Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe

Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe (1 serving)

(Adapted from ‘Rasa Malaysia’ Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe)

Ingredients

200 grams leftover cooked rice (I use brown rice)

2 cloves of garlic

112 grams fresh pineapple(I used S&W fresh pineapple from NTUC Fairprice)

112 grams shrimp (shelled and deveined, leave whole or cut into small pieces) (substitute with chicken if shrimp not available)

2 tbsp cashew nuts (optional)

1 tsp of shrimp paste ( I substituted with oyster sauce)

1 tbsp fish sauce

1/2 tbsp pineapple juice (I used canned Delmonte pineapple juice from NTUC Extra)

1/4 tsp dark soy sauce (for coloring) (I used Kwong Cheong Thye Chicken Rice dark soy sauce)

1 fresh red chili (seeded and cut into smaller pieces)

2 tbsp oil

cilantro leaves for garnish

Method

Heat up a wok and add cooking oil

Stir fry garlic, red chili and shrimp paste until aromatic.

Add shrimp and stir fry until half-cooked.

Add rice, pineapple pieces, pineapple juice, and do a few quick stirs.

Add fish sauce and dark soy sauce to blend well with rice.

Stir fry for another minute or so, dish out and serve immediately

Cook’s notes:

If you have cashew nuts, add them towards the end of the cooking process.

I garnished with ‘ba hoo’ (chicken floss) as we had some in our pantry.

I cooked for a family of four so I multiplied by four the ingredients stated above

If you are cooking for one, extras can be frozen and reheated for a meal later on

Cost (for 1 serving )assuming you already have staples like rice and stated seasonings

Chicken fillet 100grams $1.00

Fresh pineapple 100grams $0.70

Estimated cost for 1 serving- $1.70

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