Navajo Fry Bread Recipe
4 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup milk
oil for frying
Mix dry ingredients in a bowl. Stir in the water and milk. Knead several times. Roll out into 5-inch circles. Make a small hole in the center with your fingers. In a skillet, fry in several inches of hot oil at 375°. Dough will puff and bubble. Turn when golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve hot for tacos or with honey. Serves 6.
From: Dining On A Dime
Photo By: flavouz
This is called bannock by the natives in Canada.
you can add blueberries, smoked salmon, cheese and almost anything you enjoy to the batter.
You can also bake it around wieners as a change from hot dogs.
When camping or around a fire wrap some of the dough on the end of a cleaned stick and cook it that way. Great fun for the kids and adults alike.
It is an old family favourite that my children still want when they get home.
my mother made this recipe and used self-rising flour and added milk…super simple and tasty.
I make this without milk. Also this recipe can be used to make torillas on a pan without oil.
We have and sometimes still make this when we run out of bread and want some some quick! I had that recipe on my refrigerator door for years and years!
Thank you for reminding me! Honey butter goes well with this! And many other things. We make ours smaller. Sometimes we sprinkle with powdered sugar like doughnuts. Cause that’s what they are! Quick, quick!
Nice, this is the same recipe I use when I make my fry bread and Pow Wow soup. We are not fully Native American, as it was my maternal great grandmother who was full blooded Cherokee; but I still want them to appreciate the NA culture, to include some of the foods. Thank you for sharing this you guys. Oh and we serve it like tostadas or taco or drizzle with honey and cinnamon for desserts. This is good stuff ya’ll.
Geez, that was about as clear as mud, wasn’t it? lol When we serve it with the Pow Wow soup, it’s served as a bread. Otherwise it’s served like tostadas/tacos or with the honey/cinnamon.
Them being my children. Sheesh, I think it’s time for bed now..lol.
Do these frybreads store very well? If so, what is the best method. There’s only the two of us now – empty nesters – and I don’t want to waste the flour. That being said, can this recipe be cut down, maybe half?
They don’t store at all you need to really serve them hot. You can very easily cut the recipe in half or fourths as needed but if this still isn’t enough you can buy bags of frozen dough and use one frozen roll flattened for each serving. This does cost a little more.