Does anyone ahve any traditional Native American recipes?

Question

I'm half Native American, and am looking for good, traditional foods that I can make. Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Mmm, my favorite frybread recipe:

1/2 tbsp. salt

3/4 cup milk

1 cup flour

2 tsp. baking powder

Mix ingredients, and add more flour as necessary. Roll out dough until it's thin, and cut into strips. Fry in cooking oil until it's brown on both sides. We like ours with honey.

If only I had my great-grandmother's biscuit recipe handy. :( Those biscuits....were a taste of heaven, believe me.

Answer 2

http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/natr...

There are lots of yummy recipes here including my favorite:

Chippewa Bannock

Answer 3

These are from some of my favorite recipes from the website below.

Title: Green Chile Balls

Categories: Native, Pixel





      2 lbs. pork, boiled until well-done

      2 lbs. boiled beef                

      3 cans chopped green chiles, or 1 doz. roasted green chiles, peeled & chopped fine

      1/2 c sugar

      1/2 c raisins

      2 eggs

      1/2 c flour

      2/3 c shortening

      2 sweet onions, chopped fine  



         Cool meat, put through grinder.  Fry onions; add meat, chiles, raisins and sugar.

  Mix thoroughly.  Cool mixture.  Separate egg yolks and whites.  Beat whites until very

  stiff, fold in beaten yolks, and spoon into a shallow dish.  With a little of the flour in one

  hand, shape meat-chile mixture into small, egg-shaped balls.  Roll in egg mixture until  

  thoroughly covered, lift gently with spoon and slip into heated fat (sizzling) in kettle.  

  Keep turning gently until golden brown.  Drain on paper.

  

  This food is served as a dessert for weddings and Feast Days in a number of Pueblo villages.

Title: Hopi Corn Stew

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      1 c  ground goat meat (or beef)            2 c  green corn, cut from cobs

      1 sm sweet green pepper, chopped      1 c  summer squash, cubed

      1 tb  whole wheat flour

             Salt (to taste)                            

                      



         Fry meat in a little fat (shortening or cooking oil) until brown.  Add

  rest of ingredients (except flour) and cover with water.  Simmer until vegetables

  are almost tender.  Stir 2 tb cooking water with 1 tb whole wheat flour, return

  to cook pot, simmer five more minutes while stirring.  Add blue corn meal

  dumplings if desired (recipe also on this website).

Title: Pueblo Corn Pudding

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    Servings:  3-4



      2 c green corn cut from cob              1     zucchini, diced fine

      2 tb  shelled sunflower seeds or        1     small sweet green pepper, diced fine

             shelled roasted pinon nuts,

             diced fine

                      



         Put all ingredients in blender or mash until milky, bring to boil and simmer

  until thick like pudding.  Serve hot with butter or chile sauce.

      Title: Santa Clara Bean Loaf

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      4 c  cooked mashed frijoles, or          1 c  soft bread crumbs

            dried limas, with 1/2 c bean      1/2 c  sunflower seeds (or chopped nuts)

            liquid                                         1     bell pepper, chopped

     1     medium onion, chopped              2     tomatoes, minced

     1     egg, beaten                                1 t  salt            

   1/4 t  pepper                                     1/4 t  mustard powder                



         Mix all ingredients thoroughly.  Pack into greased loaf pan and bake at

  350 degrees for 45 minutes or until firm.  Cool in pan 10 minutes, turn out loaf

  and slice thick.  Serve with red or green chile sauce (or catsup).

      Title: Indian Fry Bread

Categories: Ethnic, Native, Breads, Native amer, Pixel

      Yield: 1 batch



      3 c  Flour                                    Enough cooking oil for pan

    1/2 ts Salt                            1 1/4 ts Baking powder

  1 1/3 c  Warm water                    



  Mix flour, baking powder and salt.  Add warm water and knead until dough

  is soft, not sticky.  Stretch and pat dough until thin.  Tear off one

  piece at a time; poke a hole in the center.  Drop into skillet of hot

  cooking oil.  Brown on both sides.  Serve hot.  Very good with honey or

  dusted with powdered sugar.  Makes delicious hamburger buns and is great

  as a taco shell.

Answer 4

Yeah, it's American Indian. No one calls them "Native Reservations". We've been Indians for 500 years. The PC term whites use to make them selves feel better implies that we are Americans. Well, we're not. American Indians gives a geographical description of where we're from.

Answer 5

first of all what are you as far as tribes go? i can tell you mine but i'm not sure you'll like them. i love them but that's only because i grew up around it. pinenut soup. salmon steaks. buffalo burger not pulled but like a hamburger type.tea. never ever use sage as an ingredient, it's meant for blessing not eating.