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Navajo Taco Fry Bread Recipe

Navajo Taco Fry Bread Recipe

Olivia Brooks
Make the best Navajo Taco Fry Bread Recipe with crisp, fluffy fry bread piled high with ground beef, cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, and all your favorite taco toppings.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Rest Time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 6
Calories 450 kcal

Equipment

  • Mixing bowls
  • Rolling pin (or your hands!)
  • cast-iron skillet or deep frying pan.
  • Tongs or a slotted spoon
  • Paper towels
  • Large skillet
  • Serving plates 

Ingredients
  

For the Fry Bread:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup warm water add more or less water as required
  • 2 tablespoons milk to be used in case of additional tenderness
  • Frying oil vegetable or canola oil is the best to work with

For the Taco Filling:

  • 1 lb beef on the ground or you can use ground turkey, hence making the light
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 small onion finely diced
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • ½ cup tomato sauce or salsa

Toppings (customize to your liking!):

  • Shredded lettuce
  • Diced tomatoes
  • Shredded cheddar cheese
  • Sour cream
  • Sliced jalapeños optional
  • Garnishes of cilantro and green onions.

Instructions
 

Step 1: Make the Fry Bread Dough

  • Add flour, baking powder, and salt using a large mixing bowl. Warm water (and milk, provided one uses it) should be added slowly in the form of the mixture, adding a couple of spoonfuls of it, until the dough starts to unite. Rub it with your bare hands. A soft and supple dough you desire, not clodded.
  • Place the bowl in a clean towel and leave to rest for half an hour. This helps the dough to relax hence making it a lot easier to roll the fry bread puffs and your fry bread puffs emerge well after frying.

Step 2: Shape the Dough

  • When the dough has rested, divide it into 6 balls of equal weight. Cut them into circles 6 inches to 1/ 4 inch thick on a lightly floured plate. They need not be in any way precise, just rustic, too!

Step 3: Fry the Bread

  • The deep skillet is heated on medium-high heat with approximately 1 inch of oil in it. And to know whether the oil is hot, place a little piece of dough in the oil, provided that the little piece sizzles and reaches the surface, you are prepared to proceed.
  • Place the pieces of dough in the oven one at a time, 12?3? minutes or approximately one to two minutes on each side until they are puffed and all sides are golden brown. It is flipped using tongs and once flipped, it is put in a paper towel lined plate so that it can drain any excess oil.

Step 4: Make the Taco Meat

  • In another skillet, heat olive oil on medium fire. Perish, Add peas and onion (cut into dice) and cook until soft, 3 minutes or so. Add some garlic and cook for another half a minute.
  • Put in beef and cut it with a spoon. Bake till very dark brown, and empty of excess fat. Add pepper, tomato sauce, cumin, oregano, salt, and chili powder. Bring to the boil and boil for between 5 and 7 minutes until thick and good.

Step 5: Assemble the Navajo Tacos

  • Now for the fun part! Take a fry bread on a plate and heat it. On top add a big pat of taco meat. Then add tomatoes, sour cream and cheese shredded. Adding and taking away random cilantro or two onions of green to achieve that light injection of color.
  • Eat it, and the cheese is hot on the bread.
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