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Sheep's tongue

Sheep's tongue is sheep tongue meat, usually simmered and served sliced or in stews.

Sheep's tongue — illustrative ingredient image

About Sheep's tongue

Sheep’s tongue is the tongue muscle of a sheep, prepared as an edible cut of offal. It is most often simmered or braised until tender, then peeled and served sliced, chilled, or incorporated into stews, salads, sandwiches, and mixed-offal dishes. It is a compact, tapered organ rather than a general category of sheep offal.

Cooking produces a dense, tender texture that can be firmer than many other braised cuts. The raw tongue has a coarse outer surface that is removed after cooking, while the peeled interior is more uniform. Flavour and firmness vary with the cooking method and whether it is served plain or in a combined preparation.

Sheep’s tongues may be sold raw, salted, pickled, or cooked. Preparation commonly includes trimming, simmering, cooling, and peeling before slicing. These steps change the appearance from a coarse, tapered raw piece to smooth sliced portions; salting, pickling, and cooking also alter texture and flavour.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Sheep's tongue

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Sheep's tongue nutrition & diet

Sheep's tongue nutritional value

Reference: Tongue, sheep, meat only, stewed

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the stated reference food.

Calories
289kcal
Protein
18.2g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
24.0g

Reference example for the named food and preparation, per 100 g edible portion. This is not a universal value for every recipe or brand; packaged products should be compared with their own label. CoFID 2021 food code 18-427. Carbohydrate follows the dataset’s available-carbohydrate convention. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/.

Portions & preparation

Use the peeled, cooked tongue portion actually served, since raw tongue, simmered tongue, and sliced preparations differ in trimming and texture. Boiling, braising, smoking, sauces, and accompanying bread or vegetables should be recorded separately from the plain meat.

Compare the right form: Reference should match sheep tongue, preferably specifying raw or peeled cooked form and whether attached tissue or sauce remains.

Diet considerations

Sheep tongue is animal-derived. Plain tongue contains no cereal ingredient by identity, but compatibility changes with smoking, curing, sauces, bread, grains, dairy, eggs, or mixed-meat dishes. Distinguish freshly simmered tongue from processed or coated preparations and account for the served sliced portion.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 — Tongue, sheep, meat only, stewed ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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