Pineapple Fried Rice
A quick and easy weeknight meal that’s so much cheaper, tastier and healthier than take-out!
I am such a sucker for pineapple fried rice. It’s my absolute favorite of all fried rices, and there’s quite a bit of variations out there. But every time I order take-out or order pineapple fried rice from a restaurant, the pineapple chunks are always so huge! It’s my biggest pet peeve, so I just had to make a homemade version to share with you all.
Now this is a version that is conveniently loaded with bite-sized pineapple chunks, just bursting with all of their their juicy sweetness. It’s also super easy to whip up and it can easily be a clean-out-the-fridge meal with all those lingering veggies.
And feel free to use your favorite kind of protein – ham, chicken, or shrimp, or you can even keep it vegetarian with just the pineapple. Either way, once you drizzle on that Sriracha goodness, you’ll have the best combination of sweet and spicy flavors. Plus, this makes for awesome leftovers the next day!
Pineapple Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon ginger powder
- ¼ teaspoon white pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 carrots, peeled and grated
- ½ cup frozen corn
- ½ cup frozen peas
- 3 cups cooked brown rice
- 2 cups diced pineapple, canned or fresh
- ½ cup diced ham
- 2 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger powder and white pepper; set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet or wok over medium high heat. Add garlic and onion to the skillet, and cook, stirring often, until onions have become translucent, about 3-4 minutes. Stir in carrots, corn and peas, and cook, stirring constantly, until vegetables are tender, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in rice, pineapple, ham, green onions and soy sauce mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until heated through, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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You never let me down! As I expected, this was fantastic. It was a nice side to your Thai salmon in foil.
It really makes for a great side dish!
A bit wet
I followed the directions to the letter and it turned out to be disappointing to say the least. The sesame oil is extremely overpowering, there were to many onions for comfort, and the overall dish just did not come together nicely. If you’re looking for a authentic-ish fried rice recipe, this isn’t the one.
You definitely didn’t follow the directions, Olivia. I can’t cook to save my life and I followed it to a “T” and it tastes like it came from a Thai restaurant.
I have two kinds of sesame oil in my kitchen. One is more of a cooking oil, and is lighter in colour and flavour, and the other is a darker and much stronger flavoured oil. At this quantity I feel like I would definitely be going with the lighter one…
Perhaps that’s the difference here?
No need to be so rude.
I made this tonight with grilled pork chops it was delicious. Thank you!
That sounds delicious!
Can you swap out quinoa for the rice? Thanks!
Yes, absolutely.
Fabulous dish, made it as an accompaniment to a baked ham, with FRESH pineapple. Added 1/2 chopped red pepper, and when finished, sprinkled toasted coconut and pine nuts over the top. Really made the already great recipe POP! Was looking forward to leftovers for lunch but there were NONE! Wish I had taken a picture.
Aaah-mazing. I sauteed canned pineapple tidbits before starting the onion to give a carmelized “wok” sweetness to it. I had to sub veggies, used red bell pepper and frozen snap peas. Tossed in a few hand fulls of frozen shrimp instead of ham. This recipe is endlessly customizable and super easy. Will be in constant rotation here.
Has anyone tried making this the night before and then reheating in the oven for an large size party? Would like to make this for a party but no time the day of? Sounds yummy
Yes, this reheats quite well!
Never had pineapple fried rice, but tried this dish. However, I substituted wild rice and no ham. It was very good. Will be trying this at our family get together, it’s perfect for the vegetarians and I’ll add the ham for the others.
Just made this with brown rice and stir-fry veggies, also a bunch more ham as a one-pot meal… I really loved the juicy pineapple in this dish, it was so filling and quick to make. Thanks for the recipe!
This is the best flavored rice, very easy to put together most of the work is cutting the veg and having it ready to go. I also added spam to this instead of ham very good. Always have on hand. Definite try!!!!
This looks super easy. I love sesame oil. I like to buy it from our Japanese market where it is much cheaper. One time I ordered pineapple fried rice at a Chinese market and the pineapple was not sweet. They said it was supposed to be that way? I don’t know about that, but I like it to add some sugar (and sometimes fresh pineapple!)
With my leftover brown rice, I like to make brown rice pudding for breakfast. http://oldworldtaste.com/brown-rice-pudding-with-dried-fruit-compote/
Thanks for the recipe. Love those frosty peas in the photo!
I tried this recipe and found it to be too bland, no flavor at all big let down since i asked for it for my birthday dinner.
This recipe was linked to an article about the benefits of brown rice over white rice yet the recipie’ picture shows white rice????
You can use brown or white rice. It’s up to you!
This is a dumb question, but do you cook the frozen vegetables before you add them? Do you thaw them? Dump them in frozen? Thank you!
You can dump them right in!
Soooooooooooooooooooooo good!!! My husband ate the leftovers, so I already need to make it again. Except, next time I will double it!
Just whipped this up for dinner and added cubed chicken breast in lieu of the ham. As usual, your recipes don’t disappoint – it was delicious! We will definitely be eating this meal again in the future!
I just made this. Yummy!
this was pretty good and very fast. thank you! little too much sesame oil for me but it was still great 5/5 also left out the ham to make it vegan
I made this tonight and it was not only pretty it was delicious! I added some curry powder and scrambled egg! Thank you for sharing your recipe!
With all the moisture from the pineapple and veggies will it make the rice kinda mushy?
Nope, not at all!