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Fry Bread Tacos

RECIPES FOR FRY bread differ from family to family and region to region, but the basic ingredients—flour, fat, leavening, and liquid—remain constant. These puffy 6-inch rounds of deep-fried bread with lightly crisp, golden edges and a soft and slightly elastic texture share characteristics with beignets, sopaipillas, and state-fair fried dough, though fry bread’s story is singular and remarkable (see “The American Table”).

You’ll sometimes find fry bread served sweetened with a drizzle of honey or a dusting of sugar; other times it’s folded over savory fillings like a taco. The latter was the direction I knew I wanted

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