| FRY BREAD 3 cups flour 1 tbsp. baking powder 1/2-tsp. salt 1 1/3 cups warm water cooking oil. Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Add warm water and knead till dough is soft, not sticky. Pull off a ball of dough, stretch and pat it out into a 5" circle. Poke hole in center and drop into a skillet of hot cooking oil. Brown on both sides. Serve hot. Can be served with honey or dusted with powdered sugar as a dessert. For fat free version, bake �fry� bread in 375 degree oven for 10 � 12 minutes. |
| INDIAN TACOS fresh cooked fry bread (recipe above) 4 cups cooked (may use canned) beans (any kind or combination: kidney, pinto, black, etc) 1 can diced tomatoes 1/2 cup diced onion 1/2 cup diced red & green pepper 1 pkg. taco seasoning mix Saut� onions and peppers in a little water, add tomatoes, beans and taco seasoning. Simmer 30 minutes and serve. Put fry bread on individual plates, top with a scoop of bean mixture and as many topping as you like. Toppings: Soy cheese Shredded lettuce Diced tomato Diced red and green peppers Diced onion Chopped black olives Salsa Vegetarian sour cream Diced avocado or guacamole |
| My family loves Indian tacos and I usually make my 'fry' bread with low fat frozen bread or roll dough, baked in the oven. At the request of someone, I tried this recipe for fry bread and it worked quite well baked in the oven rather than fried in oil. |