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Navajo Taco
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Frybread's origins trace to hardship — Navajo people adapted it from the flour, sugar, and lard rations issued after their forced 1860s relocation — yet it's since become a proud Southwestern fair food.
A round of pillowy fried dough is piled high with seasoned ground beef or shredded chicken, beans, lettuce, tomato, cheese, and often New Mexico red or green chile. Powwow vendors, state fair stands, and roadside stalls across New Mexico serve it as a full meal on a paper plate.
Why it's made this way: The dish is tied to Native American communities across the Southwest, and New Mexico vendors set theirs apart by finishing it with the state's own red or green chile.
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