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Poached Pig Tongue Over Organic Greens

It's like French kissing a pig, but, you know? Not super gross...unless you're into that sorta thing. by Marla Sarris, updated November 6, 2016 Posted on November 21, 2014

Paleo Recipe Poached Pig Tongue Salad
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Marla Sarris is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo, a 200HR Certified Yoga Instructor, a Certified Personal Trainer, Studio Manager & Barre Instructor at The Dailey Method, Studio Manager, Trainer & Small Group Fitness Instructor at RE Cryo + Legit Fit, as well as the Executive Producer of Minimalism. After tirelessly dedicating six years to teaching Mathematics at one of the top High Schools in the nation, she left her all-consuming career in pursuit of a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. She continues to indulge her passion for teaching through Paleo Porn.

As we’ve reduced our carbohydrate (sugar) consumption while focussing on a ketogenic Paleo diet, Jeff & I have been working to integrate more organ meats into regular rotation. You may think that includes tongue, but tongue isn’t an organ meat.

Tongue is actually muscle meat. Comparable to roasts, short ribs and steak. It’s not really an organ at all, but you’ll usually find it mixed in with the organs at your local butcher or under the organ meat heading when shopping online.

Poached Pig Tongue SaladPoached Pig Tongue Salad

Tongue is one of those cuts of meat that people have stopped enjoying, which is really a shame because tongue is just as tasty and nutritious as other cuts of muscle meat.

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If you can find it, you should definitely grab it, as it’s likely to be much cheaper than other cuts of meat, due to the lower demand.

Because it’s muscle meat, you can do all the things with tongue that you would do with any other muscle meat. That means you can put it on top of salad, include it as the protein in Paleo Tacos, or stuff it in squash. The options are as limitless as your imagination.

You’ll notice I made a Big Ass Salad, topped with just a few slices of pork tongue and that’s the way it should be.

The Paleo Pyramid

In the Paleo nutritional pyramid, veggies make up the largest section on the bottom and for us that means I prepare at least one salad a day with meat, not the other way around.

Meat has a lot of vital nutrients to offer, but you still need the anti-oxidants and phytochemicals you can only get from vegetables. Don’t make the mistake of assuming cavemen ate nothing but giant pig haunches, because it’s just not true.

Poached Pig Tongue Salad

Poached Pig Tongue Over Organic Greens

Yield: 2 Servings

Ingredients

  • 12 ounces pig tongue
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1 carrot, peeled & sliced
  • 1 onion, quartered + 1 cup, chopped
  • 6 black peppercorns
  • 6 allspice berries
  • 1 sprig fresh rosemary
  • 3 stems fresh parsley + more for garnish
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 3 cups organic greens
  • 1 cup purple cabbage, chopped
  • 1 orange bell pepper, sliced
  • 1 avocado, chopped
  • coarse ground sea salt, to taste
  • olive oil, to taste
  • apple cider vinegar, to taste

Directions

  1. Add the pig tongue, cloves, sliced carrot and quartered onion to a 3 quart saucepan and cover with water by 2-inches. Place the pan over medium-low heat and bring to a boil.
  2. Skim any scum off the cooking liquid and add peppercorns, allspice berries, rosemary, parsley, garlic and bay leaf. Simmer, partially covered, until the tongue is tender (~2 hours).
  3. Transfer the tongue to a plate and as soon as you can stand the heat, starting from the back or throat end of the tongue use a sharp knife to peel the first layer of skin off. Peel the skin all the way to the tip, then remove any bumpy impressions, fat or gristle from the back and underside and discard. Note: If you find any bones, discard them as well.
  4. Place the peeled tongue back in the cooking liquid and leave to cool. Poached tongue can be refrigerated for 3-4 days in the cooking liquid.
  5. Add organic greens, purple cabbage, sliced pepper and avocado in a large mixing bowl. Season with sea salt, olive oil and apple cider and toss to coat.
  6. Plate the salad and top with sliced, diced or julienned pieces of poached pork tongue. You can also serve the tongue as tacos or as a sandwich with mustard.
  7. Enjoy! :)

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Marla Sarris is the founder of Paleo Porn, co-author of Pigskin Paleo, a 200HR Certified Yoga Instructor, a Certified Personal Trainer, Studio Manager & Barre Instructor at The Dailey Method, Studio Manager, Trainer & Small Group Fitness Instructor at RE Cryo + Legit Fit, as well as the Executive Producer of Minimalism. After tirelessly dedicating six years to teaching Mathematics at one of the top High Schools in the nation, she left her all-consuming career in pursuit of a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. She continues to indulge her passion for teaching through Paleo Porn.

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