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Birrieria Chivo de Oro

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218 S. Flower St. Santa Ana CA 92703

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  • Mexican
    $$ $$
    cash
  • Takeout
    Dinner, Lunch
    None
  • Not Accepted
    No Parking
Description

Get your goat on! The kind cooks here collect the chivo drippings into a powerful amber-colored consommé, oily and spiked with chile, presented to you steaming in a bowl with the birria de chivo on the side in a cup that jolts with the liquefied power of goat. The goat meat itself is presented simply: rubbed with chile, cooked so the top of the meat is crisped à la carnitas, the inside ruddy, gamy, covered with sheets of yellow fat that slowly melt. Cilantro, onions, lime wedges and two salsas (one smoky, another with a curious vinegar kick) are also on the side, but the birria really doesn't need any more flavor: you'll reek of goat for the rest of the day, and you'll love it.








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  • Birrieria Chivo de Oro Is the Golden Goat

    Birrieria Chivo de Oro Is the Golden Goat

    Thu, June 30, 2011

    Poor Jeff Overley. He's a good reporter for The Orange County Register who usually covers Newport Beach, but also contributes posts for the paper's Food Frenzy blog. A couple of weeks ago, Overley wrote a post titled "Please, foodies, don't be... More »

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