Melt-in-your mouth tongue slices in rich, creamy white sauce. Make sure you have lots of “extra rice” on the side.
The bump is seven months! Oh how time flies!
There are days when I felt that I just couldn’t keep up. Work is piling up and I continue to be as sleepy as ever during the day and sleepless at night. I couldn’t keep the house clean, no one’s folding the laundry — and oh, the dirty clothes looks like Mt. Everest.
The movement in my belly is awesome, BTW. I wonder if she’s doing some acrobatics in there during different times of the day. Purple is not as restless as this one when she was the occupant in my tummy. I am trying to keep calm and take this one day at a time. I still cook, though. It may not seem like it but I cook.
Since it’s almost always blazing hot everyday. I try to steer clear of those dishes that take longer to cook. The other day, I actually thought of cooking Beef Pochero because I kinda missed it but I remembered it’s not fun slurping hot soup when it’s 34º outside.
Then I remembered I missed eating Lengua as well.
When talking about lengua, what always comes to mind is the delicious Lengua Estofado that my mom used to make. This is the lengua I grew up eating. I just assumed my mom didn’t like white sauce because that’s what she always makes when it comes to lengua.
These days, I made sure Ykaie knows both Lengua Estofado and Lengua in White Sauce.
This Lengua in White Sauce recipe is both easy to make and budget-friendly because I used pork lengua instead of ox’s. Pork lengua is relatively cheaper and easier to cook. It’s a great choice when you’re on a tight budget because it saves you both time and moolah. Ox lengua is tastier though, so if I have a little more time and budget to spare, this is what I go for.
Do you cook lengua at home? Any other lengua recipe I should try?
PrintLengua in White Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 pcs Pork Lengua (pork tongue), around 500g
- salt and peppercorns
- bay leaf
- water for boiling
- 1 cup button mushrooms, sliced
- 1 carrot, cut into pieces
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 white onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 tbsp flour
- 1 cup heavy cream or all purpose cream
- beef cube + water or beef stock
Instructions
- Clean the lengua by rubbing salt to remove the grime. Wash it thoroughly with water.
- Put lengua in a pot along with water for boiling, bay leaf, peppercorns, and salt.
- Boil and simmer until tender. Beef lengua will take longer to be tender, around 1-2 hours. Pork lengua takes 30 minutes to 1 hour only.
- Slice the lengua diagonally and remove the outer layer that looks like a rubbery cover that would peel off easily.
- Heat butter and oil in a pan. Sear the side of the lengua then remove from the pan and set aside.
- In the same pan, sauté garlic and onion until onion becomes translucent. Add flour.
- De-glaze the pan with water, and add the beef cube.
- Pour in the heavy cream and mix well.
- Bring to a simmer then add the lengua, carrots, and sliced mushroom.
- Simmer fro a few more minutes. Season to taste, then turn off heat.
- Serve with steamed rice
121 Responses
wow you even cook pork tongue yourself!! That’s amazing! It must have been a century since I last had some.
Then it’s time for you to make some again.
I’ve never cooked tongue myself, this looks so comforting.
Oh it is a very hearty dish!
Thank you for sharing! This looks so good! We will have to give this a try!
You’re welcome.
I never knew the tongue was edible. It’s definitely not something you see when you’re shopping in the meat department of the grocery store around here 😉
Oh yes it is edible and the meat is very tender. You will have to try it sometime.
I have never tried lengua so this recipe sounds interesting. Will I try it? Probably yes!
I think you’ll like it too.
I have never had tongue before, not sure if I’d like it, but your dish does look beautiful.
Thanks Heather!
This looks like a tasty recipe. I know what you mean about feeling like can you keep up. I think we all get like that. But we are woman hear us roar. LOL Congratulations on your soon to be new arrival.
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I’ve been meaning to branch out a little in the kitchen and this recipe seems right up my alley. I’m going to have to give it a try and see what my husband thinks. 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
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I’m sure your husband will like this.
I have never tried tongue before. This recipe looks amazing; I think that my husband would be willing to try this recipe.
Thanks Tammilee!
This looks so good indeed but I don’t know about eating pork tongue. I would so eat the other parts of this dish though. Thanks for sharing.
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It’s really good. It tastes like pork tenderloin!
Thank you for allowing me to learn something new re a recipe! I like the simplicity and also versatility! I wish I could come through the screen and try this now!
You’re welcome Joanne!
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe, it sounds so interesting. Congrats on baby bump btw, I remember those days of not wanting to do anything but sleep. I’m happy to see your taking care of yourself and eating right, that’s so important.
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Thanks Terri!
what a great recipie. thanx for sharing, i will deinatly try this for sure. i am very curious to see how it comes
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Thanks Brook!
I have never had pork lengua, but my mom grew up eating cow tongue as her dad was a cattle farmer, so I have had some of that.
Do you like it? I also love cow tongue!
This looks simply amazing. I have not had a lengua in so long and this is mouthwatering. I am making this next weekend
Thanks mykidsguide!
This looks so tasty!!! I am always looking for pork recipes! For some reason I can find killer deals o pork at the store but never know what to do with it! I need to give this a try
Give this a try CourtneyLynne, who knows, you might like it.
Never had anything like this before, it looks absolutely delicious and am sure you are almost ready for the bump to arrive.
We are excited! Thanks Miranda!
I ‘ve never tried this, looks tasty and yummy. I would love to try this and I am sure my family would loveit too.
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Thanks Angela. I’m sure you would love it.
My uncle from the province also cooks a dishes containing pork lengua and I really don’t like the smell. I don’t know if its the lengua or just how he cooks it. I never tried any of it as I’m very picky with this kind of dish. Anyway, I’ll show this recipe to him and ask if he has done it. If not, I’m sure he’d love to try it out.
lengua doesn’t have a certain smell. I wonder how cooks it.
OMG, Peachy. This is one of my favorite dish to eat and to cook. Though due to time constraints, I don’t get to cook this anymore. 🙁
awwww, sayang naman!
This dish looks good and it always looks mouthwatering, but I think that’s how far I’ll go. Lol. I tried, like really tried eating lengua before but I just couldn’t. My friends played a good trick on me before – they made me eat something that looked like baked menudo and it was super good. After a couple of bites, they told me that it was lengua.
I’m sure you like Lengua naman when they tricked you, right?
I’ve always been intimidated by Lengua and feels like this is a special-ocassion only dish.
Don’t be, it’s really easy to cook specially if you’re using pork lengua.
I love lengua, but I don’t know how to cook it! 🙂 Just like Paulline, I feel like this dish is only for special occasions. haha!
Of course not! You can cook this on a simple day.
I like eating lengua but I think I’d feel that it’s yucky to cook it, all the while thinking that it is tongue haha.
hahaha.. I think that’s really the problem — the cooking part.
Looks yummy, mommy! How I wish I can cook. Lengua is my favorite!(:
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It’s so easy Kaity, just follow my recipe.
Of all the food lengua is not my type but this recipe looks great because of white sauce. As usual I love beef tripe for callos.
You just reminded me that I haven’t made Callos in a long time!
Bookmarked it! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
You’re welcome Jennifer.
This looks like a yummy dish, though i believe people find it hard to clean ox tongue. i wonder if you can buy a dressed up tongue in the market, ready-to-cook, just like chicken.
Some wet markets do sell, cleaned up tongues.
I don’t know what get into me but when I saw how the lengua was made of, I kind of backed off eating it. Until now, I haven’t recovered. 🙁
Why? it tastes so good!
Guess I have to go back into tasting it again.
I’m sure you’ll love it.
I do not like Lengua but the way you prepared the food, it looks like beef instead of cows’ tongues.
LOL! You should give it a try, Sef!
oh, I love lengua, especially the old style recipe…..But I haven’t tasted the one in one sauce. Well try this at home 🙂
Same here, Jojo!
I love lengua! It’s been a long time since I’ve last eaten a lengua dish. I’m more used to the tomato-based one but this looks like something I can follow. 🙂
Same here, I was brought up with Lengua Estofado.
Looks delicious. I’ve never tried cooking Lengua. Your recipe sounds really easy. I am going to try this for sure.
It’s really easy and I’m sure you’ll love it.
Lengua in white sauce is one of my favorite dishes, the only problem is time constraint. It takes time to cook it.
Try using pork lengua, it’s softer.
I have never tried lengua in my entire life hehe Maybe it’s my wild imagination but I can’t imagine eating it haha
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MrsMartinez
Many people are having a hard time trying out Lengua but it’s really good, promise.
Aww I love mushroom. I admire that you can still cook a lot of delicious foods. We females are really super woman..
I try to and believe me, I really TRY!
This dish looks good but I don’t really see myself eating Lengua. I tend to imagine unpleasant stuff when it’s inside my mouth. Lol
LOL! Lengua is really good, Ruth.
I will definitely cook this recipe! Im sure my daughter and husband would love this!
I’m sure they would.
Wow! One of my favorite foods are lengua. The recipe looks easy. That lengua also looks very delicious!
Thanks TweenselMOm!
Looks easy to prepare. I will try making one at home. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
Allan (www.chemistdad.com)
you’re welcome!
It looks like it’s a busy time for you. It seems like your little bundle of joy is excited to taste your recipes that’s why she keeps moving.
hahaha.. maybe!
I have to ask our go-to meat seller at the market if pork lengua is available. I want to try this recipe. The only time I get to eat pork tongue is when we have lechon in the house.
I’m sure they have pork lengua.
OMG! I love lengua. My bestfriend’s mom cooks the best lengua ever. 🙂 Thanks for this. I will show it to the husband. 🙂
I hope he cooks it for you!
Lengua is one of my favorite dish but my dad hates it. So I ended up eating whenever there is fiesta lang 🙂
Awwww, why does your dad hate it?
every food that you post here makes me hungry and crave for one. looks like this one is easy to make.
Kayang-kaya mo yan Ria!
Virtual Extra Rice please… And a pitcher of Iced Tea. 🙂 It really looks delicious sis!!
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LOL! Thanks Mommy Mecheel!
As usual, its looks so yummy and appetizing. I never tried eating lengua but if it looks as yummy as this then I will eat 🙂
Thanks Mommy Maye. I’m sure daddy Allan can whip up a delicious Lengua dish!
Made me real hungry 10 folds. Love the presentation. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
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Thanks Ron!
That looks like really nice comfort food.. yummy!!!
It is specially with lots of steamed rice.
How I wish I can eat it?! Amazing like always, thanks Peachy 🙂
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You’re welcome!
I bet this one’s another yummy recipe!
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yes it is.
I am no fan of lengua, but this looks great. I can consider if you send some here. hehehe 🙂
Thanks January!
Looks yummy!!! I have never tried cooking lengua. Your post might just inspire me to whip one for tomorrow’s dinner!
So easy lang if you’re using pork.
Looks yummy as are your other recipes. I am not a real fan of lengua though… I keep imagining the ox’ tongue inside my mouth.
hahaha. I know what you’re thinking.
Lengua! My favorite ulam (although I can’t tell the difference between pork and beef lengua). My dad cooks lengua using the recipe for roast beef/pot roast. Its delicious too! 🙂
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Oh, I wanna try his recipe.
That looks delicious, its been a very long time since I have lengua though. Thanks for the recipe Sis, will try to make this sometime.
You’re welcome.
This look so good! I’m getting hungry just by looking at the photo. Thanks for the recipe Sis:)
You’re welcome Melgie!
That looks really really good. Amazing how you can stand the kitchen at this heat, and while you’re preggy too! Kudos! 🙂
Thanks Vera!
Looks really great! It seems easy enough for a noob like me to cook.
My laundry is piling up too. Anybody else can help you?
You’ll love it. yeah, my sister’s helping me.
You make cooking lengua so easy. Thank you for sharing/
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You’re welcome.