Cabrito

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'''''Cabrito''''' ({{IPA|es|kaˈβɾito|lang|Cabrito.ogg}}) is the name in both Spanish and Portuguese for roast goat kid in various Iberian and Latin American cuisines.

==Argentina== ''Cabrito'' is eaten in the Córdoba Province in Argentina, especially the town of Quilino, which has a festival in its honour. "Chivito" differs from "cabrito" in that chivito is a slightly older animal with less tender meat. The chivito has already begun to eat solid foods, whereas the cabrito is still a suckling.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taco Chronicles Episode 3 - Google Search |url=https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11ljtjz4s8&hl=en-US&q=Episode+3 |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=www.google.com}}</ref>

==Mexico== It is also associated with the city of Monterrey, Mexico, and the surrounding state of Nuevo Leon, based on the Spanish cuisine of the founders of the city.

In northern Mexico and South Texas ''cabrito'' is cooked in a variety of ways:

* ''Cabrito al pastor'': The best-known and perhaps most popular form. The whole carcass is opened flat and impaled on a spit. The spit is then placed next to a bed of glowing embers and roasted slowly in the open air without seasonings other than the light scent it will absorb from the slow-burning charcoal. * ''Cabrito al horno'' (oven-roasted cabrito): Toasted slowly in an oven at low temperatures. A number of variants of this preparation have emerged, including some elaborate processes that involve applying seasonings and covering the cooking meat at specific times to produce the desired flavour and juiciness. * ''Cabrito en salsa'' (cabrito in sauce): The animal is cut into portions, browned in oil and braised in a tomato-based sauce with onions, garlic and green chilies, and other seasonings until tender. * ''Cabrito en sangre'' (cabrito in blood), sometimes ''fritada de cabrito'': A less common preparation in which the blood of the animal is collected when it is slaughtered and it becomes the basis for the sauce that the goat is braised in, along with the animal's liver, kidneys, and heart, and other seasonings. The end product is tender cabrito in a rich, very dark sauce.

==Portugal and Brazil== In Portuguese, the name ''cabrito'' is used for a goat kid (not just roasted) in Northeast Region, Brazil, especially in the Sertão Nordestino and in Portugal. The goat being about 3 months old is slow-cooked over a charcoal fire for about eight hours, turning it every 15-20 minutes. In certain parts of Portugal, ''cabrito'' dishes are traditionally served on special ceremonies, namely on weddings and Christmas.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nunes |first=Naidea |date=2019 |title=A identidade sociocultural e linguística madeirense através da memória da 'Festa' e dos arraiais religiosos e populares no contexto das mobilidades e do turismo |url=https://repositorio.ul.pt/handle/10451/42061 |journal=Memória e Identidade Insular: Religiosidade, Festividades e Turismo nos Arquipélagos da Madeira e Açores |pages=337–356}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Os alimentos nos rituais familiares portugueses (1850-1950) |url=https://scholar.googleusercontent.com/scholar?q=cache:8H5VntvPZaoJ:scholar.google.com/+cabrito+assado+natal&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=scholar.googleusercontent.com}}</ref>

== United States == Goat is little eaten in the United States, due to a reputation of the animals as dirty and for the odour released during the mating season. Cabrito, eaten in Tex-Mex versions along the Rio Grande border are a rare exception.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hooker |first=Richard J |title=Food and Drink in America: A History |publisher=The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. |year=1981 |isbn=0-672-52681-6 |location=Indianapolis, Indiana and New York |pages=338–339}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kittler |first=Pamela Goyan |title=Encyclopedia of Food and Culture |publisher=Charles Scribner’s Sons |year=2003 |isbn=0-684-80566-9 |editor-last=Katz |editor-first=Solomon H |series=Scribner Library of Daily Life |volume=2 |location=New York |pages=137}}</ref> In the US, cabrito is produced in various methods of barbecue. The name is also used by goat herders for a range of products they make from their animals, including sausages and jerky.<ref name=":0" />

==See also== {{portal|Food }} * List of goat dishes * List of Mexican dishes

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Category:Argentine meat dishes Category:Brazilian cuisine Category:Mexican meat dishes Category:Cuisine of Nuevo León Category:Goat dishes