Sunday, January 1, 2023

Chiton (kibet chicharon)



chiton /tsi-tón/ Tagalog [Quezon province] fried snack; dw Eng. chiton [sea mollusk with oval flattened body covered with a shell of overlapping plates] [n.chiton crackling;  a crisp fried meat of chiton.


Other common name: 

  • a.k.a. kibet chicharon  in Tagalog-Quezon

Chiton is pronounced as /kháy-ton/ in English, and /tsi-tón/ in Tagalog. In Quezon, kibet refers to raw or the processed meat of the mollusks, but when fried into chicharon, it is called chiton by the locals.

Chiton is a Tagalog-Quezonian [Quezon province] delicacy, also known as kibet chicharon in Tagalog-Quezon. It is a crisp fried meat of kibet, known in English as chiton (Chiton densiliratus), a kind of oval flattened sea mollusk with (Read more...

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