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Fry Bread Recipe

Fry Bread Recipe

🍽 Serves ⏲ Total Time
8 2.00 hours

🧂 Ingredients

  • 🍎 2 cups (568 g) dried pinto beans, (rinsed and drained or 1 (16-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained))
  • 💧 some water
  • 🍊 2 -3 slices bacon
  • 🍎 1 pound ground beef
  • 🍞 2 cups (240 g) all-purpose flour
  • 🌰 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 🧂 1 teaspoon salt
  • 🍼 1 cup (227 g) hot water, ((130 degrees F))
  • 🥕 some vegetable oil, (for frying)
  • 🧀 some shredded lettuce, sour cream, chopped tomatoes, sliced avocados, shredded cheese
  • 1 water.
  • 🍎 1 ground
  • 🍎 1 ground
  • 🍼 1 baking
  • 🧂 1 salt
  • 💧 1 water

🍳 Cookware

  • 1 bowl
  • 1 oven
  • 1 saucepan
  • 1 oven

📝 Instructions

Step 1

dried pinto beans, (rinsed and drained or 1 (16-ounce) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained))

Step 2

water

Step 3

-3 slices bacon (chopped and cooked)

Step 4

ground beef (cooked and drained)

Step 5

all-purpose flour

Step 6

baking powder

Step 7

salt

Step 8

hot water, ((130 degrees F))

Step 9

vegetable oil, (for frying)

Step 10

shredded lettuce, sour cream, chopped tomatoes, sliced avocados, shredded cheese

Step 11

Place rinsed dried beans in a slow cooker and cover with water. Cook on low for 4–5 hours, or until beans start to become tender.

Step 12

Add bacon pieces and ground beef to the slow cooker and continue to cook on low for an additional 1 to 2 hours, or until beans are fully tender. (To make the bean topping using canned beans, combine canned beans, cooked ground beef, and cooked bacon and cook in a slow cooker on low for 2 hours. Set aside.)

Step 13

Make the bread: Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a medium bowl. Add hot water and mix with your hands until a dough forms (dough should be a little sticky). Cover and let rest for 10 minutes.

Step 14

While the dough is resting, preheat the oven to 200°F. Fill a large saucepan with 1-2 inches of oil and heat over medium-high heat to about 350°F.

Step 15

Break off golf ball–sized pieces of dough and roll into balls about 1½ inches wide.

Step 16

Using a pastry roller and working on a lightly floured surface, roll each dough ball into a thin circle 6-7 inches in diameter.

Step 17

Working in batches, fry each dough piece in hot oil until the dough is golden and puffs up, about 20 seconds, then flip and fry on the other side for 10 to 20 seconds more. Set on a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Keep the fried bread warm in the oven while frying the remaining pieces.

Step 18

Spread beans over fry bread, top with any other desired toppings, and serve warm.

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