I am looking for a good American Indian fry bread recipe .?!
INDIAN FRY BREAD
3 cups flour
I tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups warm water
Lard or other shortening
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl. Add milk, blending thoroughly. Add Warm water in small amounts. Knead dough until soft but not sticky. Cover bowl and let stand about 15-minutes.
Pull off large egg-shaped balls of dough and roll out into rounds about 1/4-inch thick. Punch hole in center of each round to allow dough to puff.
In heavy skillet fry rounds in hot lard or other shortening until bubbles appear on dough. Turn over and fry on other side until golden. Fold around refried beans for a sandwich or serve hot with honey or jam.
Indian Tacos
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound ground beef
4 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon whole cumin
1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
2 to 3 tablespoons New Mexico chile powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
3 cups Frijoles de Olla, drained
4 Navajo Tacos
2 cups mild Cheddar cheese, grated
2 cups shredded lettuce
2 tomatoes, chopped
In a Dutch oven heat olive oil over medium heat; add ground beef and
cook until just browned.
Meanwhile, grind garlic, cumin and oregano to a paste in a molcajete
or mortar and pestle. Add chile powder, garlic paste and salt to the
meat and cook about 1 minute. Next, add 1 cup water and stir to make
certain the meat is well broken up. Add beans, bring the chile
mixture to a simmer, and cook, uncovered, until most but not all the
moisture has evaporated.
Place the fry breads on serving plates and ladle the chile mixture
over them. Top with the cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.
Answers: Here is a recipe for the fried bread. I have served this with regular taco-type fillings and it is very good. Filling below....
INDIAN FRY BREAD
3 cups flour
I tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup milk
1 1/2 cups warm water
Lard or other shortening
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in large mixing bowl. Add milk, blending thoroughly. Add Warm water in small amounts. Knead dough until soft but not sticky. Cover bowl and let stand about 15-minutes.
Pull off large egg-shaped balls of dough and roll out into rounds about 1/4-inch thick. Punch hole in center of each round to allow dough to puff.
In heavy skillet fry rounds in hot lard or other shortening until bubbles appear on dough. Turn over and fry on other side until golden. Fold around refried beans for a sandwich or serve hot with honey or jam.
Indian Tacos
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pound ground beef
4 cloves garlic
1/2 teaspoon whole cumin
1 teaspoon Mexican oregano
2 to 3 tablespoons New Mexico chile powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
3 cups Frijoles de Olla, drained
4 Navajo Tacos
2 cups mild Cheddar cheese, grated
2 cups shredded lettuce
2 tomatoes, chopped
In a Dutch oven heat olive oil over medium heat; add ground beef and
cook until just browned.
Meanwhile, grind garlic, cumin and oregano to a paste in a molcajete
or mortar and pestle. Add chile powder, garlic paste and salt to the
meat and cook about 1 minute. Next, add 1 cup water and stir to make
certain the meat is well broken up. Add beans, bring the chile
mixture to a simmer, and cook, uncovered, until most but not all the
moisture has evaporated.
Place the fry breads on serving plates and ladle the chile mixture
over them. Top with the cheese, lettuce and tomatoes.
I don't know how authentic it is but we used to use regular bread dough, slightly raised and flattened and fried it to make Indian tacos. MMMM good! I also google American Indian Cuisine and the first web site that popped up had info.
Like Bubbles said, Indian tacos are delicious!!! I only heard about them when I went to Oklahoma and some Cherokee friend's of ours introduced us to it.
There are several different varieties:
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1 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup dry milk
Stir together and add enough water to make a slightly sticky dough that forms into a ball. Divide into six pieces and pat out each into a circle about 1/4" thick on a well-floured surface. Fry each side until golden brown in lard (yikes) or canola oil. Lard is more authentic.
You can use these to make Indian "tacos" by adding seasoned beef, cheese, lettuce, tomato, salsa--whatever you like.
You may leave out the dry milk, but it adds a little protein and calcium.
My niece and her family insist that I make these whenever I visit them.
Enjoy!
i had a friend how would buy the Pillsbury's refrigerated bisects in a can, and flatten them, and add a little oil to a pan and fry on both side,its better than having to work with flour, oh and to make donuts with the bisects dough you can add a hole in the center and fry on both sides, remove and add sugar on top, or what ever filling you want