These Navajo tacos are so delicious, you’ll dream about them! I don’t know what it is about them, the fried bread, the juicy flank steak or all that cheese. Whatever it is, all these ingredients combined – make for one spectacular taco! I have plenty of taco recipes on the blog, but this one is different! I made the dough myself, using my easy pizza dough recipe which is foolproof. The fry bread is so good, you’ll want to eat every last crumb. Simple ingredients coming together to create one epic taco!
What are Navajo tacos
Navajo tacos are really Indian fry bread which is a flat dough bread that fried and then topped with some simple ingredients. If you’ve never had some before, you are missing out! Check out my recipe for feta fry bread, if you’ve never tried any type of fried dough; I strongly strongly urge you to go in your kitchen right now and make some. You can eat it plain, with yogurt, cheese, or of course as a taco, like in this recipe! You can stuff it with meat, veggies, basically everything but the kitchen sink! Needless to say, this is not an authentic recipe, it’s simply my version of it. Traditionally, Navajo tacos are made with ground beef, so feel free to use that if you choose to, I just love the steak version better.
Ingredients
Dough
Water – Make sure it’s warm water. Salt Olive Oil – Substitute for canola oil, sunflower oil, safflower oil or avocado oil. Flour – I used trusty all-purpose flour! Yeast – Active dry yeast. You can use instant yeast as well the only difference is that instant yeast doesn’t need to be activated, so just add it along with the rest of the ingredients.
Note: If you don’t want to make your own dough, you could use frozen dinner roll dough – But trust me on this homemade fry bread, it’s worth it.
Steak
Steak – Flank steak. Taco Sauce – Store bought will work fine or you could use my homemade enchilada sauce! Salt and Pepper – To taste. Spices – I used ground cumin, chili powder and garlic powder.
Toppings
Cheese – I used Mozzarella cheese, feel free to use your preference! Lettuce Tomatoes Green onions Cilantro
Other
Oil – For frying bread.
How to make Navajo tacos
Note: You can probably get about 6 to 8 tacos out of this dough, so if you’re not going to fry all of them, you can freeze half.
Freezing Dough
Store excess dough, sealed tightly, in your freezer for up to a year!
How to serve
Mix up your regular taco night and serve these steak fry bread tacos as an alternative to the traditional! They are a fun take on the classic and they are so yummy! You can also try different meat options, like chicken or pork or try adding some of these additional toppings to amp up your tacos even more!
What else can I add to my Navajo tacos
Jalapenos Corn Black Beans Guacamole Salsa Sour cream Avocado Lime Crema Cotijo Hot Sauce
How to store leftover tacos
Store leftovers separately.
Steak
Store leftover flank steak in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Fry Bread
Leftover fry bread might not keep as well and may lose its texture – it’s best to use it up immediately. See above for freezing instructions.
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