Tonight The Hubs asked if I thought frozen bread dough would make into a pita pocket if fried. Well, no, it won't. Pita pockets are dry and not something I particularly care for, and I didn't really think that they were something he'd love either. Aside from that, pita pockets aren't fried.
He wanted to make something to use as a 'bun' for a shredded roast beef sandwich. I suggested that I make hoagie buns out of frozen bread dough, but he really wanted to try frying.
So, I decided to try to figure out what he was going for.
Out came a loaf of my trusted frozen bread dough.
I let a loaf of frozen bread dough rise in a bread pan till it was about half way up the pan. Then I cut it into 3 strips.
I cut each of those strips into 3-4 pieces.
I sort of squeezed them flat with my fingers, didn't need them to be perfectly rolled out. Let them sit and rise a bit longer, 30 minutes or so. This isn't mandatory, but your final product will not be as light of a bread if you skip the rising part!
The Hubs took over with the frying because I had to nurse G3.
He pulled each chunk into a larger flatter piece of dough. He made each piece separately, frying them in a pan with a few inches of hot oil. He flipped them over to brown both sides.
I was a little worried that they might end up either really dense or crispy like pita chips. But they weren't!
They were fluffy and soft and had big air pockets in them. Oh they were yummy!!! If I had to compare them to something, I'd say a soft funnel cake!
However... They were NOT ideal to hold the shredded roast! The Hubs put some meat on his piece of 'fry bread' and it instantly got soggy!
I put my meat on the side, used a fork and put meat onto the bread as I went. I tore off a piece of bread, put the meat on top, and popped it in my mouth!
I will definitely be finding more ways to use this Fry Bread!!
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