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American Indian Fry Bread
"I used to work at an American Indian reastraunt Where I ate these at least once a day. Sometimes with a little butter other times as a Navajo Taco. Also try the Tostada."
photo by limeandspoontt
- Ready In:
- 13mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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8-10
ingredients
- vegetable oil (for frying)
- 2 1⁄2 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 cup warm milk
directions
- Heat oil in skillet til hot over med-high heat, but not smoking.
- In a large bowl, Combine the rest of the ingredients to make dough.
- Shape into round disks.
- Fry shaped dough in hot oil til brown and crispy.
- Serve hot.
- Traditionally you would eat this with stew.
- Or top with some honey.
- I personally like to spread a little butter on it.
- Two other popular choices, make chili.
- Pile Chili on top and add a little cheese, lettuce and tomato for a"Navajo Taco" Or use the round as your base for a Tostada, add taco meat, beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato and Guacamole.
- See my Creamy Guacamole recipe.
Questions & Replies
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Would self rising flour work in place of flour, salt, baking powder?
Reviews
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Really good! Where I'm from we have this as well but we call it "fry bake" and this is a great recipe for it!!! One thing to note, let your dough sit for a few minutes It will form better air bubbles when you fry it! -
I have tried several different recipes for fry bread in the past. I can stop looking I finally found the one:) It reminds me of my Grandmas, that the highest compliment I can give. I followed the recipe exactly but used a trick from another recipe when I patted out my dough. It is very sticky so slather your hands with oil prior to patting out the dough, Happy Frying. -
Loved it! Was looking for something that would be similar to Taco Bell Chalupa, and it was great!! No more overpriced Baja Beef Chalupas with very little meat!! 8~) I've tried Fry Bread before, and it go well, this worked perfectly. Thanks so much for posting! -
Being a native american from the Lakota Sioux Tribe I am a big fan of Great Fry Bread! -
Thank You!!! I'm Native American and grew up eating fry bread. But I could never make them myself. My mom and Gramma would tell me "oh, a scoop of this and a pinch of that and so on. This recipe tastes just like my mom's fry bread. Thank you so much!
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Tweaks
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How simple can you get? For fry bread it was great! I halved the recipe with no problem. Instead of veg oil, I used basil-infused avocado oil and it was wonderful. There was a hint of basil flavor. Next time I make these, I'll try adding some fresh chopped basil to the dough. Other herbs would probably be good too! I like this recipe a lot!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
TammieV
United States
