Kilawing Kambing Recipe (Chopped Goatskin Kilawin)

Kilawing Kambing or Chopped Goatskin Kilawin is a Filipino appetizer dish wherein boiled and chopped goatskin is marinated in a mixture of vinegar, onion, ginger, spicy chili, and other spices. This dish is served along with the marinade, which eventually turns-out as the sauce of this dish.

This dish can also be called as kinilawnakambing or kambingkilawin. It is commonly served as a pulutan along with either beer or liquor. This can also be paired with warm white rice and eaten for lunch or dinner. It is one of my favorite recipes involving goat.

I was fortunate to source prepared goatskin from a local grocery store in Metro Manila. This was during my vacation a few of weeks ago. The skin was already torched and the meat was also removed. Torching the skin of the goat is a usual practice to quickly get rid of the hair. All I had to do was to boil the skin to make it tender.

The vinegar and other ingredients were combined in a plastic mixing bowl and the finely chopped goatskin was added in the middle of the process. Salt and pepper is added at the end and this will depend on your liking – let your taste buds decide. Try to not use metal or aluminum bowl if you are dealing with vinegar since it can cause a chemical reaction. You can use either plastic, glass, or melamine bowls.