Tag: Arizona

Bread, Recipe

Navajo Fry Bread Sticks

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From the Phoenix Sun newspaper when I was living there in 1991:

Navajo Fry Bread Sticks

  • 4 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • Milk or water

Mix all ingredients, adding enough milk or water to moisten.  Form into a dough, then pinch off pieces and roll into lengths.  Bake 30 minutes at 375 degrees.  These are light and soft, good with stew.  Recipe also works for Navajo tortillas or fry bread.  Fry bread may be topped with honey or confectioners’ sugar.  Or layer with pintos, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and green chilies for a Navajo taco.

Recipe

Navajo Corn and Cheese Pudding

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From the Phoenix Sun newspaper when I was living there in 1991:

Navajo Corn and Cheese Pudding

  • 2 cups corn kernels, scraped from the cob
  • 3/4 cup milk
  • 1 1/2 cups yellow cornmeal
  • 1/3 cup melted lard or shortening
  • 2 eggs, beaten well
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 roasted green chilies, peeled, seeded and chopped
  • 3/4 cup diced Cheddar cheese

In a large bowl, mix corn and milk.  Add cornmeal and lard; stir.  Add eggs and baking powder and stir.  Add eggs and baking powder and stir.  Add sugar and salt.  Mix in chilies and cheese. Pour into ungreased baking pan and bake in 400-degree oven for 45 minutes.  Serve hot.

Recipe

Navajo-Irish Stew

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From the Phoenix Sun newspaper when I was living there in 1991:

Navajo-Irish Stew

  • 2 pounds stew beef in 1-inch cubes
  • Vegetable Oil
  • 1 quart water
  • 1 package dry onion-soup mix
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley
  • Dash of garlic powder
  • 3 zucchini, cut into large chunks
  • 1 onion, cut into chunks
  • 2 fresh unpeeled tomatoes, cut into chunks
  • 4 pattypan squash, cut into chunks
  • 3 potatoes, cut into chunks
  • 1 cup string beans
  • 4 or 5 ears of fresh corn, cut into sections

Brown beef in vegetable oil.  Add a small amount of flour to the pan, then water.  Add soup mix, dried herbs, garlic powder and vegetables.  Bring to a boil and simmer 3 to 4 hours.

Makes 8 servings.

Dinner, Recipe

Anasazi Stew

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Here’s a recipe called Anasazi Stew you might like (got this from the Phoenix Sun newspaper when I lived down there):

  • 1 pound pork shoulder, cut into cubes
  • 1 large onion, cut into chunks
  • 1 cup string beans, cut in half
  • 3 zucchini, cut into large chunks
  • 4 pattypan squash, cut into large chunks (these are the pale green flying saucer shaped squash)
  • 1 can (14 or 16 ounces) tomatoes
  • 1 green chili, cut up
  • 1 cup fresh or canned kernel corn
  • 1 quart water

Place ingredients in an electric slow cooker and simmer on low all day. Serve with Navajo Fry Bread or tortillas.