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Fry jacks are a traditional dish in
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Flavors of Belize magazine Preparation involves creating the dough and then allowing it time to
Fry jacks are a traditional dish in Belizean cuisine
Belizean cuisine is an amalgamation of all ethnicities in the nation of Belize and their respectively wide variety of foods. Breakfast often consists of sides of bread, flour tortillas, or fry jacks that are often homemade and eaten with various ...
. They are deep-fried dough
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pieces served for breakfast
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, and can be shaped as circles or triangles.
Overview
Fry jacks are not unique to Belize. Other names are used in various countries around the world including beignets inNew Orleans
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(United States), sopaipillas in Mexico
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, other Latin America
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n countries and the Southwestern United States
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, or simply ‘fried dough’.
Preparation begins with flour
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and other ingredients, typically including baking powder, salt, vegetable oil and water. The mix is then pan-cooked.Flavors of Belize magazine Preparation involves creating the dough and then allowing it time to
proof
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, or rise. Once the dough has risen, the dough is rolled out and then cut into strips or pieces. After being pan-cooked in oil, they may be topped with ingredients such as jam, beans or cheese.
See also
*Biscuit
A biscuit is a flour-based baked food item. Biscuits are typically hard, flat, and unleavened. They are usually sweet and may be made with sugar, chocolate, icing, jam, ginger, or cinnamon. They can also be savoury, similar to crackers.
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* List of fried dough foods
* Pancake
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* Poori
References
Further reading
* S. (2013, April 25). Fry Jacks(Belize). Fry Jacks Belize) Recipe. Retrieved from http://www.food.com/recipe/fry-jacks-belize-499428 * Flavors of Belize, Belize Cooking, Belize Recipes. (n.d.). Flavors of Belize, Belize Cooking, Belize Recipes. Retrieved from http://www.flavorsofbelize.com/#!fry-jacks/c11yk {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103135209/http://www.flavorsofbelize.com/#!fry-jacks/c11yk , date=2019-01-03 * Kessler, A. (n.d.). Authentic Belizean Recipes – Fry Jacks. Live in Belize Retire in Belize Belize LifeStyle. Retrieved from http://belizelifestyle.com/authentic-belizean-recipes-fry-jacks/ * A. (n.d.). Calories in Fry Jacks. SparkRecipes. Retrieved from https://archive.today/20131204194953/http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-calories.asp?recipe=315004 * How to Make Belizean Fry Jacks , Belize Travel Blog. (n.d.). Belize Travel Blog. Retrieved from https://web.archive.org/web/20131217224729/http://belize-travel-blog.chaacreek.com/2012/08/how-to-make-belizean-fry-jacks/ Belizean cuisine National dishes