What Is Tripe and How Can I Use It?
If tripe has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 22 recipes to try it in.
What is tripe?
Beef tripe comes from the first and second stomachs of the beef. It is sold fresh, pickled, canned, or precooked. Tripe requires plenty of cooking to become tender.
There are four types of tripe: the fat part of the belly which is usually sold precooked, and three types of honeycomb tripe which come from the second stomach (partially honey-combed, dark, and light).
Fresh tripe should be trimmed, washed, soaked overnight, and blanched in salted water for 30 minutes. It should be cooked slowly over low heat for 12 hours.
Most tripe sold today is precooked and only requires 1 to 2 hours cooking.
| In Chinese: | 肚 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | tripes | |
| en español: | callos |
Recipes using tripe
There are 22 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Tripe Spicy Batter
Tripe spicy batter: precooked tripe dipped in a zesty white-wine batter spiked with garlic, chili, and Greek gyros seasoning, then fried crisp and golden. Crunchy fritters to dunk in tartar sauce or mayo.
Spicy Tripe & Beans
Completely different recipe than Jamaican or Spanish ones. I used few known methods to make beans easier to digest. They all work very well not to make music.
Kuttle Soup From Tessin
Swiss kuttle soup from Ticino: a rustic Alpine tripe soup with carrots, leeks, celeriac, cabbage, bacon, red wine, and parmesan. Old-country comfort food at its most honest.
Menudo
Menudo, the traditional Mexican tripe and hominy soup simmered with toasted ancho chiles, garlic, and cilantro. Serve with lime wedges for a smoky, soul-warming bowl.
Famous Philadelphia Pepper Pot
Philadelphia pepper pot is the legendary Revolutionary War-era soup of tripe, calves feet, red pepper, herbs, and potatoes. A heritage colonial stew that fed Washington's army at Valley Forge.
Menudo Blanco Sonorense
Traditional Sonoran white menudo with tender tripe, calf's foot, and flowered hominy in a rich broth served with lime, cilantro, and chile toppings.
Andouille Sausage with Tripe
Pork sausage with tripe and chitterlings and no less than 10 spices and even more seasonings.
Favourite Philadelphia Pepper Pot
Philadelphia pepper pot, the historic peppery tripe-and-veal soup of Colonial America. Slow-simmered with potatoes and pot herbs, fired up with cayenne, and dotted with tiny marble-sized suet dumplings.
Favourite Philadelphia Pepper Pot
Philadelphia pepper pot, the historic peppery tripe-and-veal soup of Colonial America. Slow-simmered with potatoes and pot herbs, fired up with cayenne, and dotted with tiny marble-sized suet dumplings.
Menudo Estilo Norteno
Menudo estilo norteno with honeycomb tripe, calf's foot, hominy, and toasted ancho chiles simmered for hours. An authentic Northern Mexican hangover soup with deep chile heat.
Skembe Yahni (Tripe Stew)
Greek-style tripe stew simmered for hours in a tomato paste, white wine, and butter sauce with onions and parsley. Serve with pilaf for a traditional Mediterranean comfort meal.
Menudo(Tripe Stew)
Traditional menudo style tripe stew with egg-thickened broth, sauteed onions, and tender simmered tripe. A heritage Mexican-American comfort stew passed down through generations.
Andouille Sausage Making
Hand-chopped pork seasoned with garlic, bay leaves, and warm spices, stuffed into casings, then hickory-smoked for authentic Cajun andouille from scratch.
Crockpot Menudo
Crockpot menudo, the traditional Mexican tripe and hominy soup made easy in the slow cooker. Tender tripe, posole, chile, and a calf's foot simmer all day into a rich, deeply savory bowl.
Mondongo Elegante - Elegant Tripe
Mondongo elegante simmers tripe and pigs' feet in a tomato-wine sauce with ham, capers, and olives. The dressed-up Caribbean-Spanish take on traditional tripe stew.
Busecca Ticinese (Tripe Soup with Garlic Bread) Ticino
A traditional Swiss-Italian tripe soup from Ticino with borlotti beans, carrots, leeks, celery, and Parmesan, served alongside broiled Gruyere garlic bread. Hearty, rustic, and warming.
Philadelphia Pepper Pot Soup
Philadelphia pepper pot soup with ham, leeks, onions, celery, tomatoes, rice, and bouillon, seasoned with pepper and simmered until the vegetables are tender. A quick, hearty American colonial-era soup.
Callaloo Cookup
Hearty Caribbean callaloo cookup loaded with tender beef, coconut milk, taro greens, and rice simmered in one pot with a fiery habanero kick. A true island comfort bowl!
Menudo (Tripe)
Menudo is a beloved Mexican tripe and hominy soup with garlic, chili powder, and a touch of brown sugar. A simplified weekday version of the iconic Sunday cure-all.
Hominy Beans Menudo
Menudo with hominy: tender tripe and pork knuckle simmered with chili powder, cumin, oregano, and garlic, then finished with whole hominy. The traditional Mexican Sunday-morning soup.
Tripe Florentine
Tender strips of tripe slow-braised in tomato sauce with red wine, garlic, herbs, and a hit of lemon zest, finished with freshly grated Parmesan. A rustic Italian classic served over pasta.
Baked Tripe
Vinegar-marinated tripe layered with sauteed mushrooms, onions, tomato sauce, and breadcrumbs, then baked into a hearty casserole. An Irish classic for adventurous home cooks.
