Pineapple fried rice

Serves:

4-Jun

Ingredients

• 4 cups cooked rice, cooled
• 4 tbsp peanut oil
• 1 medium brown onion, finely diced
• 6 cloves garlic, crushed
• 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger
• 1 bunch snake beans, sliced 
• 1/2 cup diced tomato (flesh only)
• 1 1/2 cups pineapple, chopped
• 4 tbsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp white sugar
• 4 shallots (green onions), finely sliced

Method

Step 1. Break up cold rice to remove any lumps.

Step 2. Heat half of the oil in a hot frying pan and gently fry the onion, garlic, ginger and snake beans for 2-3 minutes until fragrant.

Step 3. Add the remaining oil and rice. Cook on high heat for 3 minutes, stirring continuously.

Step 4. Add the tomato, pineapple, fish sauce and sugar. Continue to stir-fry for 3-4 minutes. Add shallots and cook for a further minute or two. Serve warm.

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Serving Suggestions

Note

• We used peanut oil for flavour but you can use vegetable oil if you have it on hand.
• A handful of cashews gives this dish extra texture and flavour, and makes it that little bit more special.
• Snake beans are a long green bean that can be found in most Asian shops or greengrocers. If you can't find them, just substitute for regular beans.
• This recipe was created by Jennifer Cheung for Kidspot, New Zealand's best recipe finder.