Asian Recipe: Fragrance Pineapple Fried Rice

Fried Rice is a common meal for Asians and a staple food that one could easily prepare any time of the day.

There are many fried rice in the Asian market due to the different seasoning and paste used as according to different cultures.

One of my favorite fried rice is Fragrance Pineapple Fried Rice where you can use overnight cold white rice, mix with any type of meats and chopped fresh or canned pineapple cubes and then fill it up in a REAL pineapple shell.

Honestly, this is an unique style of having Pineapple Fried Rice where the rice absorbed into the Fresh Pineapple shell, giving a fragrance authentic smell that aroused anyone’s taste bud!

However, there are a few points that you should take note on how to cook Fragrance Pineapple Fried Rice:

Fried Rice Tip #1

Your best bet is to cook extra rice yesterday night, keep the left over rice in a tupperware, chill in the fridge over night.

Over night white cold rice gives a drier and brittle , chewy bites compare to warm rice.

Freshly cooked warm rice is not suitable for cooking fried rice of any type because it is sticky and wet. It will turn out alike rice cakes instead.

Fried Rice Tip #2

Use fresh pineapple instead of canned pineapple cubes.

Buy a large pineapple, cut into halves, scoop out the flesh, leaving the shell or core intact , to serve as the “BOWL” to put in your cooked pineapple fried rice.

Cut the pineapple flesh into cubes, excluding the harden stems.

Canned pineapple cubes are sweetened with sucrose or sugar, would spoil the natural taste of pineapple fried rice.

Nobody add in sugar to fried rice!

Fried Rice Tip #3

Stir fry the ingredients separately.

For example;

Hotdog/chicken fillets/pork fillets/sausages- deep fry them and set aside. Do not mix with other ingredients.

Soak dried mushrooms with hot water to soften them before draining and cut them into thin slices or cubes

Shrimps- remove the shells, tails and heads.

Season with salt and pepper before stir fry with chopped garlic and onion.

Make sure the shrimps turned pinkish before adding in pineapple cubes and other ingredients.

Fragrance Pineapple Fried Rice

Ingredients:

• 2-3 cups of overnight cold rice
• 2 clove garlic
• 1 small onion
• 1/2 fresh pineapple
• Some button mushrooms or dried black mushrooms
• 2 sticks of sausages or hotdogs
• Some shrimps or large tiger prawns
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 tsp tumeric powder

Method :

• Button mushrooms- cut into thin slices, If you are using dried black mushrooms, soak them in a bowl of hot boiling water to soften them. Then cut into strips.
• Sausages or hotdogs- cut into diagonal slices
• Shrimps or large tiger prawns- remove shells, tails and heads. Marinate with a little salt and pepper.
• Garlic- chopped them, onion- chopped
• Overnight white rice- loosen them with your fingers.
• Cut off pineapple “eyes”, remove the thick stems, cut the pineapple flesh into small cubes.
• Bring a frying pan to heat.
• Pour 2 tbsp of olive oil to pan, saute chopped garlic and onion until aromatic.
• Stir fry the sausages / hotdogs until crisp-remove aside.
• Toss in shrimps, stir fry until pinkish.
• Toss in the mushrooms
• Add in the pineapple cubes.
• Quickly pour the cold rice into the pan , flip the rice with the ingredients.
• Scatter the turmeric powder, salt and pepper to taste.
• Keep stirring until the rice turns yellowish.
• Turn off heat.
• Garnish with crispy shallots and chopped spring onions before serving.

Written by peachpurple

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