FRYBREAD Definition & Meaning

frybread

or fry bread

[ frahy-bred ]

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noun

a flatbread made from fried dough and served with a variety of toppings, such as powdered sugar or taco ingredients: a signature food among many Native American communities, especially in the Southwest:
My Navajo grandmother makes the best frybread, drizzled with raw honey and crushed pine nuts.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of frybread¹

First recorded in 1965–70; fry ¹( def ) + bread ( def )

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And every year you’ll find Carol Tiger there, elbow deep in a bowl of frybread mix.

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That’s the way wild onions are typically cooked for large gatherings, a side dish of greens with a familiar peppery bite, served alongside fried pork, beans, frybread, chicken dumplings, cornbread, and safke — a soup made with cracked corn and lye from wood ash that is common among tribal nations in the southeast, including the Muscogee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, and Seminole.

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The groundbreaking series “Reservation Dogs” is, of course, a standout in mainstream Native representation but so are films like “Frybread Face and Me,” “Fancy Dance” and even action shows like Marvel’s “Echo.”

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Instead, there were tri-tip sandwiches and frybread, and the parade featured a skit about dam removal with participants holding large paper cutouts of fish.

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Inside, we got some delicious Navajo frybread and took some silly photos at the point where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah come together.

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