NativeTech: Indigenous Food and Traditional Recipes

Buffalo Stew with Fry Bread Crust

Tribal Affiliation : Lakota - Arawak
Orgin of Recipe : Offered by Giselle Red Elk Gonzalez ... who learned this from My Granma
Recipe Region : Plains ~ Plateau
Type of Dish : Today's Native Dishes

Ingredients

1 lb of Buffalo of Beef
1 teaspoon of baking powder
4 Potatoes
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 Medium Onion
A pinch of sugar gives the bread a yummy taste and makes it softer.
2 Tablespoons of Oil
Milk
Seasoning Salt
Oil
Tomato sauce or jarred spaghetti sauce
For the bread crust (same as Fry Bread)
1 cup of Flour

Directions

Heat the oil in a Stew Pot, chop the Onions add to heated oil. Cook for a couple of minutes.

Rinse your stew meat add to the Onions add the seasoning salt to taste and add tomato sauce or spaghetti sauce stir well covering all the meat add 1/2 cup of water get it boiling let cook for about 30 minutes add the potatoes, cover and let cook through.

Then make your bread crust. Mix all the dry ingredients together then add your liquids make a soft dough roll out on a floured surface when 30 minutes has past take Stew off the stove let it cool and let the dough rest for about 10 minutes then put your stew in a casserole and top with the rolled out dough. Bake for about 20 - 30 minutes. It is ssssoooo good especially in the Winter nice and warm.