Kilawin or Kilawen is a Filipino dish of chopped or sliced meats, poultry, seafood, or vegetables typically eaten as an appetizer before a meal, or as finger food with alcoholic drinks.

[1] Kilawin is commonly associated with the Ilocano dish "kilawen a kalding" (Tagalog: kilawing kambing), lightly grilled goat meat traditionally eaten with papaít, a bittering agent usually of bile or chyme extracted from the internal organs of the animal.

Filipino: "kilaw" (or "quilao") and Hiligaynon: "hilao" meaning "to eat (raw)" also include cognates such as kinilaw, kilayen, kinilnat, kulao, kulawo, kelaguen.

Pedro de San Buenaventura selected the word “adobo” in the 16th century for kilaw which was a mixture of salt, palm vinegar, and chili pepper into which was put meat until it was tenderized.

[8] In Northern Luzon, particularly among the Ilocanos, a variety of raw or lightly grilled meats, including beef, carabao, chicken, fish, goat, pork (or boar), shellfish, and venison, are commonly prepared as kilawin or kilawen.