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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
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pieces served for
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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
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, or simply ‘fried dough’. Preparation begins with
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and other ingredients, typically including baking powder, salt, vegetable oil and water. The mix is then pan-cooked.Fry Jacks
Flavors of Belize magazine Preparation involves creating the dough and then allowing it time to
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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

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Biscuit A biscuit is a flour-based baked and shaped food product. In most countries 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 ...
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List of fried dough foods This is a list of fried dough foods. Many cultures have dishes that are prepared by deep frying dough in many various forms. Doughnuts are a type of fried dough food that are covered separately in the Wikipedia article List of doughnut varieties. ...
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Pancake A pancake (or hotcake, griddlecake, or flapjack) is a flat cake, often thin and round, prepared from a Starch, starch-based batter (cooking), batter that may contain eggs, milk and butter and cooked on a hot surface such as a griddle or fryi ...
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Poori Puri (sometimes spelled as poori) is a deep-fried bread made from unleavened whole-wheat flour that originated in the Indian subcontinent. It is eaten for breakfast or as a snack or light meal. It is usually served with a savory curry or ''bha ...


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