Pineapple fried rice

This delicious Thai-style pineapple fried rice uses fresh chunks of pineapple and salty fish sauce for that authentic Thai flavour. Best of all, it cooks in under 10 minutes.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups cooked rice

    cooled

  • ¼ cup peanut oil

  • 1 brown onion

    finely diced

  • 6 cloves garlic

    crushed

  • 1 tbsp freshly grated ginger

  • 1 tin snake beans

    sliced

  • ½ cup diced tomato

    flesh only

  • 1 cup pineapple

    chopped

  • ¼ cup fish sauce

  • 1 tsp white sugar

  • 4 shallots

    green onions, finely sliced

Equipment

  • 1 frying pan

Instructions

  1. Break up cold rice to remove any lumps.
  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.
  3. Add the remaining oil and rice. Cook on high heat for 3 minutes, stirring continuously.
  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.

Notes

Tip
We used peanut oil for flavour but you can use vegetable oil if you have it on hand.
Tip
A handful of cashews gives this dish extra texture and flavour, and makes it that little bit more special.
Tip
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.

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