Navajo Tacos


Navajo Tacos

It's fair time and that means time to enjoy your favorite fried foods!  One of my all time favorite fair foods is Navajo tacos, also called Indian tacos.  I realize many people have probably never heard of Navajo tacos.  It's a unique dish to my area and a local favorite.  Usually when you order one of these tacos, the fry bread is as big as the plate and its almost impossible to eat the whole thing.  It also comes with a healthy serving of red or green chili.  The secret to these tacos is the fry bread.  It's basically fried dough.  And its good.  You can eat the fry bread plain or add honey much like a sopapilla or enjoy it with a dusting of powdered sugar, but I like my fry bread served with the taco toppings.  Do you have a favorite fair food such as candy apples, cotton candy, or funnel cake?  I like them all!

If you'd like to try Navajo tacos, just use the recipe below.
 
Indian Fry Bread
 Fry bread - the secret to great Navajo tacos!



Ingredients:

Fry Bread
1 1/4 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
2 cups vegetable oil for frying

Chili
1 pund ground beef
1 can (15 oz.) kidney beans, rinsed
1 packet (1.5 oz) low salt taco seasoning mix (or make your own with this homemade taco seasoning mix)
3/4 cup water
4 Tablespoons tomato paste

Toppings:
cheddar cheese, shredded
lettuce, chopped
onions, diced
tomatoes, diced

Directions
1.  Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a mixing bowl.  Add milk.  Mix together to form dough.  Kneed on lightly floured surface for five minutes or until smooth ball forms.  Let dough rest.

2.  Brown beef in skillet.  Drain.  Add taco seasoning and water to skillet and stir into the beef.  Cover and simmer on low heat about 10 minutes.  Add drained kidney beans and tomato paste.  Stir well.  Keep covered on low heat stirring occasionally

3.  Cut ball of dough in half.  With hands or rolling pin, flatten the dough.  It should look like pizza dough and be about 1/2 inch thick.

4.  In separate skillet, heat vegetable oil.  Gently place flattened dough one at a time into the hot oil.  Cook dough for about one minute or until it just begins to turn golden brown.  Using tongs, turn the dough over and cook the other side 30 seconds to a minute.  Place on paper towels to drain excess oil.

5.  While fry bread is hot, top with warm chili, cheese, lettuce, onions, and tomatoes.

Enjoy!

Navajo Tacos

Another great way to enjoy tacos!
taco-casserole


homemade-taco-seasoning



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Comments

  1. These looks really delicious! I am going to have to try these on my next mexican night!

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  2. Thanks for linking up to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Party! Your post has been pinned to the Bloggers Brags Pinterest Board :)

    Taco night is a favorite in our house! Can't wait to give this a try

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  3. Growing up, these would be what I looked forward to at our church festival every year. Yummy! I will have to try making them ~ it's been years!

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    1. I know what you mean Wendy. I only eat these tacos about once a year, usually at a fair or festival, and it's something I always look forward to.

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    2. Do I use plain or self rising flour thank you

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    3. Do I use plain flour or self rising they look so good thank you

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  4. I love Navajo Tacos and I've never made them myself. This looks super easy.

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  5. I must try this to change up the same old tacos we keep having. Thanks for the recipe! Pinned!

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  6. these look so good, I pinned it and will be making it soon!

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  7. These look delicious!! I need to try this!

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  8. I'm intrigued by the fry bread base for these. Luckily for me, it doesn't sound too difficult, so I'll have to give it a try. Pinned. :)

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  9. I'm so glad I found this on the #anythinggoeslinky! I had one of these at a fair, it was so good, and I've never seen a recipe for one until now. Definitely whipping these up tomorrow! Thanks for the great recipe!

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  10. This looks really really really good. Saw this featured on the Link Party at Table for 7 and had to come over for a closer look. I've never had one of these, and must change that very soon. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. I have never heard of these before!! They grabbed my attention because they looked like a little tostada :) I'm gonna give it a go! Thanks for sharing! I pinned it!!

    Have a great weekend!
    Liz

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  12. Great post...my mouth is watering!

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  13. Visiting from Paula's blog hop - had to stop here. This post brings back memories! When my 38 year old daughter was a child, she always wanted fry bread tacos!! Your post makes me want to go make some! Thanks.

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  14. We love having Navajo Tacos now and then. Just hit the spot! Thanks for sharing your recipe with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

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  15. These look awesome, I might try them next weekend. #KatherinesCorner

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  16. Stopping by to say G'Day. I have never had these but they look yummy. We love Mexican and making your own bread base seems easy.
    Bev

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  17. The fry bread brings back memories. My mom use to make them and have refried pinto beans and ham with them. Oh how I miss those simple times and food.

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  18. those look delish!!
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  19. These sound amazing. The bread alone sounds delicious. PInned. Thanks for bringing this to Weekend Bites.

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  21. Saw this on Foodtastic Friday and I had to come get the recipe. Looks delicious.

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  23. This looks SO good! We eat a lot of tacos in our home, so this would be a fun alternative. Thanks so much - pinning this one to try soon.

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  24. I am thinking about making these for a church function. Would these keep/reheat well if I made them the night before?

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  25. I have not tried your recipe but I pinned it. Traditional fry bread is usually made with water because we had no milk, except powdered milk, which I have put in mine sometimes. I have never measured so I am anxious to try this in a smaller batch as the unmeasured batches I learned from my grandfather makes a few dozen. Thanks for posting.

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  26. Milk?....and even powdered milk???, nah, just WARM water, baking powder and flour....that is the basis of navajo fry bread, and the less one touches the bread when ready the better the bread comes out after it is flipped a few times in a circular motion to achieve the round shape the softer and better the bread becomes...my mother WAS the best fry bread making in the family...

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