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MagickMuffin

(15,943 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2020, 11:25 PM Mar 2020

Navajo Flatbread Recipe: For these trying times [View all]

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Navajo Flatbread:
Makes 6

2 cups flour
1 - 1 1/4cup of lukewarm water
1 table spoon baking soda
1 tsp kosher salt
1 table spoon oil/butter/shortening

Mix dry ingredients together and add most water, mix and add water until it has the consistency of tacky pizza dough.
Knead for a few minutes.
Let rest in greased bowl for 30- 60 minutes.
Divide into 6 pieces and roll out on floured surface thin. (Tortilla thickness)
Hear griddle to 350F.
Cook until golden brown spots and flip, cooking until done.
They can be made ahead and kept under a flour towel or frozen for later use.

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I've been wanting to try this for ages -- thanks for reminding me! nt WhiskeyWulf Mar 2020 #1
Drizzle honey on it! MLAA Mar 2020 #2
yes!!! katusha Mar 2020 #3
Is this the same as fry bread? (I read Tony Hillerman). nt Hekate Mar 2020 #4
Exactly. denbot Mar 2020 #7
Yes, in fact, I'd never heard it called "flat" bread. Haggis for Breakfast Mar 2020 #10
Doesn't sound like the fry bread I'm familiar with, since it's cooked on a griddle, not deep-fried. scarletwoman Mar 2020 #11
I don't think it's traditional SoWest fry bread either catchnrelease Mar 2020 #31
I like the idea of the OP's flatbread - sounds much less fattening than actual fry bread! scarletwoman Mar 2020 #33
Its not fry bread. He is cooking it like a tortilla Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #36
Yes, but you need to fry it in lard. Only lard will make it taste like the one you get at FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #14
Oh sure, go right ahead and show that to..... SergeStorms Mar 2020 #21
Please accept my humble apology. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #35
Well, that stopped the saliva anyway. SergeStorms Mar 2020 #39
Bring me the powdered sugar!!!! n/t catchnrelease Mar 2020 #32
K'n'R Hugin Mar 2020 #5
Yeah, I'm not fat enough.. denbot Mar 2020 #6
Yes! FailureToCommunicate Mar 2020 #15
Thanks canetoad Mar 2020 #8
With Green Chile Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #9
Oh yeah, now you're talking... Blue Owl Mar 2020 #12
I'll never forget my one car trip through New Mexico Goodheart Mar 2020 #17
Yum! So many possibilities of what to put on it! AllyCat Mar 2020 #13
WTF? Oil/butter/shortening? Lard! Real Lard. Not the grocery store crap. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #16
My Dad used to tell me about eating lard KPN Mar 2020 #24
Well, using lard in cooking is different than smeared on bread. That's survival food. GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #26
I understand. For sure. KPN Mar 2020 #27
Italian lardo is magnificent Drahthaardogs Mar 2020 #37
Love it. Still remember the first time I ate in in Como, Italy GulfCoast66 Mar 2020 #38
I wonder if I could use this as a pizza crust. Cracklin Charlie Mar 2020 #18
We managed to find some tiny bags of flour at 7/11 of all places mikelgb Mar 2020 #19
To make it right Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2020 #20
Yes, Blue Bird! That's exactly what some Navajo told me KPN Mar 2020 #25
Good stuff! Love Navajo! KPN Mar 2020 #22
Looks good. MarianJack Mar 2020 #23
Ah yes, poverty gourmet cuisine. AKA fry bread. SunSeeker Mar 2020 #28
Thank you ever so much for this... it seems like it was last week I was thinking about this bread NotHardly Mar 2020 #29
Thanks for this. yonder Mar 2020 #30
Yum. cwydro Mar 2020 #34
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