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Frybread (Navajo taco) is a signature dish of United States; we have verified places to eat it in Albuquerque and Phoenix. A puffy disc of fried dough topped with beans, ground beef, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and chile.
A puffy disc of fried dough topped with beans, ground beef, lettuce, cheese, tomatoes and chile. The Navajo taco, served at Pueblo Harvest Cafe and at every state fair.
Frybread emerged in 1864 during the Navajo Long Walk, when the US government rationed flour, lard and salt to the displaced Navajo people. The bread became a survival staple. Today it is served as the Navajo taco at Pueblo Harvest Cafe at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, and at the New Mexico State Fair frybread booths. The dish carries a complicated history of forced relocation and cultural endurance.
Where to eat in Albuquerque:
Where to eat Frybread (Navajo taco) in Albuquerque: the editor picks
Puffy, golden-fried dough served savoury, piled with beans, beef, lettuce and cheese as an Indian taco, or sweet, dusted with powdered sugar and honey.
Fry bread carries a complicated history, born of the rations of flour, sugar and lard issued to Native communities during forced relocation, and turned into a resilient staple. In Phoenix the Tohono O'odham-rooted Fry Bread House made it a citywide dish and won a James Beard America's Classics award in 2012. Eaten savoury as an Indian taco or sweet with sugar, it is a Native American signature of the Valley.
Where to eat in Phoenix:
Where to eat Fry bread in Phoenix: the editor picks
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