Wild Grain Bars

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These chewy Native American-inspired snack bars could beryllium among the astir eye-appealing and addictive ones you'll ever make. The nutty flavors of chaotic atom and reddish quinoa are greatly enhanced by a speedy deep-fry; past those grains are combined with seeds and dried fruit.

You'll request an instant-read thermometer, and it’s preferable to person a China cap/heatproof fine-mesh strainer for frying the chaotic rice.

The bars tin beryllium individually wrapped successful wax insubstantial oregon integrative wrapper and stored successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 3 weeks. Freezing them is not recommended.

From enforcement cook Jerome Grant and sous-chefs William Almy and Stephen Kerschner of the Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe successful the National Museum of the American Indian.

Ingredients

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Servings: 15-18

Canola oil, for frying
1/2 cupful roasted, lightly salted hulled pumpkin seeds
1 cupful hulled, unsalted sunflower seeds
1/2 cupful aureate flax seed
3 cups dried chaotic atom (not a chaotic rice/brown atom blend)
1/2 cupful dried reddish quinoa, preferably Native Harvest brand
1/2 cupful coconut milk, preferably full-fat
1/2 cupful mild honey
3/4 cupful maple syrup
1/4 cupful acheronian brownish sugar
2 teaspoons kosher salt
2 cups tart dried cherries

From enforcement cook Jerome Grant and sous-chefs William Almy and Stephen Kerschner of the Mitsitam Native Foods Cafe successful the National Museum of the American Indian.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 12, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026