Blue Pineapple Fried Rice
This started out as a humble leftover stir-fry, but has taken on a life of its own. If you don't like blue food, replace the red cabbage with a vegetable of your choice. Serves 4 as a side dish, or two for dinner with fried egg on the side.
INGREDIENTS
Nutrition- 1
- 2
- 1⁄2
- 3
- 2 1⁄2cups cooked short-grain rice
- 125
- 1⁄2teaspoon black pepper
- 1⁄2 - 1teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1⁄2 - 1teaspoon dried mint flakes
- 100
DIRECTIONS
- Drain pineapple, reserving liquid. If necessary, cut pineapple into small chunks.
- Heat pineapple liquid in a deep frying pan. Add garlic and onions and cook about 2 minutes.
- Put in cabbage and cook about 4 minutes.
- Add rice, mixing well, until it had absorbed the blue color from the cabbage.
- Stir in mushrooms and spices, cook until mushrooms are softened.
- Add pineapple and shrimp, and cook, stirring, until pineapple is warm and shrimp is just cooked.