Sweet and Spicy Pineapple Fried Rice

Submitted by Marie

"Excellent sweet and spicy side dish for chicken, pork or seafood."

 

• Ready In: 25mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 clove minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
• 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 3 cups cold cooked rice
• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple, drained
• 1⁄4 cup sliced green onion

directions

1. Heat oil over medium low heat, add garlic, ginger and red pepper.
2. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
3. Increase heat to medium high and add rice and soy sauce.
4. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring often.
5. Add pineapple, stir and heat through.
6. Garnish with sliced green onions over the top and serve.

Reviews

[Black Radish]

This is good, but very delicate and mild in flavor. So I kicked it up so I added 6 cloves garlic and a tbsp of freshly minced ginger instead of the smaller amounts listed. I used fresh pineapple, chopped instead of canned, which made the dish only mildly sweet. The second time I made it, I turned it into a Thai version by subsituting the soy sauce for fish sauce, lime juice & rice vinegar. I subsituted the green onions for Thai Basil and cilantro. It, too, was a great version.

 

[Jenny Ann]

Good stuff.

 

[Groundhog Gal]

Made this to accompany a grilled salmon dinner for Mother's Day. No leftovers and several requests for the recipe--it was a huge success! Just the right combination of sweet and spicy. Super simple and easy to make--cooked the rice the night before-took only minutes to prepare for dinner. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe.

 

[Baby Kato]

Thank you so much for sharing this lovely recipe Marie. We certainly enjoyed this spicy, sweet and flavourful dish. I didn't have any green onions so subed with chopped sweet vadallia onions, it worked great. It was perfect with the oven fried chicken I served for dinner.

 

[acatherineb]

Very good, the warm pineapple and the hint of spice from the pepper flakes makes this rice dish excellent!