Meat
Tongue
Tongue of Yak becomes silky after long simmer and peeling. Slice for sandwiches and cold platters. Cook yak tongue to temperature when thickness varies, rest before carving, and add fat or sauce if lean. Grilling, stewing, and dried meat show the cut’s strengths. Match heat to collagen—fast sear for tender muscle, long moist heat for hard-working joints.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 19.1 g
- Saturated Fat 5.27 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5.12 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.94 g
- Cholesterol 86.6 mg
- Sodium 62.3 mg
- Salt 0.16 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 20.1 g
- Water 60.1 g
- Energy 231 kcal
- Water 60.1 g
- Protein 20.1 g
- Fat 19.1 g
- Saturated Fat 5.27 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 5.12 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.94 g
- Omega-3 0.09 g
- Trans Fat 0.2 g
- Vitamins 38.3 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.17 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 4.57 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.49 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.47 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 2.9 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 9.2 µg
- Vitamin B12 — Cobalamin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin D 0.2 µg
- Vitamin E 0.34 mg
- Vitamin K 1.7 µg
- Minerals 424 mg
- Major Minerals 422 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.16 g
- Cholesterol 86.6 mg
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-b12-cobalamin: 1.2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.07 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.17 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 4.57 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.49 · vitamin-b6: 0.47 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 2.9 · vitamin-b9-folate: 9.2 · vitamin-d: 0.2 · vitamin-e: 0.34 · vitamin-k: 1.7 ·
Minerals
Tongue is a fatty muscle with rich collagen when slow-cooked.
History
Butchers charted tongue of yak as cookery specialised by muscle and joint.
Retail packing standardised tongue portions of yak for home kitchens.
Ready-to-cook tongue packs of yak expanded for convenience cooking.