Chuck's Wild Brunswick Stew

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 2 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 squirrel, cut up
• 1 rabbit, cut up
• 1 lb sirloin steak, cut into bite size pieces
• water, as required
• 2 -3 large potatoes, cubed small
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 (15 ounce) can whole corn
• 1 (15 ounce) can lima beans
• 1 (15 ounce) can pinto beans
• 3 large stalk celery, sliced 1/4-inch
• 3 large carrots, sliced 1/4-inch
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed
• cooking oil, as required
• salt, pepper, and seasonings to taste

Recipe

• 1 in a large stew pot place the rabbit and squirrel and cover by 3 inches of water.
• 2 stew the two until the meat is ready to fall off the bones.
• 3 this may take 1-2 hours depending on your heat, but slow is best.
• 4 as this is stewing brown the sirloin in cooking oil in a skillet.
• 5 remove sirloin and sit aside.
• 6 when squirrel and rabbit are ready remove from water and cool.
• 7 pull off all meat from bones with your fingers and put with the steak, discard bones.
• 8 after the water has cooled skim off the fat or any materials on top.
• 9 place all the meat back into the broth you have just made and begin to simmer.
• 10 add potatoes, onion, corn, beans, carrots, celery and garlic.
• 11 add some additional water if needed to cover by 1-2 inches.
• 12 simmer for several hours to thicken the stew.
• 13 thickness is a personal preference to your own likeness and for dipping.
• 14 when thickness is reached salt, pepper and season with your personal.
• 15 stew seasoning.
• 16 serve hot.
• 17 note 1: leftovers can be frozen and reheated in microwave.
• 18 note 2: you may bypass the stewing of the animals and instead brown them inches.
• 19 a skillet and add later to water but the broth will not be as rich and flavorful.
• 20 note 3: serve with some crusty bread or crackers to dip in the stew. awesome!