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Goat meat

Capra aegagrus hircusAlso called chevon, cabrito, capretto and kid

Goat meat is sold whole or frozen. Cooks bake, boil, simmer, braise, grill, or stew it, and may also serve it raw.

  • Meat
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Family
Bovidae
Cooked most in
Asia, Africa, Europe
Top country
Indonesia
Goat meat, cut

Photo: Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use goat meat

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Boil simmer
  • Braise
  • Grill
  • Raw
  • Stew

Cooking with it

Ribs, loin and tenderloin suit quick cooking; other cuts benefit from a long braise. Cook goat gently and slowly to keep it moist and tender.

Shopping

Choosing and storing goat meat

Sold as
Frozen, Whole

Around the world

Where goat meat is cooked

24 dishes in the catalogue use goat meat. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list goat meat among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with goat meat

21 of the 24 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Matang satay

    Indonesia

  • Lula kebab

    Central Asia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

  • Goat meat pepper soup

    Nigeria

  • Kolkata biryani

  • Kissuto rombo

    Angola

  • Derf

  • Kun

    Türkiye

  • Klatak Satay

    Indonesia

  • Isi ewu

    Nigeria

  • Kuah beulangong

    Indonesia

  • Suya

    Nigeria

  • Tongseng

    Indonesia

  • Nasi kebuli

    Indonesia

  • Lalat satay

    Indonesia

  • Sate buntel

    Indonesia

  • Tegal satay

    Indonesia

  • Sate kambing

    Indonesia

  • Tengkleng

    Indonesia

  • Gulai Balak

  • Delhi biryani

  • Memoni biryani

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include goat meat.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: goat meat in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
From: meatChecked and not found: egg, fish, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
meat

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What goat meat is called

Names in 47 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    carne de cabra · carne de chivo · cabrito · Capra aegagrus hircus

  • French

    viande de chèvre · viande caprine · viande de chevreau · viande de cabri

  • Italian

    carne di capra

  • Portuguese

    carne de cabra · carne caprina · carne de bode · Capra aegagrus hircus

  • German

    Ziegenfleisch · Kitzfleisch

  • Dutch

    geitenvlees

  • Greek

    Κατσικίσιο κρέας

  • Turkish

    Keçi eti

  • Russian

    козлятина

  • Arabic

    لحم الماعز

  • Persian

    گوشت بز

  • Hebrew

    בשר עז

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  • Afrikaans

    Bokvleis

  • Akan

    aponkye

  • Aragonese

    Carne de craba

  • Armenian

    Այծի միս

  • Azerbaijani

    Keçi əti

  • Bangla

    ছাগলের মাংস

  • Basque

    ahuntz haragi · antxume haragi · ahuntz okela · ahuntz-haragi

  • Belarusian

    казляціна

  • Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)

    казьляціна · казьлінае мяса

  • Bosnian

    Kozetina · Jaretina

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    carne de cabra · carne de bode · carne caprina · Capra aegagrus hircus

  • Catalan

    carn de cabrit

  • Chinese

    山羊肉

  • Czech

    kozí maso

  • Esperanto

    kapraĵo

  • Estonian

    kitseliha

  • Finnish

    vuohenliha

  • Hausa

    naman akuya

  • Hungarian

    kecskehús

  • Inari Sami

    kaaicâvuástá

  • Indonesian

    daging kambing

  • Japanese

    ヤギ肉

  • Javanese

    Iwak wedhus

  • Korean

    염소고기

  • Latin

    Caprina

  • Malay

    Daging kambing

  • Malayalam

    ആട്ടിൻ മാംസം

  • Mari

    каза шыл

  • Serbian

    јаретина

  • Simplified Chinese

    山羊肉

  • Sindhi

    حلوان

  • sje

    gájtsabärrgo

  • Slovenian

    kozje meso

  • Swedish

    getkött

  • Tamil

    ஆட்டிறைச்சி · ஆட்டுக்கறி · ஆட்டூண்

  • Ukrainian

    козяче м'ясо

  • Venetian

    carne de càvara

  • Vietnamese

    thịt dê

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q449506

Photos

Photo: Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons