fry bread
Fry Bread This bread is used as the basis for Navajo Tacos and can also be folded over a stuffing and eaten as a sandwich. At special events through the Southwest they are cooked i...
Ingredients
- 3cupunbleached flour
- 2teaspoonbaking powder*
- 1teaspoonsalt
- 11/2 cups warm water or milk
- 1tablespoonvegetable oil or shortening
Directions
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Fry Bread This bread is used as the basis for Navajo Tacos and can also be folded over a stuffing and eaten as a sandwich
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At special events through the Southwest they are cooked in large round pots over open mesquite fires by Native Americans
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Fry Bread is often served sprinkled with confectioners' sugar or drizzled with honey
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Sometimes chopped onions and chiles are mixed into the dough
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The Ute tribe forms the tortillas in the same way as fry bread, but they cook them over a charcoal grill outdoors or over an open fire
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This method also makes delicious Fry Bread
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3 cups unbleached flour 2 teaspoons baking powder* 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups warm water or milk 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or shortening Oi
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In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients except oil and knead until smooth