My driver pointed out the obvious yesterday as we were in the goat store. We also tried their Kinilaw na kambing (goat). Kinilaw means “kinain” na “hilaw”. So it is joining two words. Eaten Raw is the rough translation in english.
It seems the raw goat we had in the store is made from the goat they didn’t sell the previous day, which makes it less fresh, or I could be wrong. To make sure your kinilaw is fresh, make it yourself!
I made a previous post regarding kinilaw of fish. Same thing with goats. But goat meat needs to be grilled lightly first. There’s no escaping it. The process of removing the hair from the goat requires the goat body be dunked in boiling water and blasted with fire. But the muscles and the internal organs are still raw.
We chose the kinilaw goat which seemed yummy. The ones with the tiny diced ginger.
Vinegar is used to clean the meat. It is the calamansi that “cooks” the meat.