Pineapple is more than a fruit or smoothie. Do you know pineapple can be infused into a meal? Bet you didn’t know you can use it to prepare fried rice. If you are a lover of good food especially Asian food and you like a little adventure and trying new recipes; then the pineapple fried stir-fried rice is what you need to try next.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup cold pressed coconut oil (any other vegetable oil will do)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 2 garlic cloves (minced)
- Thumb size ginger (minced)
- 4 raw eggs
- 1 red bell pepper (tatashe) – chopped
- 1 -2 cups green peas
- 1 small pineapple (peeled and cubed)
- Seasoning
- Salt – to taste
- 2 teaspoons white pepper
- 2 cups of day-old cooked basmati rice, substitute with long grain or jasmine rice
- 16-20 shrimps (cleaned and seasoned with salt and pepper)
- Basil leaves (chopped or left in whole)optional
Directions
- Heat a large pan or wok on medium-high heat. Add in oil. Add in minced onion, garlic and ginger. Stirfry until onion is translucent and fragrant.
- Move the onions aside, add in beaten eggs and scramble. Remove the scrambled eggs and set them aside
- Add in salt, seasoning, white pepper into the fried onions. Stir. Add in pineapples, peas, shrimp and red pepper. Increase heat to high and stir fry until most of the moisture is evaporated.
- Add in rice. Stir fry for another 3 minutes. Add in scrambled egg and gently combine
- Fried rice is ready to serve. Serve with some spicy chicken