Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe

🧂 Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil

  divided
• 1/2 pound shrimp

  peeled and deveined (optional – use whole or chopped)
• 2 large eggs

  scrambled
• 3-4 Thai or bird’s eye peppers

  diced (optional, for spicy)
• 1 large red bell pepper

  diced
• 1 small onion

  diced
• 5-6 cloves garlic

  chopped
• Salt and pepper to taste

  white pepper is popular
• 4 cups cooked white Jasmine rice

  chilled (day old rice is best for this recipe)
• 1-2 tablespoons Thai black soy sauce

  or use Chinese dark soy sauce + ½ teaspoon sugar or palm sugar
• 2 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1 tablespoon shrimp paste
• 4 green onions

  chopped
• 1.5 cups chopped pineapple

  fresh is best
• ½ cup roasted cashews

Instructions

• 1 Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large pan or wok to medium-high. Season the shrimp
  with salt and pepper, then add to the hot pan. Stir fry for 3-4 minutes, or
  until the shrimp are cooked through. Remove shrimp from pan, cover, and set
  aside.
• 2 Add scrambled eggs to the hot pan and cook, stirring, until the eggs set and are
  nice and fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
• 3 Return the pan to high heat and add 1 tablespoon oil. Add the peppers and onion.
  Stir fry for 2-3 minutes, until the vegetables soften to your liking.
• 4 Add the garlic and stir fry 30 seconds, until you can smell the gorgeous garlic.
• 5 Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil and heat. Stir in the rice, soy sauce, fish
  sauce, and shrimp paste. Stir fry the rice for 1-2 minutes, stirring to stir
  fry, until everything is combined and rice is done to your liking.
• 6 Stir in green onions, pineapple, cashews, reserved shrimp, and scrambled eggs.
  Warm through 1-2 minutes and serve.

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