Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe

Preparation time: 25 minutes

Total cooking time: 15 minutes

Recipe serves 6-8

Ingredients

1 medium ripe pineapple

¼ cup oil

3 cloves garlic, chopped

1 medium onion, chopped

1-2 teaspoons chopped red chillies

150g pork loin, cut into very small dices

150g raw prawn meat

3 cups cold steamed rice

2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh Thai basil

2 tablespoons fish sauce

3 spring onions, finely sliced

2 tablespoons chopped coriander leaves

Fresh red or green chillies, sliced

Method

• Slice pineapple in half. Cut and scoop out the flesh of the pineapple with a knife. Chop the pineapple flesh into small pieces.

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil on high flame. Mix in garlic, onion and chillies into the wok and cook for 1 approximately minute or until fragrant. Add in pork loin dices and stir fry for 2 minutes. Mix prawn together and cook for stir fry for another 3 minutes. Set aside the meats. 

•  Next stir fry the pineapples for 3 minutes until lightly golden.

• Heat remaining oil. Add the rice into the very hot oil and stir fry for 2 minutes. Mix in pork, prawns and pineapple to the wok and stir thoroughly. Set aside when cooked.

• Mix together basil and fish sauce. Put the fried rice into the pineapple shells and sprinkle spring onions, coriander and chillies on top. Serve hot.