Navajo Flatbread Recipe: For these trying times

[MagickMuffin]

Found on fb


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]

1. I've been wanting to try this for ages -- thanks for reminding me! nt

[MLAA]

2. Drizzle honey on it!

[katusha]

3. yes!!!

this is a good one thx for posting.

[Hekate]

4. Is this the same as fry bread? (I read Tony Hillerman). nt

[denbot]

7. Exactly.

Loved the Hillerman books.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

10. Yes, in fact, I'd never heard it called "flat" bread.

Makes great tacos, at Pow wows, too.

[scarletwoman]

11. Doesn't sound like the fry bread I'm familiar with, since it's cooked on a griddle, not deep-fried.

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]

31. I don't think it's traditional SoWest fry bread either

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]

33. I like the idea of the OP's flatbread - sounds much less fattening than actual fry bread!

And thanks for pointing out the other difference of rolled out versus hand stretched.

I'm getting hungry...

[Drahthaardogs]

36. Its not fry bread. He is cooking it like a tortilla

Not frying it like a sopapilla.

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. Yes, but you need to fry it in lard. Only lard will make it taste like the one you get at

the Tuba City Truck Stop. Or your sister-in-laws.

[SergeStorms]

21. Oh sure, go right ahead and show that to.....

a type 2 diabetic! I'm drowning in my own saliva right now. Curse you, FailureToCommunicate!

[FailureToCommunicate]

35. Please accept my humble apology.

Here ya go:

[SergeStorms]

39. Well, that stopped the saliva anyway.

I've seen enough salads lately, but that fry bread!

[catchnrelease]

32. Bring me the powdered sugar!!!! n/t

[Hugin]

5. K'n'R

Yum.

[denbot]

6. Yeah, I'm not fat enough..

BTW, if you’re ever in Navajo territory East of Flagstaff stop in to the Twin Arrow Casino’s grill for a Navajo burger on fry bread featuring reservation grown Angus (meatless option available) and Hatch green chilies. Awesome!

[FailureToCommunicate]

15. Yes!

[canetoad]

8. Thanks

Going to give this a go.

[Drahthaardogs]

9. With Green Chile

Welcome to New Mexico

[Blue Owl]

12. Oh yeah, now you're talking...

[Goodheart]

17. I'll never forget my one car trip through New Mexico

and eating that fried bread with green chiles.


YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

[AllyCat]

13. Yum! So many possibilities of what to put on it!

[GulfCoast66]

16. WTF? Oil/butter/shortening? Lard! Real Lard. Not the grocery store crap.

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]

24. My Dad used to tell me about eating lard

sandwiches when he was a kid; the son of a Polish immigrants. He never said they were delicious or suggested making them.

[GulfCoast66]

26. Well, using lard in cooking is different than smeared on bread. That's survival food.

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]

27. I understand. For sure.

B

[Drahthaardogs]

37. Italian lardo is magnificent

Backfat salt and herb cured. Sliced very thin.

[GulfCoast66]

38. Love it. Still remember the first time I ate in in Como, Italy

[Cracklin Charlie]

18. I wonder if I could use this as a pizza crust.

Seems adaptable

[mikelgb]

19. We managed to find some tiny bags of flour at 7/11 of all places

I will try it, thanks!

[Nac Mac Feegle]

20. To make it right

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]

25. Yes, Blue Bird! That's exactly what some Navajo told me

on a wildfire some years ago.

[KPN]

22. Good stuff! Love Navajo!

[MarianJack]

23. Looks good.

Bookmarked to try later...maybe tomorrow. Thank you for sharing.

RESIST!

[SunSeeker]

28. Ah yes, poverty gourmet cuisine. AKA fry bread.

Really super bad for you, but delicious and sure beats starving to death.

[NotHardly]

29. Thank you ever so much for this... it seems like it was last week I was thinking about this bread

Super!

[yonder]

30. Thanks for this.

[cwydro]

34. Yum.

Thanks for this!