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Navajo Flatbread:
Makes 6
2 cups flour
1 - 1 1/4cup of lukewarm water
1 table spoon baking soda
1 tsp kosher salt
1 table spoon oil/butter/shortening
Mix dry ingredients together and add most water, mix and add water until it has the consistency of tacky pizza dough.
Knead for a few minutes.
Let rest in greased bowl for 30- 60 minutes.
Divide into 6 pieces and roll out on floured surface thin. (Tortilla thickness)
Hear griddle to 350F.
Cook until golden brown spots and flip, cooking until done.
They can be made ahead and kept under a flour towel or frozen for later use.
WhiskeyWulf
(569 posts)MLAA
(17,327 posts)katusha
(809 posts)this is a good one thx for posting.
Hekate
(90,793 posts)Loved the Hillerman books.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)Makes great tacos, at Pow wows, too.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)I'm very familiar with actual fry bread, having lived just outside a reservation and socialized with with the tribal members (Ojibwe) for many years. I've watched it made - and eaten plenty - and it's cooked in melted fat/oil, not on a griddle.
But I assume there are regional differences for what is called "fry bread".
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)I've also watched it made dozens of times and have made it myself from a recipe I was given at a pow wow. As you say, deep fried in fat/oil and hand stretched vs rolled out. I used to make it every once in awhile but had to stop because, well--oink!! I could eat a whole batch (10-12) myself in a day. My favorite way is sprinkled with powdered sugar. How could it be bad for you, fried dough covered in sugar!!
The OP calls it Navajo flatbread, so I think it must be more of a tortilla type bread. Sounds good though for sure!
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)And thanks for pointing out the other difference of rolled out versus hand stretched.
I'm getting hungry...
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Not frying it like a sopapilla.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)the Tuba City Truck Stop. Or your sister-in-laws.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)a type 2 diabetic! I'm drowning in my own saliva right now. Curse you, FailureToCommunicate!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)Here ya go:
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)I've seen enough salads lately, but that fry bread!
catchnrelease
(1,945 posts)Hugin
(33,198 posts)Yum.
denbot
(9,901 posts)BTW, if youre ever in Navajo territory East of Flagstaff stop in to the Twin Arrow Casinos grill for a Navajo burger on fry bread featuring reservation grown Angus (meatless option available) and Hatch green chilies. Awesome!
FailureToCommunicate
(14,020 posts)canetoad
(17,183 posts)Going to give this a go.
Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Welcome to New Mexico
Blue Owl
(50,494 posts)Goodheart
(5,339 posts)and eating that fried bread with green chiles.
YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
AllyCat
(16,222 posts)GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Find it at a Mexican market near you.
Actually all work. But lard is no worse for you than any of the above and taste so much better.
As a southerner I know unless made with lard, biscuit is not biscuit.
KPN
(15,650 posts)sandwiches when he was a kid; the son of a Polish immigrants. He never said they were delicious or suggested making them.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)When was the last time you craved a shortening sandwich? But when in Germany I had lots of bread smeared with spiced and herbed lard. As good as butter. Ok not quite as good. But was good none the less.
KPN
(15,650 posts)Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)Backfat salt and herb cured. Sliced very thin.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Seems adaptable
mikelgb
(6,021 posts)I will try it, thanks!
Nac Mac Feegle
(971 posts)You need to use Blue Bird flour.
Or you can use 50/50 mix of blue cornmeal with the flour to go Hopi style.
If you're ever around the Grand Canyon and Flagstaff, go to Cameron, out the East entrance, and stop at the Historic Trading Post for a Navajo Taco. Be hungry.
KPN
(15,650 posts)on a wildfire some years ago.
KPN
(15,650 posts)MarianJack
(10,237 posts)Bookmarked to try later...maybe tomorrow. Thank you for sharing.
RESIST!
SunSeeker
(51,694 posts)Really super bad for you, but delicious and sure beats starving to death.
NotHardly
(1,062 posts)Super!
yonder
(9,674 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Thanks for this!