, fried bananas and fried sweet potato.