Fonio Pilaf with Dates, Carrots, and Peanuts

Fonio Pilaf with Dates, Carrots, and Peanuts

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This gluten-free grain, a type of millet, provides a wonderfully nutty backbone to a salad of sweet dates and carrots, and crunchy roasted peanuts.

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Cooking tools:

  • Oven
  • Saucepan
  • Wooden spoon
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Square baking dish
  • Aluminum foil
  • Fork
  • Serving bowl
  • Pastry brush
  • Stove
  • Colander
  • Kitchen towel

Ingredients

  • 1⁄4 cup red palm oil or vegetable oil, plus more for greasing
  • 5 oz. pitted Medjool dates, roughly chopped
  • 1⁄2 cup roughly chopped unsalted roasted peanuts
  • 1⁄2 tsp. cayenne
  • 2 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch dice
  • 1 cup fonio or quinoa, rinsed and drained
  • 1 1⁄2 cups chicken stock
  • Kosher salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp. finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

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