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Frybread

Breads, Flatbreads and Savory Pastries

Frybread is a dish of the Indigenous peoples of North America, a flat dough bread that is fried or deep fried in oil, shortening, or lard.

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Origin Region
North America 1
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Expresses Tradition

Bread Baking, Food Traditions
Source Frybread - Wikipedia

Uses Ingredient

Lard, Ingredients
Source Frybread - Wikipedia
Shortening, Ingredients
Source Frybread - Wikipedia
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Sources
1. Frybread - Wikipedia
  • History
    The United States government provided a small set of staple food items, which included the ingredients to create a simple quick bread, that was cooked in a pan of hot lard over coals and became known as frybread.
  • Uses Ingredient: Lard, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, leavening agent, fat (oil, shortening, or lard)
  • Uses Ingredient: Shortening, Infobox main_ingredient field: Dough, leavening agent, fat (oil, shortening, or lard)
  • Expresses Tradition: Bread Baking, Wikipedia category: Category:American breads
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