Lithuanian beef tongue salad
A Lithuanian salad: cooked beef tongue, diced into julienne, celeriac, sour pickles, and hard-boiled eggs, seasoned with lemon and oil.
This salad is a classic of Belgian cuisine. It’s perfect for a light meal or as a side dish to a main course.
Ingredients and directions
- Prep time30 min
- Cook time10 min
- Resting20 min
- Total1 hr
- DifficultyEasy
- CostBudget
- Cooking methodsalad
- Estimated cost$10.83 $2.71 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
Ingredients
people
- $9.53
- $0.21
- $0.02
- $0.13
- $0.40
- $0.54
Prices from US supermarkets for 3 of 6 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.
Directions
- Boil the tongue in salted water with spices. Refresh it in cold water, peel it, and cut it into thin strips.
- Boil the celeriac and chop it into small pieces.
- Dice the pickles and hard-boiled eggs, reserving some of the eggs for decoration. ≈ 8 min
- Combine all ingredients and drizzle with lemon juice and oil. ≈ 4 min
- Garnish with chopped eggs and parsley. ≈ 2 min
- You can substitute the oil with mayonnaise or sour cream, which are richer options. ≈ 3 min
The bill
Lithuanian beef tongue salad
- 500 g of cooked beef tongue$9.53
- 100 g of celeriac$0.21
- 2 tablespoons of lemon juice$0.02
- 2 tablespoons of oil$0.13
- 1 hard-boiled egg$0.40
- parsley$0.54
Total$10.83
that's $2.71 per person
Estimated price; varies by store.
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