[Recipe] Lengua Picante (Spicy Beef Tongue)

To boil the tongue

• 2 lengua (beef tongue) (lengua de vaca, cow tongue, ox tongue)
• 1 teaspoon oregano (dry, ground)
• 2½ teaspoons salt
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ teaspoon peppercorns

To make the sauce

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 large red onion cut into strips
• 3 cloves garlic crushed
• 2 bell pepper cut into strips
• 1 large carrot sliced
• 12 pitted green olives sliced
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper cut into slices (optional)
• 6 large tomato cut into cubes
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 3 sprigs cilantro
• 1 teaspoon salt (or more, to taste)
• 1½ teaspoons pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground) (or more, to taste)