Authentic Thai Pineapple Fried Rice Recipes

PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• First, prepare the shrimp, onion, carrot, ham/Chinese sausage, rice, peas, pineapple, and scallions. If using fresh pineapple, remember to trim away the pineapple core. If using canned pineapple, rinse away any syrup and pat dry with a clean kitchen towel.
• Beat 2 eggs with ¼ teaspoon salt and ½ teaspoon Shaoxing wine. Heat your wok over medium heat until lightly smoking. Add 1 tablespoon oil, and scramble the eggs for 1 minute-until just cooked. Turn off the heat, break the egg into small pieces, transfer to a dish, and set aside.
• Heat another 1 tablespoon of oil over medium heat. Cook the shrimp until they turn pink, about 1 minute. Remove from the wok and set aside.
• Heat the last 2 tablespoons of oil over medium heat. Cook the onion until translucent. Add the diced carrots and ham, and cook until the carrots are no longer crunchy. Add the rice and 1 tablespoon Shaoxing wine. The steam from the wine will loosen the rice chunks!
• Stir-fry everything together well, and add in the peas, 1 tablespoon fish sauce, 1 tablespoon light soy sauce, ½ teaspoon ground white pepper, 1 teaspoon sesame oil, the scrambled egg, and the cooked shrimp. Stir-fry everything together for a few minutes.
• Finally, add the pineapple and scallions. Mix everything again for a minute or two. To crisp and warm the rice through, you can use your wok spatula to spread the rice in a single layer around the surface area of the wok, making use of all the heat and letting any excess liquid evaporate.
• Salt to taste, and serve immediately!

PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE (THAI)

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wok or large non stick skillet over high heat.
• Add garlic and onion, cook for 1 minute.
• Add capsicum, cook for 1 minute.
• Add peas, stir for 30 seconds.
• Add rice and Sauce ingredients of choice. Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes or until rice grains goes from being wet with sauce to sort of caramelised.
• Add pineapple, stir for just 30 seconds to warm through.
• Stir through green onions then serve!

THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat a large wok, cast iron skillet or non-stick frying pan over medium-high heat and place an empty serving bowl nearby. Once the pan is hot enough that a drop of water sizzles on contact, add 1 teaspoon oil. Pour in the eggs and cook, stirring frequently, until the eggs are scrambled and lightly set, about 30 seconds to 1 minute. Transfer the eggs to the empty bowl. Wipe out the pan if necessary with a paper towel (be careful, it's hot!).
• Add 1 tablespoon oil to the pan and add the pineapple and red pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until the liquid has evaporated and the pineapple is caramelized on the edges, about 3 to 5 minutes. Then add the green onion and garlic. Cook until fragrant while stirring constantly, about 30 seconds. Transfer the contents of the pan to your bowl of eggs.
• Reduce the heat to medium and add the remaining 2 teaspoons oil to the pan. Pour in the cashews and cook until fragrant, stirring constantly, about 30 seconds. Add the rice to the pan and stir to combine. Cook until the rice is hot, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• Pour the contents of the bowl back into the pan and stir to combine, breaking up the scrambled eggs with your spoon. Cook until the contents are warmed through, then remove the pan from heat. Add the tamari and chili garlic sauce, to taste. Squeeze the juice of 1/2 lime over the dish and stir to combine. Season to taste with salt and set aside.
• Slice the remaining 1/2 lime into 4 wedges. Transfer the stir-fry to individual serving bowls and garnish each bowl with a lime wedge and a light sprinkle of cilantro. Serve with bottles of tamari and chili garlic sauce or sriracha on the side, for those who might want to add more to their bowls.

THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Add oil to a wok or large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the shallots, garlic, and chili, stir-frying for one minute, or until fragrant. Add the shrimp and toss a few times. If the wok becomes too dry, add a little broth or water.
• Push the mixture aside to make room for the eggs. Add the beaten eggs to the wok, and stir fry quickly to cook, as if you are making scrambled eggs. Mix the cooked eggs into the shrimp and shallot mixture.
• Combine the chicken broth, fish sauce, curry powder, and sugar in a small bowl, and add to the wok.
• Add the cashews and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
• Next add the rice to the wok, breaking it up if there are any chunks. Stir-fry until all the rice has mixed with the sauce and is a uniform color. Make sure you continually scoop the rice from the bottom of the pan, tossing like a salad rather than stirring it.
• Add the pineapple, peas, and raisins. Toss to combine, and taste for seasoning. Continue stir-frying for another 1 to 2 minutes. Add half the scallions and toss.
• To serve, sprinkle with the remaining scallion. Serve on a platter or in a pineapple, like they do in Thailand.

THAI FRIED RICE WITH PINEAPPLE AND CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place bacon in a wok or large skillet; cook and stir over medium-high heat until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and reserve bacon drippings in the wok. Cook and stir shallots in bacon drippings over medium-high heat until fragrant and light brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Stir chicken into shallots and cook without stirring until browned on one side, 45 seconds to 1 minute; stir. Continue cooking until chicken is browned, about 1 minute. Add 2 teaspoons curry powder; stir until chicken is coated.
• Make a well in the center of chicken and pour oil into center of the well; add egg yolks. Cook and stir egg yolks until set, 1 to 2 minutes. Add rice and stir, breaking up rice.
• Mix chile pepper, cilantro, soy sauce, remaining 2 teaspoons curry powder, fish sauce, and sugar into rice mixture; add shrimp and cook until shrimp is cooked through and pink, about 2 minutes. Fold pineapple, green onions, and bacon into rice mixture.

THAI FRIED RICE RECIPE WITH SHRIMP (KHAO PAD GOONG ข้าวผัดกุ้ง)

Steps:

• If you're using whole fresh shrimp like I did, first pinch off the head, and peel the outer shell of the shrimp, leaving only the tail on (that's Thai style). You can also devein them if you'd like, but for small shrimp, to me it doesn't really matter.
• Peel 2 cloves of garlic, and then just finely mince them
• Slice ¼ of a sweet white onion into medium sized strips
• Finely dice about 3 - 4 green onions
• Take just 1 leaf of Chinese broccoli (kai-lan), slice it in half first along the spine, and then slice it into 1 centimeter sized strips
• Turn on your stove to medium high, heat up your wok (or frying pan), and add about 1 tablespoon of oil
• Once your oil is hot, add the garlic first, and stir fry continuously for about 15 seconds or so, until it gets nice and fragrant
• Next, toss in your shrimp, and fry for about 30 seconds - your shrimp should start to turn pink and feel more firm
• Add in a little less than ½ of your rice first. This is going to soak up all those delicious shrimp juices and oils and keep your rice nice and dry. Stir fry for about 10 more seconds - This is a little known trick to make good rice, so it remains nice and dry
• Scoot all your rice to one side of the pan, and then crack in the egg into the empty side
• Whirl the egg up, let it cook for a few seconds, and then start to mix it up with the rice and shrimp
• Keep stir frying for about 20 seconds until the egg is fully cooked, and then add in the rest of your rice, and give it a quick stir
• Add ½ tablespoon of soy sauce, ½ tablespoon of oyster sauce, just a pinch of sugar (optional), and continue stir frying your rice, making sure all the sauce get mixed in
• Then add your chopped Chinese broccoli and onions, and stir fry for another 30 seconds until the vegetables wilt, but they can still be crisp and not fully cooked
• Lastly, toss in your green onions, stir it a few more seconds, and it's ready
• Immediately dish your fried rice onto a plate
• Slice off a wedge of lime, and serve it on the plate next to the rice
• For the final touch, I like to sprinkle some freshly ground black pepper on top to give some extra flavor
• Add 3 tablespoons of fish sauce to a small bowl
• Slice about 5 Thai chilies (you can add more or less, up to you), and add them to the fish sauce
• Finally, I like it with a little squeeze of about ½ of a lime - but this is optional - and at many Thai restaurants it's only fish sauce and chilies
• That's is, give it a stir, and set it aside

THAI CURRY FRIED RICE WITH PINEAPPLE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• If using old rice, pour 1 to 2 teaspoons coconut oil or other vegetable oil onto your fingers and then run fingers through the rice, separating any chunks back into grains. Set aside.
• In a cup, stir the soy sauce/fish sauce together with the curry powder. Set aside.
• Drizzle 1 to 2 tablespoons oil in a wok/large frying pan over medium-high heat. Add shallots, garlic, and chile, stir-frying until fragrant (1 minute). Add shrimp at this point (if using). Whenever the wok/pan becomes dry, add a little stock (1/2 to 1 tablespoon at a time to keep ingredients sizzling).
• Push ingredients aside and crack an egg into the wok, stirring quickly to cook (like making scrambled eggs).
• Add the carrot (if using) and peas. Stir-fry 1 minute in the same way, adding more stock if needed.
• Add the rice, pineapple chunks, cashews, and raisins/currants.
• Drizzle the fish/soy sauce mixed with curry powder over and gently stir-fry to combine over medium-high to high heat until the rice "dances" (begins to make popping sounds)-about 3 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Do a taste-test for saltiness, adding more fish sauce or soy sauce until desired taste is achieved. If you happen to over-salt the dish, add a squeeze or two of lime juice .
• To serve, scoop rice onto a serving platter or individual plates and top with spring onions and coriander.
• Enjoy!

PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat up a wok and add cooking oil. Stir-fry the garlic, and shrimp paste (if using) until aromatic. Add shrimp and stir-fry until half-cooked. Add rice, pineapple pieces, chili (if using) 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, add the cashew nuts, stir to combine well, dish out, garnish with cilantro and serve immediately.

THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a wok.
• Once the oil is hot, add garlic, ginger and red chilli and fry for a few seconds.
• Add pineapple and bell peppers and saute for 2-3 minutes.
• Then, add spring onion, cashew nuts and saute for another 2-3 minutes.
• Later, add soy sauce, oyster sauce, lemon juice and cooked rice and mix well.
• Add salt to taste and mix well.
• Garnish with cilantro, red chilli and lemon wedges.
• Serve hot.

PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• In a 3-quart sized saucepan, add rice and water. Bring to a boil and then turn down heat to a simmer and cover with a lid.
• Simmer rice for 10 to 12 minutes, or until all of the water is absorbed and rice is tender.
• Remove rice from the heat and allow to sit covered for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Fluff rice with a fork and allow to cool while preparing the pineapple fried rice ingredients.
• Cut the pineapple in half lengthwise and carve out wedges from both sides of the core.
• Carefully cut out the core, to create a hollow bowl. Scrape the inside flesh with a spoon if needed after removing the core.
• Cut the removed pineapple flesh into ½-inch pieces, reserving about 1 cup (7 ounces, 200g).
• In a small bowl mix together fish sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and curry powder.
• Heat a wok or large saute pan over high heat.
• Add the vegetable oil, once hot add the onions, ginger, and garlic, stir-fry for 30 seconds.
• Add the shrimp and cook until it turns pink in color, about 2 minutes.
• Add the bell pepper and peas, cook 1 minute.
• Add the rice, constantly stir to combine and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the fish sauce mixture and stir to combine.
• Add the diced pineapple and green onions, stir to combine.
• Season rice with black pepper as desired.
• Transfer rice into pineapple bowl and garnish with cilantro leaves.

THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in wok until hot. Fry the garlic, chili peppers and shrimp until it is cooked and opaque. Remove from wok and set aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon oil to wok. Flash fry onion, bell pepper, turmeric, curry powder and fry for about 2 minutes.
• Mix in cooked rice and pineapple chunks and stir together. Season with Fish Sauce and Soy Sauce. Taste and add more if needed.
• Toss in cashews, cooked shrimp and cilantro. Serve in a hollowed pineapple boat. Garnish with cilantro and pork floss.

THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE RECIPE (KHAO PAD SAPPAROD)

Steps:

• 1. First, prepare the pineapple by dividing it in half and cutting out diced pineapple pieces from the flesh. Scoop out any excess pineapple flesh and juice from the main fruit, setting the pineapple aside for use later.
• 2. To a pan, add the chopped garlic, diced onion and salt and fry for 2-3 minutes until soft and aromatic.
• 3. Then add the chicken to the pan, stirring and frying until cooked through.
• 4. Follow by adding the curry powder, turmeric powder and stir.
• 5. Next, add the pre-cooked rice and stir the pan to incorporate ingredients. Mix in the fish sauce and soy sauce then continue frying for 2 minutes.
• 6. Now add the pineapple pieces and stir again to combine. Then with the heat turned off, add the chopped coriander leaves to the fried rice and stir.
• 7. Finally, serve the rice in the prepared pineapple or plate and garnish with cucumber slices and lime wedges. Squeeze the lime wedges to sprinkle the juice onto the rice for the refreshing zesty taste.

THAI PINEAPPLE FRIED RICE RECIPE (ข้าวผัดสัปปะรด)

Steps:

• Organize your ingredients. Roughly bash the garlic cloves in a pestle and mortar.
• Cut pineapple into bite-sized chunks. Toss your frozen veggies into a pan of boiling water.
• Heat a tablespoon of oil in a wok and stir-fry your prawns/shrimp for approximately 2-3 minutes until just about cooked. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Give pan a quick wipe if there's any water from the prawns. Add a tablespoon of oil and stir-fry the garlic for 30-40 seconds.
• Add in your egg and mix it up a bit with your spatula until it starts to scramble.
• Add cooked boiled rice and toss well. Then, add green onions, pineapple, toasted cashews, mixed veg, and previously cooked prawns/shrimp.
• Add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, fish sauce, pepper, and some salt to the mix. Combine well using a spatula. Stir-fry for 1-2 minutes.
• Serve with cucumber slices and lime wedges.