Poor Man's Bread - - Super Cheap!

[Ceashels]

I made this tonight, rolled out with rolling pin into tortilla size rounds and fried in canola oil. It was delicious. Thank you for bumping it. My family liked it (parrots, too!).

Its been a while since I made it but I recall my dough being sticky... did you add extra flour to make it stiffer for rolling?

[bumplett]

I'm so glad you guys bumped this.

I'll try this soon. Sounds super easy.

[ktsmama]

How would it turn out if I used self rising flour?

Thanks.

[Ceashels]

Each cup of all-purpose flour, has 1 1/2 teaspoons of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt, (according to internet recipes I saw) so it will be a little saltier but it should work fine as long as it has not expired.

[OOwl]

Cea, I did add extra flour as I was rolling it out; then fried like a tortilla. It fried up thicker than a tortilla with a distinct flavor and nice puffy spots. My entire family went bonkers for it. There's a restaurant here that makes something called "Navajo Chicken Salad." It has that SAME bread on the bottom, spread with a layer of refried black beans, then topped with greens, tomato, fresh avocado, grilled chicken, and cheese with a lime dressing. This bread is EXACTLY that same bread! So, definitely going to make this again. Thanks for bumping it. (I mixed it as 1C flour, 1 heaping t of baking powder, 1 heaping t of powdered milk, 1/2 t course sea salt.)

[Ceashels]

That sounds really delicious. I'll give it a try when I get sometime... when Greebo isn't home. hehehe

[greekislandgirl]

I'm making this for lunch today - never heard of it, and just realized we're out of bread and don't have time for it to rise before lunch - this is such a cool idea - I can't wait to try it

[low-1]

Well, it's not exactly bannock, bannock has some sort of fat in it. Usually lard, sometimes butter or shortening. Bannock made with bacon grease is amazing. We usually use lard, and sometimes toss in raisins and a little cinnamon.

Fried bannock, baked bannock, bannock wrapped around a green willow and roasted over an open fire like a corndog... All so good. Bannock with fresh pickerel, bannock with moose stew, bannock with goose soup...

We eat lots of bannock up North here. The vast majority of people up here are Cree.

[greekislandgirl]

Well I made it using the recipe in the OP, but I also put in 1/2 tsp salt. We LOVED it, DH demanded I make it again soon

That was the easiest bread I've ever made - even easier than flatbread. And indeed very inexpensive!

[onencgirl]

mmm can't wait to try this.

[ruderring]

Will be trying this soon. Thanks GIG for posting today or I never would have seen the recipe.

[coreen]

sounds amazing can't wait to try it.

[Labontet]

Oh yes. Growing up down here in Fla we called that "Hoe Cake". Yes it is very good. My dad would even put some pork cracklins in the batter and fry them that way. Yummm.

One description of the name Hoe Cake came about from people, working in the fields, baking them on the blade of a hoe.

I never had them cooked on the blade of a hoe, but had many cooked in a cast iron skillet.

[sinopa27]

I have had indian fry bread - LOVE IT!

By the description of this poor man's bread, it sounds a bit different, especially in texture and toppings.

Indian fry bread is fried (well, mine is) so it is kind of thick. I top it with hamburger, pinto beans, cheese, onions, and sour cream - YUMMY! (note to self, add this to menu).

Indian fry bread is flour and water and yeast. Let it rise. Make pancake size flat pieces (put loose flour on counter and flatten it out - not sure if that technique has a name -lol). Put some oil in a skillet and fry it til nice golden brown. Put toppings on. Yumm-O!

i love fry bread. We call what you are describing as Indian tacos. Yum Yum!!

How much water for this poor man's bread?

[sinopa27]

can you substitute self-rising flour and just add water?