kappukan a.k.a. ataata: great ilokano raw meat dish a.k.a. kilawen

Kappukan or ataata is really that great Ilokano dish of raw meat, the most preferred is of course beef, but some love carabao meat or carabeef as well, and goat meat, too. And here are some photographs that could at the very least serve as a proof--just by looking at these delicious photographs won't satisfy your want and craving but what the heck, the eyes, and the mind, can feast as well:

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More meat dishes:

• Kappukan nga addaan silet, raw beef with tripes
• Pinapaitan a kalding, goat intestines stew
• Imbaliktad soup
• Pinapaitan, the really bitter original innards stew 
• Kilawen a kalding, goat skin, meat, and liver "salad"

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pinapaitan, sinanglaw: favorite ilokano meat dish bitter and/or sour(ed) soups

Here are some delicious (to ogle, reminisce, crave for, and contemplate upon) photographs of Ilokano favorite meat dishes and essentials, of pinapaitan, sinanglaw and variations and versions.

Pinapaitan a kalding.

Pinapaitan/sinanglaw a kalding.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a kalding.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a nuang.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a nuang.

Pinapaitan/sinanglaw a baka.

Pinapaitan a kalding.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a nuang.

Sinanglaw.

Sinanglaw.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Pinapaitan a baka.

Sinanglaw.

Sinanglaw.

Sinanglaw.

For more Ilokano meat dishes, you can follow Ilokano Food page on Facebook and enjoy more sumptuous photos of  pinapaitan, sinanglaw, imbaliktad and others!

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More meat soup dishes:

• Pinapaitan a kalding, goat intestines stew
• Imbaliktad soup
• Pinapaitan, the really bitter original innards stew 
• Kilawen a kalding, goat skin, meat, and liver "salad"

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pinapaitan a kalding, goat intestines stew

This is goat intestine stewed, literally, with its own juice--the extract of the masticated grass inside the intestines. It's a savory, bitter soup favored by Ilokanos. And goat's is prized for this kind of exotic dish, called "pinapaitan", aside from that of beef or carabao (water buffalo). It's not really an exotic one as this is so common in the Philippines especially in the Ilocos region, or where the Ilokano people have settled for good.

Cooking this kind of exotic dish (well, a delicacy of some sort) is simple as doing the usual pinapaitan. Just boil it. Until tender enough. Spice it with lots of onions, garlic, ginger, black pepper. Add some meat and liver pieces. Optionally, you can add a little sourness like that of pias or salamagi.

Now here's the boiled and tenderized whole intestine being cut into bite pieces:

Gorgeous!

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More pinapaitan and kalding tales:

• Imbaliktad soup
• Pinapaitan, the really bitter original innards stew 
• Kilawen a kalding, goat skin, meat, and liver "salad"

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kilawen a kalding, goat skin, meat, and liver "salad"

This is "kilawen a kalding" ("kilawing kambing" in Tagalog) or goat's singed/burnt skin and grilled meat and liver chopped and spiced and made into a kind of "salad." An Ilokano dish, it is kind of "exotic" to others but is a popular goat dish throughout the Philippines. What's distinctly Ilokano about it is that Ilokano folks, used to bitterness, err, bitter food, usually season it with the goat's bile or the pespes (extract of the undigested grass) itself.

Let's take a look at the mystery of this authentic Ilokano delicacy... Here's the goat's skin/hide, its hair singed, cleaned, this is slightly boiled to tenderize the hide:

And this is the meat and the liver, slightly grilled and so it's succulent and sweet:

Chopping time!

Chopped goat goodies:

And spiced with onions, ginger, salt, some vinegar (calamansi juice is more preferred), chili if you prefer it really spicy, and pour in some bile or pespes and thoroughly mix the whole lot and it's ready. This is the best for pulutan or finger food for drinks!

Related dish:

• Pinapaitan, the really bitter original innards stew

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