{"id":178,"date":"2008-03-11T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thisfoodthing.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/11\/fry-bread\/"},"modified":"2008-03-11T06:00:39","modified_gmt":"2008-03-11T11:00:39","slug":"fry-bread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thisfoodthing.com\/index.php\/2008\/03\/11\/fry-bread\/","title":{"rendered":"Fry Bread"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve always loved Fry Bread — it’s one of those things you grow up eating, and take for granted will always be around to get. But since I’ve lived here in NY, I rarely have been able to get this yummy bread. So, I found a good recipe a few years ago, and played around with it a bit, until that same taste…the taste I remembered from my childhood came through.<\/p>\n

Growing up in the mid-west — Nebraska — fry bread was easy to come by. It’s a Native American food, that, as far as I know, is found in almost all of the US dating back to the late 1800’s when lack of food on ‘Indian Reservations’ made this a necessity.<\/p>\n

Think of Fry Bread as a thick version of a tortilla. The bread be made one of two methods — using either yeast, or baking powder. I have always preferred the baking powder method, as below.<\/p>\n

Enjoy!<\/p>\n

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Fry Bread<\/h3>\n

2 cups all-purpose flour
\n1\/4 teaspoon salt
\n1 1\/2 tablespoons baking powder
\n4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
\n2\/3 cup milk
\nOil for frying<\/p>\n

Combine the flour, salt and baking powder and shortening. Mix well, until the shortening is blended in. Add water and mix well again. Turn the dough onto a lightly floured board and knead until smooth – 2-3 minutes. Separate the dough into 6 equal portions and roll out into circles.<\/p>\n

If you have a cast iron pan, this is the perfect opportunity to use it. Heat the oil — I suppose around 370-375F, but otherwise, heat the oil until dropping a bit of dough into the oil fries it quickly.<\/p>\n

Place each piece into the hot oil, and cook 20-30 seconds on each side — until golden brown. Remove from the oil, and drain.<\/p>\n

Now is the fun part ..<\/p>\n

You can eat these just as they are, or fill or cover them with \/anything\/. Like chocolate?<\/p>\n