Three Sisters Stew. Here's a great main dish option for Thanksgiving dinner. It's somewhat like chili, though more about the squash than beans. These sisters were companion plants of corn, beans, and squash, and were the dietary staple for many of the tribes.

All stages of raw stew can be contained in a Hand Cart. Corn, beans, and squash are full of healthy fiber, protein, vitamins, and minerals - and when combined together become this delicious Three Sisters Stew. The sisters are corn, squash, and beans. You can have Three Sisters Stew using 28 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Three Sisters Stew

You need of Hot soak.
It's 8 cups of water.
You need of Stew.
Prepare 2-1/2 cup of dried pinto beans.
You need 4 cups of winter squash.
You need 2 ears of corn.
It's 1 of large onion.
Prepare 2 of medium carrots.
It's 2/3 pound of ground sirloin/buffalo/ venison either one.
You need 1/4 pound of smoked bacon.
Prepare 48 ounces of beef broth.
You need To taste of salt.
You need 1 teaspoons of ground sage.
It's 1 teaspoons of whole leaf dried oregano.
Prepare 1 teaspoons of ground cayenne pepper.
You need 1 teaspoons of finely ground black pepper.
You need of Fall apart/ fry Dumplings.
You need 1 cup of yellow cornmeal.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of molasses.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of sugar.
It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper.
You need 1/2 teaspoon of ground paprika.
You need 1 teaspoon of ground sage.
It's 2 of large eggs.
You need 1 teaspoon of double acting baking powder.
You need 1/4 cup of hot water.
You need 1 cup of self rising cornbread mix.

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Three Sisters Stew instructions

Wash and look the beans over remove any debris, bad beans, or stones. Add to a pot add 8 cups water. Bring to a boil for 10 minutes. Cover and turn off heat and let soak for 1 hour. Drain after an hour and rinse the beans. Add to a pot..
While you wait peel and remove seeds from the winter squash. Save the seeds to plant or toast..
Now that it is peeled slice and cube the squash..
Remove the corn from the cob..
Dice the bacon. Add the squash, beans, and corn to the broth..
Add the spices, the wash, peel, and dice the carrots. Dice the bacon and add them to the stew. Rest of the ingredients are added now for the stew. Let simmer for 45 minutes..
Everything is done..
Now for the fall apart dumplings. Add all the ingredients except the hot water and cornbread mix. I had a 1/2 cup of hot water, but only used 1/4 cup. The more water I had it was easier to hold heat. Ease the water in till you use a 1/4 cup..
Let rest 15 minutes so the baking powder and cornmeal can work keep covered. Add in the cornbread mix..
It will tighten up just a bit. Spoon in the fall apart dumplings till you have about this much in the picture left. That's for frying. Add 2 cups of water to the stew to help it not burn or get too thick..
Heat a skillet add the remaining mixture to the hot skillet and fry. When the bubble craters appear it's time to turn. Turn it, cover it for 3 minutes. Then just turn off the heat. Let rest in skillet covered till ready to eat. This will let it rise a bit and get done..
Let the stew rest covered and off the heat. I added the fried dumpling to the bowl and dipped the stew on top. I hope you enjoy!.

The three sisters—corn, squash and beans—merge into a delicious stew. The stew should be thick, but you may need to thin it slightly with vegetable stock or water. The Three Sisters Stew is a traditional and contemporary Native American dish. The dish includes the three sister foods are the maize, beans, and squash, which are prevalent in Native American diets. Sister's stew is a thick creamy white seafood stew the is served on the three islands known as the Three Sisters.