Native American recipes?

bump! ( I made fry bread the other day lol)

I make tacos with my fry bread. Just top with what you would normally put in a taco to make fry bread a meal.

Fry bread is wonderful- I tasted it for the first time on vacation in Arizona and just had to get the recipe. It is a favorite of the whole family now. There has to be some other yummy recipes out there? Sorry I can't help with more! My great grandma was Cherokee but I have no idea what she cooked, she was in her late 90's when I was very young, 4 or 5. I will have to ask my mom if she remembers anything.

Hmm, I looked up fry bread. Seems pretty much the same as a tortilla except not quite shaped the same.

Made a quick call to my mom and she said succotash (lima beans, corn and onion and ham or bacon to flavor) (do some people add squash to this too?), bean cakes (these are cornmeal and brown beans, can be fried or boiled), the usual wild game: deer, rabbit, squirrel and hickory nut cake. Greens picked fresh, like poke and dandelion and sassafras tea. Most of these I make today, I haven't tried the succotash or bean cakes and thought of all the others as just country folk food. My mom taught me what greens to pick and when quite early and my husband and son take care of the wild game, my 11 year old got his 1st deer last year. My husband was clearing a wooded piece of land for cattle grazing recently and when I went to check it out I smelled a distinctive smell- it was sassafras, which is a tree. I asked him if he uprooted sassafras and he said it was everywhere, there was tons of it (I made sure he left quite a bit), so I grabbed a bunch to make tea with. The stuff is free in our woods and pricey to buy! Just like purslane and chickweed, things most people spray with weed killer. Hickory nuts are the devil to crack, but I do remember my grandma's cake. We have a large hickory nut tree on our property but I refuse to crack them and besides the wildlife love them. I am trying to get persimmon trees started but no luck yet. I bought some at the grocery store and they were HORRIBLE- felt ripe, but tasted bitter. In case you have never tasted or heard of a persimmon, when they are unripe they are very, very bitter, you eat one and it will literally pucker your mouth up. My cousin and I used to dare each other to see who could stand to eat the most! My best friend in school would get a kick at coming to my house and eating "weeds"! There are a lot of edible plants in your backyard! One more reason not to go spraying everything with chemicals (besides the bees!)

Google it. I got lots of hits. This one looked like it had quite a bit of variety:

http://www.ocbtracker.com/ladypixel/natrec1.html

Also, look for recipes for foods that originated in the western hemisphere such as: corn, squash & pumpkins, beans, quinoa, sweet potatoes, blueberries, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, peanuts, avocados, wild rice, CHOCOLATE, COFFEE ...:flowerforyou:

Oh, thanks so much - really looking forward to trying some of these!

...but fried bread is not really a whole food lol...beans, nuts, squashes anybody? the bread didn't even come about until reservations and rations came into play...im not saying i wouldn't eat an INDIAN TACO RIGHT NOW LMAO...but really now...how many calories and stuff is in a taco native style? hmmmmmmm...thinking.....???:noway:

Nevermarried, do you have any recipes you can recommend then? Even just for the ethnic food, not so much health lol. My husband is from South Dakota and grew up near reservations, but I have no idea how to make any Native American food. I am sure he would love a recipe or two.

Pumpkin or squash stuffed with wild rice, sauteed onions or leeks, ground beef, mushrooms, garlic, it's a modern adaption of a Chippewa recipe that used venison, wild leeks, etc.

This sounds yummy. I don't have a native American heritage, but DH does. We've both had an interest in native culture and foods for a long time. Your recipe idea is something I'd like to play with. It sounds like perfect fall food.

...but fried bread is not really a whole food lol...beans, nuts, squashes anybody? the bread didn't even come about until reservations and rations came into play...im not saying i wouldn't eat an INDIAN TACO RIGHT NOW LMAO...but really now...how many calories and stuff is in a taco native style? hmmmmmmm...thinking.....???:noway:

Fried bread is a splurge for me! Every time I cook it I think about those pesky calories so I just make a smallish one with a little meat and lots of beans and veggies! I tried my first at a native restaurant somewhere outside the Grand Canyon on our way down to central AZ and we wanted to stay the night there b/c the food was so wonderful, but they were all booked up! I didn't get a chance to sample the breakfast My son got fried chicken and it was good, being from KY I kinda have to judge fried chicken from other states-haha

https://youtu.be/cmgY4RqNnzI

NVintage wrote: »

https://youtu.be/gUL7I7OtPS8

@NVintage - awesome!!! Thanks for sharing!

A bit off topic, but there's a great Top Chef (Boston season) Thanksgiving episode where they worked with traditional Wampanoag ingredients at Plimouth Plantation. Interesting discussion of traditional dishes from the Native American guests at the dinner they prepared (they also were limited to ingredients that would have been available to the Pilgrims and the cooking methods).

https://observer.com/2014/11/top-chef-boston-12x6-recap-the-first-thanksgiving/

Fry Bread Tacos! I wouldn't even try to count the calories. My idea of heaven is eating all the fry bread I want and not gain weight.

I only feel safe foraging for pecans, blackberries, and wild onions. I remember as a kid, though, we'd eat crabapples, persimmons, and muscadines in the woods here in Georgia when we lived in rural areas. I haven't seen any of those for years, though. (maybe because I usually just hike at parks and botanical gardens instead of just exploring random wooded areas) I know natives in the Eastern U.S. would eat goosefoot aka lamb's quarters, for sure. and sunflower, marsh elder, and squash. Anyway, these 2 guys know hundreds of edible plants you can find for free! & I found their video interesting.
https://youtu.be/j-wscPmoS2M