{"id":1298,"slug":"fry-bread-i","title":"Fry Bread I","description":"Fry bread is a traditional Native American flatbread usually made on an open fire or a barbecue, or fried in a pan of hot oil over a stove top. This recipe uses modern techniques and tools.","ingredients_raw":["2 cups flour","2 tsp baking powder","1 tsp salt","2 Tbsp shortening","⅔ cup hot water"],"ingredients_norm":["flour","baking powder","salt","shortening","hot water"],"steps":["Combine flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.","Use a pastry blender (or two butter knives) to cut the shortening into the flour.","Add the hot water, and mix until the water is incorporated and you get a dough.","Turn out the dough on a lightly floured board. Knead the dough until it is soft and smooth.","Wrap the dough in plastic, and let the dough rest for 30 minutes.","Divide the dough into 6 pieces, roll each into a ball, and roll each into a flat disk with a rolling pin.","Brush one side of each disk with melted margarine and place on a barbecue over a 3 Mississippi fire.","Brush the opposing side of the bread with margarine and flip the bread on the barbecue.","Cook until both sides are golden brown. Serve hot."],"categories":["Bread recipes","Recipes for flatbread","Grilled recipes","Vegan recipes","Native American recipes","Recipes using baking powder","Recipes using wheat flour"],"prep_time_minutes":10,"cook_time_minutes":5,"total_time_minutes":45,"servings":"6","yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Fry_Bread_I","source_ref":"4512680","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Fry_Bread_I&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"c3f21be836ecf0a65214361a8353a6f60f9ab1fdfdb1fe6726df881e19184db5","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:02Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/fry-bread-i"}