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Fried Bread

Fried Bread: a sourced camp stove recipe with measured ingredients and cooking instructions. Pack a cooler for perishables.

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Added October 9, 2026
Source: Recipe: Wikibooks contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); extracted from linked revision; camping suitability and safety notes added. Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 2.0; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_fried_bread.jpg; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0. Photo illustrates this dish on its source recipe page; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.
Fried Bread

Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor · CC BY-SA 2.0. Source-recipe food photograph; not a Wild10 cooking-test photo.

Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

  • •Self-rising flour
  • •Milk or buttermilk plus ⅛ tsp baking soda
  • •Bacon fat

Instructions

  1. 1Mix equal amounts of self-rising flour and milk. The mixture should be the consistency of thick pudding—add more milk or flour to desired consistency.
  2. 2Heat enough bacon fat to prevent sticking in an iron skillet until it is very hot.
  3. 3Fry spoonfuls of dough in the skillet until brown and crispy on the bottom. Turn and continue frying until done.

Camp tips

  • • Other oils and types of skillets can be used for frying, but bacon fat and an iron skillet makes the best. A mixture of ½ bacon fat and ½ olive oil is an acceptable substitute.
  • • Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

Food safety & trail facts

Keep perishables at 40°F (4°C) or below in a monitored cooler. Discard food left above that temperature for over 2 hours, or 1 hour above 90°F (32°C). Use potable water, wash hands, and pack out scraps. Never cook inside a tent. Check local fire restrictions.

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