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Doris Eagle's Frybread Recipe video clip

Doris in her kitchen Frybread dough:

4 cups of white flour
4 Tablespoons of sugar
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 pint of warm water
1 cup of dry milk
2 eggs
1 stick butter or margarine, melted
2 packages of dry yeast


Mix dry ingredients together - except for the yeast - in a large bowl. Mix warm water with dry milk. Add milk mixture to dry ingredients. Add eggs and melted butter. Mix well. Add two packages of dry yeast. Mix all ingredients well.

Knead dough until a good consistency, and form into a ball. Grease a large bowl, and put ball of dough in bowl and let rise to the top of the bowl (about 30-60 minutes). Punch dough down and let rise again to top of bowl.

When dough has risen for second time, it's time to make your frybread!

Using an electric skillet or large frying pan, heat enough vegetable oil to cook several disks of dough at one time. Let oil heat up to 160-180 degrees. When hot, test oil with a little piece of dough. If dough sizzles and begins to brown, the oil is ready.

From large bowl of dough, pull a small piece off and form into a small ball, and flatten into disk, about 1/2 inch in thickness and 4 inches in diameter. Punch a small hole in the center and put into the hot oil. Cook until brown on one side and then turn over. When both sides are brown, drain on paper towels.

Taco ingredients

Frybread filling for Indian Tacos:

Cooked ground beef with taco mix
Pinto beans
Shredded lettuce
Shredded American cheese
Diced tomatoes
Diced onions

Top frybread and enjoy!



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