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It requires only 5 ingredients and is done in 20 minutes! Simple, easy and so delicious. Great for Navajo tacos but also for breakfast or as a sweet treat. A vegan bread that you can make sweet but also savory. So are you ready to learn how to make frybread? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
So, what is frybread made of? To make this flatbread recipe you need the following ingredients on your grocery shopping list:
- Flour – use all-purpose flour for this recipe
- Baking powder – helps puff up the bread
- Vegetable oil – to bake the bread
- Sugar – granulated sugar
- Salt
You can also use lard, and shortening in this recipe. Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Frybread
- Now this recipe is just like a lot of bread recipes. Take a big bowl and combine the flour, baking powder, and salt. If you want sweet bread, you can add a tablespoon of sugar.
- Then add the water and vegetable oil and mix into a dough. Now knead the dough for 5 minutes until you get an elastic dough. Cut into five equal pieces and knead some more.
- Roll into a small round shape with a rolling pin and make a hole in the middle. Heat oil in a big skillet or frying pan.
- Fry the frybread for about a minute in the oil. You will see the bread dough puff up.
- Do not leave the bread in the oil for too long because the frybread will get too hard on the outside. Sprinkle on some granulated sugar or icing sugar and your Navajo bread is ready to serve.
Native American Flatbread Recipe
Frybread also spelled as fry bread, is a flatbread of Native American origin made with simple ingredients that are in your kitchen cabinet for certain.
This bread tastes a little bit like a donut dough so be prepared to love it. This bread is also known as:
- Fry bread
- Native American bread
- Indian bread
- Navajo bread
You can eat it as is but also as sweet or savory bread. You can even turn it into a Navajo taco. So many options with this bread.
Today it is the actual bread recipe. You can add sugar like you can see in the recipe video but feel free to swap for jam, syrup, and icing sugar.
You can also cut it open and put some apple pie filling in the center.
If you like you can also eat this little bread with some guacamole, some salsa, or a vegan cheese dip. Just fry the bread and leave out the sugar.
This bread has a lot of similarities with chalupa which is also a type of fried bread.
See How to Make Frybread
Want to see how to make amazing fried sugar bread yourself? No problem, just watch the recipe video in the recipe card and follow the steps. It shows how easy it is to make this recipe.
How To Store Frybread?
There are a number of ways to store this Indian bread.
- Fresh – you can best eat this flatbread fresh while they are hot
- Fridge – you can put them in a ziplock bag and store them in the fridge for 2 to 3 days. Wait until the bread has cooled completely
- Freezer – these frybreads freeze well. Put them in a freezer-friendly container or freezer bag and freeze for up to 3 months
If you plan on storing these pieces of bread for a longer period of time, I recommend leaving them plain and adding your toppings after reheating.
How To Reheat Frybread?
You have multiple options to reheat your frybread:
- Oven – wrap the flatbread in foil. Preheat your oven to 375°F/190°C and put the flatbreads in the middle of the oven for 10 to 15 minutes on the wire rack. If you want a crispy outside leave them in the oven for another 5 minutes
- Skillet – preheat a skillet to medium heat and add a little bit of oil. Add the frybread and warm it through. Turn regularly as you do not want dark spots on your bread
Can Fry Bread Be Made Ahead Of Time?
You can make this bread ahead. Make the bread dough and leave it covered in the fridge. You can even leave it in the fridge for up to 24 hours.
You can also fry the bread ahead of time and store it as described above.
More Vegan Bread Recipes
If you like baking bread then check out the following recipes as well:
- Easy no-knead bread – This easy no-knead bread recipe is the answer for everyone who loves freshly baked bread, with lots of air pockets and a crunchy crust. It is always time for fresh bread.
- No-knead Mediterranean bread – Another no-knead bread with tomatoes and Mediterranean olives. You can put this bread together in less than 5 minutes and then wait before you bake.
- Sweet pull-apart chocolate and nuts bread – A delicious sweet bread recipe. It contains Spelt flour, cocoa, cocoa nibs, and lots of pecan nuts.
- Soft vegan flatbread – If you never made homemade flatbread before this is a great recipe to start with. It is a quick and easy flatbread. No eggs, no sugar, no yeast, no baking powder so no waiting hours to proof dough.
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How To Make Frybread
Indian frybread try this Navajo bread. It requires 5 ingredients and is ready in 20 minutes. Serve this Indian bread sweet or savory!
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ tablespoon vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup of water
- ½ cup of sugar (optional)
Instructions
- Put the flour, baking powder and salt int a bowl. Mix together
- Add the water and oil
- Stir into a dough and knead into a elastic dough
- Cut into 5 equal pieces
- Flatten each and role into a pancake. Make a hole in the center
- Heat a large frying pan and fill it with a generous layer of oil
- Fry the breads in about 30 seconds, turn and fry the other side until golden brown. The bread will be done in less than a minute
- Remove excess oil on a paper towel before you role the bread in a plate of sugar.
- Serve
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 108; Fat: 1.4g; Carbs: 24.9g; Protein: 0.6g
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