Navajo Fry Bread ( Navajo Taco & Dessert) 

A whole lot of criticism in the comments about native, not native, what percent of native etc. I see this recipe as I do any other dough like recipe such as biscuits, pancakes, waffles etc. Theory being there a are a whole lot of ways to make each of these things and each person or family may have showed you their way but it just makes it their way it doesn't mean their way was the only way and it doesn't mean their way was more authentic than someone else's. If we are open minded we can learn from eachother new things and ideas and different ways of doing things. Closed mouths make open minds.

I don’t see what the fuss is about a non native making fry bread, as a Native I see it as a compliment. I enjoy Mexican dishes, doesn’t mean I have to be Mexican to make em. 😂

I am Navajo but I call them frybread or popovers. All the ingredients you used are good to make a delicious frybread. I do add some milk or powdered milk to the wet or dry ingredients.

I am Navajo and you make your specialty very appetizing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing your story of how you learned to make Navajo tacos and frybread/popovers.

Omg,I am thirteen and I was hungry and I made this for the first time and it was delicious,thanks :-) :-)

As a native, I approve of this woman’s technique. This fry bread looks delicious. I don’t care who’s making it. food is supposed to taste good, and I’m all about that life.

Bottom line no matter where you are from, or what name they are known as, they are Amazingly Delicious!! Thank you!

As a Native American 💜 you make it BOMB girl thank you for the drooling video

This takes me back to when I was a child on the reservoir in upstate NY Seneca Nation where she would always make fry bread/ tacos,delicious soups/stews everything was grown and we would go to the dam and fish for fresh fish for that nights dinner!!!

I'm Native and I freaking concur. This is a very nice, soft, fluffy recipe which can be hard to master. All I did different here is that I always add Irish butter to mine so i subbed that instead of your shortening. I use buttermilk instead of regular milk or water. This is the best frybread I've made. Trust me on the butter. If you add a little Irish butter, the flavor is SO good. Ty!

A friend's grandma used to make this for all the kids, then one day she told us she was going to teach us how to make it. I asked her if that was okay as I wasn't native, she told me yes. She also told me, you're grandma taught me, how to make some of you're family's dishes from the old country. She also told us, make what you like an ignore anyone who says you can't. Great video

I just got done making this recipe this afternoon. It turned out so good! I think the tablespoon of shortening in the dough really made it better. We topped them with chili beans, salsa, sour cream, and colby jack cheese. Big hit with the family. This recipe has a permanent home in my collection. Thank-you!

you know what is a delicacy is frybread with strawberries and whipped cream. i eat all the time out here on the mescalero rez. i highly recommend!

I was very fortunate to have lived in Tucson for almost 3 years in the early 80's. I fell in love with Arizona and miss it still My first time eating Navajo Fry Bread was at a small roadside restaurant on Hwy 160 on my way to Kayenta and Monument Valley and then to Canyon de Chelly. I had the bread with buffalo stew. It was delicious! This brought back memories for me. Thank you!

Dear Honey....I have not had a good Navajo Taco since I left Oklahoma in 2001. It's been that long. Let me tell you, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH for posting this recipe. The fry bread I made from your recipe here, and your easy instruction, turned out beautifully! My husband has never had Navajo tacos in his life, and was very curious as to what I was making instead of the regular box tacos he is used to. He loves them. THANK YOU! They are a hit with us, and I will be making these for a large crowd in the next few weeks, with family coming to visit. I will be following your recipes. You're awesome!

I like watching everybody do their way and I watch and listen to the ingredients to the recipe and I also enjoy watching the end results and I am so amazed my mother tried to teach me how to cook I'd rather watch TV now I'm 59 years old I have many cooking teachers well I'm never to old to learn thank you all 👵♎🕊🌞

I lived in Arizona in my early teen years. My best friend was a Navajo. She was the sweetest girl. But the ladies used to be out in the street and they would cook these up and oh, my, Lord, they were the best thing ever!! Thank you for the recipe. I really am glad I found this. And my husband will be glad when I make them. Thank you so very much. GBU

My Irish American Grandmother deep in the Ozarks made fried bread. Does that make it Irish fry bread? Ozark fry bread? My Native American Grandmother didn't make it. I ate a lot of this growing up in rural Texas and rural Arkansas Before air conditioning kitchens were hot in the summer. When we burned coal or wood we had to build a fire in the cookstove. That made the kitchen hotter still. So fried bread was faster than baking biscuits in the oven. I have been eating potato patties all my life. When we had leftover mashed potatoes from Sunday dinner (noon meal), we had potato patties for supper (evening meal). I discovered last year that I had beeneating potato pancakes.for 3/4 of a Century and calling them potato patties. I am 83 years old and began cookins as a child. Farm kid s had to learn a lot of stuff. All the "OL'Timey Down Home " cooks do something that real old cooks never did to fast breads I am 83 years old and learned from old cooks.

I have a feeling it tastes MUCH better than Taco Bell. Don’t sell yourself short.

I grew up on fry bread..many times a week we would have a variety of ways to have it from Navajo tacos to strawberry shortcake fry bread style....I think ill return to my roots and start having fry bread in many ways again....I just hope my roommates be thinking I do ALL the cooking !!! thanks for sharing !

I live in New Mexico and Native Americans make the best Fry Bread ever... I make them too but I dont add lard or milk to my Fry Bread (I add powdered milk and hot water instead). Chalupas and Fry Bread are not the same thing. I love Pico Pica hot sauce too. Thank you and God bless you.

Like you I'm from Arizona. We grew up on this. My mama made it at least once or twice a month and now here I am making it for my family. Just taught my 11 yr old last year..🤷🏾‍♀️ That just how we grew up. No big deal.

it is so sad that you don't "like" kneading dough.. because you are soooooooo good at it!!! I watched the video and was impressed by how good you did that...I have tried so many time, but not nearly as good.. Thank you for your post.

I made these in half batch I added garlic Powder in the mix for Savory dish , other batch I added on top Confectioner sugar and Drizzled Honey . girl the best!!!

Oh how I've missed this recipe of my past.... Remembering the fresh elk strips friing in the pan outside.. yummy... I didn't have the elk but my bread came out wonderful, always yummy... Thank you for giving back a piece of my past...

You know what hun? I’m an almost 60 year old female from Guam and we made this as a dessert when I was growing up on the island. They were smaller though and oh so flaky and delicious 😂 We sprinkled powdered sugar and cinnamon on it. Of course my cousins got creative and would put ice cream and melted chocolate over theirs. I liked the traditional snow sugar, as we called it. With cinnamon. But I would have never thought to use it for a taco! What a treat! Thank you sweetheart! You are so appreciated! Growing up on the island, we had three channels on TV so we didn’t know anything about it being called Indian fry bread. Unless we are natives as well? 🤷🏽‍♀️

wow! you did really awesome. You watched grandma closely on how she made the dough and flapped the dough to get it nice and round. Many Navajos do make chili beans for the topping but the refried beans is just as good. Thank you for sharing what you learned from the Navajo grandma.

I grew up in phoenix i love the cultures and foods i mainly learned how to cook mexican food but this easy recipe will help me feed that craving for fry bread like we use to buy at the fair. Great video

I'm old but the way you teach makes it easy, thanks.

OMG I am also from Phoenix Arizona and grew up with Navajo bread thank you so much for the recipe is it been a long time since I seen anyone cook or even bring the recipe up thank you a little Touch of Home always appreciated

I watch this video every single time I make these. I love your recipe the most and it works for me!!!

Nice to see someone using lard for a change. I use it in everything. Makes everything taste so much better. Lard has been around forever.

😍😍😍😍oooIm from Arizona. I'm native and Mexican. Here in Az we love these...oh ya...thank you for labeling it Navajo taco, other wise I would not know what it was . I'm going to save this😍I love sopapias..Go girl

Thank you! I'm from Arizona, and it's been about 13 years since I've been back home, and I miss all the awesome food I grew up eating. Now I can make fry bread, next up, green corn tamales and marranitos. Yum!

My great grandmother use to make these for me every summer when I use to spend summer holidays... 😍😍😍

Hey! I just made this. This is the 2nd time for me to try Indian Fry bread, the 1st time i made them too thin and they were chewy. Thought I'd try YOUR recipe this time. I made them thicker and they turned out great. Your recipe is the winner! Many variations to this bread, many uses for it. Thank you for making this video.

we grew up on fry bread in virginia when we didnt feel up to making biscuits. we dipped our bread in bean soup, stews or with eggs etc.

I grew up with Navajo indian bread it was a huge round circle in Santa fe New Mexico I could only get during the indian market on the Plaza This is perfect thanks

Your friend's Navajo grandma did a great job on teaching you to make Navajo taco. Practice, pratiyce makes perfect. Am Dine'

came out great, i am from Santa Fe and had these for years, thanks for reminding me to make them again!

I had a friend that was Navajo, from a reservation in Utah. She always had these ready to go. I would go to her house, and the first thing she would say "would you like some fry bread?". I could turn my back and turn around and she had it hot and ready!! She was so fast to slap that dough out and get it in the oil and cooked. To her it was like snapping her fingers! oh yeah it was good too of course!!! There is nothing like something hot and freshly cooked!

I'm all about cooking with honey after this video. Yes this is the first time viewing her channel, but not the last. There's passion, dedication and a gentleness in her voice. The outcome speaks for itself. On another note get that Zumba mama👍

Was reading an Anne Hillerman novel and she talked about Navajo Tacos and they sounded wonderful Making them tomorrow for the book club. Am making my own refried beans too! Thanks!

Beautiful dough! Great looking Indian tacos!!

LOL I’m native and you make better fry bread than half the natives I know😂😭

I know this video is several years old but I recently found it. I tried it today to go with chili. Everyone loved it! I read about Navajo fry bead in a novel and wanted to make some. Thank you for a simple recipe and easy to follow instructions. I couldn't have made fry bread without you and my and I thank you.

Native American people know how to make fry bread real good! That looks real good! Well done! 👏👏👏👏👏

Yup just like Gramma used to, Desert Cahuilla Torres Martinez Indians Reservation. She used to make the dough in the morning and cook it when it got dark out side on the disk over the open fire pit right next to the big pot of beans. RIP Gramma

My grandma and grandpa both make the same exact Bannock lol (SO GOOOD) it's so good when it's straight outta the oven all smokin hot n stuff and you butter up the sucker and the butter melts immediately like a sponge😌

Made this a couple of months back and i am hooked. Going to make it again today. Thanks for the recipe 😊

Just tried this recipe right now, and it was so fluffy and delicious! I had mine with sofritos and my mom had hers with honey.

We made these last night, and they are amazing. We had ours with taco soup. We made some more tonight for leftover soup. Thank you for an excellent recipe. They were easy and quick to make😊

Thank you!!! I finally found a recipe I can follow and not screw up (I'm trying not to) 💜⭐👉🙏

I Made Them😍😍. They Came Out Bombalicious!!!🤗🤗😎😉. Thank You So Much My Beloved Sister. Shalom

Love it ! Will try tomorrow for dinner. I soooo appreciate that there wasn't a lot of gabbing about unrelated things....you just got right into the recipe. :)

Thank you so much for posting this video!!! You saved me!! I volunteered to make fry bread for my son's state report on Arizona. I tried one recipe and it was a big fail!!!! I learned a lot, but nothing beats watching a video to help me visualize how to do it!!! Thank you so much girlfriend!!! You are super cute and easy to watch!!!!

Im a native myself and i must say nice job, this looks great! Wado! ("Thank you"-cherokee)

In the Caribbean what you call Navajo Taco we call this johnny cake, or fried bakes.

This was made with a WHOLE lot of love. I want to try both! I love me some fry bread from a kitchen, not from a food truck. And you had me at "I don't like canned refried beans."

Damn girl I'm full Navajo and you made that way better than me 😭

I watched Navajo lady cook fry bread and hers looked no way good as yours. You’ve must have had a great teacher or you were an excellent student, either way, yours looks delectable.

I just tried this recipe for my family and they loved it! Thank you 🙂

Yes I taught on the Navajo reservation border Window Rock AZ/Tse Bonito NM Beaut people. Also love fryin the bread up in the mountains along w mutton

I grew up with fried dough and it is similar. Can't wait to try this recipe and make the tacos! Thanks for your video! ♥️

I love baking from scratch but hate kneading dough. I try to get my Kitchen Aide to do the majority of the work, if I can. Love seeing how other people do fry bread. Maybe I'll see something that will give mine an added something or another. Where I'm from we have a fry bread in Southern IL, that's dipped in cinnamon sugar, a fruit topping or sometimes pie filling, and whipped cream. Some fair vendors dip them in chocolate. They call them Elephant Ears, but they're a sweet fry bread and soooooo gooooood. Where I live in NC, we don't use refried beans on our Indian Tacos, most put chili beans (like Bush's Chili beans) or black beans on them. I try to make them at least twice a yr for my family.

If a Navajo made it its navajo tacos. If an Apache made it, its Apache tacos. If a Zuni made it its Zuni Tacos. I don't care what you call it, call it rez tacos for all I care! Just so the fry bread is more than 12" in diameter and crispy golden and greasy, it's perfect.

Yum! You made it look easy. I will try this recipe next time I make refried beans in the crockpot. I started making them myself and you are so correct... they're life changing!

Thanks for sharing! Looks delicious. Can't wait to try.

ive tried this a few times but I wasn't happy with the finished taco but your recipe worked great I believe it was the lard that made the difference thanks!!

We make this in St.Croix it’s called Arepas or Johnny cakes. Crazy how we are all related

Shimasani (grandma) taught me a long time ago that lard can actually make the dough super moist and shed even add the commodity dry milk mix in it to make it fluffy! It was so good just know I you attempt this your arms are gonna get a good workout no doubt. Honestly I think this bread came out good it's nice and thick not skinny and crunchy. I'd give it a try if I saw it at the fair!

I'm native and I approve this to any race just invite me over for someb jk have fun be safe every one

It’s an art form really. I enjoy making fry bread tacos for my family and they love them

Fried Bannock Bread Awsome & Very Really Delicious.

Love some good fry bread in the early fall. Of the year with honey and a cup,a coffee. This was my favorite when I was a boy.

I have viewed many fry bread recipes & yours is the best for me!

I miss it really bad, thanks for showing me how. Blessings

Girl, I'm so hungry now.thanks alot.I must make these today!

My mom made fried bread (soapillas) growing up with CHILLI. Ugh it's the best thing ever. 😥 Sometimes I dip it in the chilli. Sometimes I have it with honey or powdered sugar.

Whatever you call it, I l love this stuff!

You did a awesome job and i will follow your recipe and make it myself….because we were surrounded by going to all natives traditions by eating and making Navajo fried bread in Gallup, New Mexico my home state ❤, buy yeah good job sis

Update: OMGosh!! These are so soft, fluffy and tasty!! I *did* add 1 tablespoon of sugar to the dough (along with the lard) because I served them with honey and cinnamon sugar. Holy Moly!! I will try this right now! I'm going to roll out and cut with a circle...make little ones to toss in cinnamon sugar. **It's good to let the dough sit for at least 30 minutes. :)

I made these tonight and their delish!! I didn't have lard (which means healthier) and they still came out perfect!! My family loved them. This is replacing my old recipe. Thanks for sharing ❤

Frybread and spam sandwich 😩🤤

Great recipe! I used one egg in place of baking powder and reduced the milk by a table spoon per egg and it worked out well. Thanks for sharing

I made your recipe today and it was a success!!! Thank you! Really really good and fluffy with a bit of a crisp.

Dinner and dessert, very nice! Wonderful looking fry bread!

Navajo tacos are my favorite thing but I usually order them in restaurants. I thought they had yeast like bread dough but nice to know you don't need yeast and can mix and cook immediately.

Made this for my Navajo tacos and they were Awesome. And thank you for listing the recipe in the description bar.

My relatives from the reservation and especially my grandmother made Indian fry bread used to give it to me after school with honey or plain sugar

We make these similar in Canada but with a yeast dough (sweet) and the put cinnamon sugar on . 😍

We make these also in Puerto Rico for centuries.🇵🇷

Wonderful recipe!!! I made these and stuffed them like a mini panzarotti for my husband with a bit of pizza sauce, pepperoni, and mozza cheese. They were so good!!! Thank you!

Awesome video thank you for the recipe

Lard makes these extra special... do not use shortening, as it is just hydrogenated oils that will clog your arteries. Lard is fully digestible and actually healthier. It gives fry bread a better texture. Well done! Looks wonderful!! Thanks for sharing

This recipe is delicious 😋 I just made it and it’s awesome! Thanks 🙏

Have never used milk but may try, I use these instead of pita breads for gyros and for dipping hummus and baba ghanouj and yes they make great tacos too. Also top with favourite pizza toppings and bake at 400 for about 10 minutes, great personal pizzas and kids love making their own, everyone can have what they like best.

In Belize we call them Fry Jack or Fry Cakes! It is a breakfast dish ♥️

Ya'll need to get a grip...I watched it because my school chum sent me the recipe a few years ago...her great grandmother is a Native American Princess...I wanted to see if it was the same...yep...it is...my mom use to make this but having a Spanish/Mexican influence...it was called sopaipilla...mom used it however...my favorite was sprinkled cinnamon mixed with sugar and dribbled with honey...LOL...but yes...we need to stick together on all Native American traditions in cooking...YES WE...!!! just recently my brother tells me our grandfather was Papago...Tohono O'Odham...Arizona...it took my brother 65 years to divulge this to me...GRRR...didn't think it was important...thank you Honey...good work...!!!

awesome recipe😋💕😊👍