When I was a child, we used to purchase these Indian tacos at county fairs in Oklahoma! Very excellent! Delicious chili mixture topped with mouthwatering fried bread and garnished with all of your favorite taco fixings, including salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, black olives, and shredded cheese.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- ¼ onion, chopped
- ½ (1.25 ounce) package spicy chili seasoning mix
- 1 (15 ounce) can ranch-style beans
- 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups vegetable oil for frying, or as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees F (95 degrees C).
- Cook and stir ground beef and onion in a large skillet over medium heat until beef is brown and crumbly, about 10 minutes; drain excess grease.
- Stir in chili seasoning mix, ranch-style beans, and diced tomatoes with green chilies. Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until mixture is thick, about 10 minutes; let simmer while you finish the remaining steps.
- Mix self-rising flour with buttermilk in a bowl (dough will be very sticky). Scoop up about 1/4 cup dough and gently pat into a 5-inch circle on a well-floured work surface; repeat with remaining dough.
- Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet to 400 degrees F (205 degrees C).
- Fry a dough circle in hot oil until golden brown, about 3 minutes per side. Fry bread will expand in size as it cooks. Drain on paper towels and place on a baking sheet. Transfer to the oven to keep warm while you finish frying remaining dough pieces.
- Top fried bread with ground beef mixture and serve.
- We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount will vary depending on cooking time and temperature, ingredient density, and the specific type of oil used.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 588 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 49 g |
| Cholesterol | 93 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 36 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 1569 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 26 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I tested this recipe vs others I’d found (one with AP flour and whole milk, and another with AP flour and water). I did them side by side and this one with the buttermilk and self rising flour was hands down a better tasting end result. I don’t know how historically accurate it is, but for flavor, this is the best.
Delicious! Almost as good as Dan’s Indian Tacos at the State Fair of Oklahoma! I topped mine with cheese, lettuce and sour cream. My husband and son made theirs with cheese, sour cream and Franks Red Hot.
They are so good. Dough is so easy. Have made last 3 days. Lol
So, I’m not from OK, I’m not Native American, and I’ve never had these tacos before. Having said all that, wow these babies are gooood! Followed the recipe to the tee. Only change I would make is to divide the dough
I am one of the people that hate it when people rate a recipe and are like, “Well I subbed fat free everything and it was horrible.” or “It called for pineapple but I only had radishes.” I did make a TON of changes. My husband was craving this from some random Indian fest years ago so I gave it a shot. As written the recipe was pretty bland for my tastes. BUT that may have been because I could not find the Ranch Style Beans. I used pinto beans instead and they were a very good addition. I also way upped the spices. (Part of that is probably because I didn’t have the Ranch Style Beans.) Added brown sugar, Paprika, salt, cumin, quite a bit of black pepper, and onion and garlic powders to the filling. But I’m giving this a 5 anyway. 😀 It turned out delicious. I would have never been able to pull this off without the original recipe. My husband is 1/2 Native American and he had mentioned this a few times. Oh! I did throw a pinch of salt in the fry bread. Thank you for sharing!!
amazing!
I am from Oklahoma and these are a delicacy there. These are amazing, if you have not had them before, then you are definitely missing out on a slice of heaven and must food for the gods.
The chili beef was great but I didn’t much care for the fry bread as it seemed far too dense.
This was good- the bread is more biscuit like, than a bread, just and FYI.
Wow! I had a completely different idea when I saw this recipe. What if you made it smaller, and coated it with cinnamon and sugar. Then topped it with ice cream? AMAZING! Made the batch half size, and still got 6 servings out of it. As soon as it came off the oil, I dabbed it on a paper towel. Then I covered it like a churro and put ice cream and served it hot with cold ice cream. Allowed party guests to cover the ice cream with home made Ghiradelli chocolate fondue sauce. Recipe works better than expected!
I have been looking for a recipe since I moved to Texas from N.M. but didn’t know what they called it. I made this last night with taco meat – charro beans-lettuce – cheese and pica de gallo, my boyfriend loved it! He ate 4 plus half of mine. I used smaller portions for us 2 so don’t be scared if the batter doesn’t look right, it should be plenty sticker and covered in flour.
Easy & tasty fry bread. Added a pinch of salt, otherwise followed recipe. Used cooking spray on hands while patting to size to keep the dough from sticking. Very easy & good.
Wasn’t bad in any way… But very “plain”… Would like to try rolling the bread to make it real thin … Maybe more chalupa like.
I’ve made these for Many many years. I was taught by a wonder and beautiful Native American (Choctaw) she taught me to make it with yeast bread. Takes a lot longer but has a sweeter taste goes great with the chili seasoning and ranch style beans. Worth the extra time.
Made this recipe for my husband since he loves Indian tacos and they were a hit with him. He can be kinda picky but they were perfect the first time I tried making them. I used crisco instead of the oil for frying. I also didn’t have self rising flour so I made my own out of regular flour, salt and baking powder. Also didn’t put tomatoes in while cooking we like them raw with the crunch in tact. We put sour cream on top with lettuce and cheese and all the fixings. Mmm very delicious recipe!!
Made this last night and it was very good. The kids asked for second helpings! Because we have kids, I made it a little less spicy by using mild chili seasoning instead of spicy.
Haven’t tried it yet, but fully intend to. Tammy M, there are beans in a can labeled RANCH STYLE BEANS. They are usually w/ the beans, on the top shelf where you really have to look for them. I find them at our local Kroger and Publix.
Amazing!! I only used 1 lb hamburger meat not 2 and it was plenty everything else I kept the same! They were better than the state fair I thought!!! Thanks for the recipe it was delicious!
Fry bread- easy and delish! Everything was really good — just wasn’t sure about “chili meat” on my taco. 🙂
I have used this recipe several times now and my family loves it. Our guests always comment “it’s a fun change”. It’s also Soooo… easy!
My moms side of the family is Native American and we just call this indian fry bread and we use pork and call it chili pork.