This article is about the American regional food. Traditional bannock recipe other types of fried bread, see fried bread.

Frybread, and the phrase “Frybread Power”, is famously featured in the 1998 film Smoke Signals. Characters are frequently seen eating, frying, or discussing the bread’s taste and cultural importance. Most notably, after Victor forces Thomas to change his physical appearance, Thomas then appears in a shirt displaying “Frybread Power”. In Bulgaria, there is a similar food called mekitsa. In Hungary, there is a similar food called lángos. In Italy, there are similar foods called gnocco fritto and pizza fritta, which exists in several regional variants.

Some are very similar to the Native American recipe. Romani people cook a similar dish called pufe. In Tunisia, there are similar foods, sweet and salty, called bambalouni and fricasse. The former is a fried dough doughnut that can be eaten with honey or sugar, while the latter is a fried dough sandwich with eggs, tuna, olives and harissa paste. In Kenya and Tanzania, mandazi is a fried dough bread that can be eaten with sweet or savory foods, or consumed plain with tea. In South Africa, there is a similar food called vetkoek and it is usually eaten with curried mince or syrup.