Pineapple chicken fried rice. It's a gastronomic homerun that makes the most of leftover odds and ends while resulting in a dish worthy of multiple servings, rave reviews and a call home to Mom. If you're a fried rice fan, you'll absolutely love this scrumptious Thai version of chicken fried rice. What we enjoy most about this dish is that every bite is different: sometimes you get a sweet-savory combination of pineapple and chicken, at other times you taste the spicy flavor of the rice together.

The golden sweet fresh pineapple in this dish pairs well with the salty savory. This fried rice recipe with pineapple, chicken, and prawns is inspired by Thai street food and is a quick lunch or dinner. "This is a Bangkok street food style recipe which I snagged on a recent trip there. Try a hollowed pineapple shell as a serving bowl." This pineapple fried rice is filled with chicken, bacon, veggies and pineapple, all in a savory sauce. You can have Pineapple chicken fried rice using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Pineapple chicken fried rice

It's of Main ingredients.
You need 200 g of raw chicken breasts.
You need 60 g of brown basmati rice(uncooked).
Prepare 1 tsp of turmeric.
Prepare 1 of red bell pepper(diced).
It's 50 g of pineapple.
You need 1 tsp of olive oil.
Prepare 1 of garlic clove.
It's 10 g of butter.
Prepare of Sauce.
You need 2 tbsp of soy sauce(low sodium).
Prepare 1 tsp of fresh ginger or ginger paste.
You need 1 tsp of sriracha sauce.
You need 3 tbsp of water.
Prepare 1 tsp of arrowroot starch.

With the addition of pineapple, the regular chicken fried rice becomes so much more interesting, and delicious, because of the sweet tang of the pineapple. It also helps to make the fried rice tastes less greasy as every bite is bursting with the freshness of the pineapple. Pineapple fried rice is different from other fried rice because it is the only one cooked with fruits and curry powder. The sweetness of the diced pineapple provides a balance to the savory taste of shrimp and chicken.

Pineapple chicken fried rice step by step

Bring water to boil, then add rice, turmeric and ½ of olive oil. Reduce the heat to simmer, then cover and cook for about 30 minutes untill the rice is fully cooked and the water has been absorbed..
Set a large non-stick skillet on medium-high heat. Once hot add 10g of butter and the chicken(cut into 2-3 cm chunks). Sear the chicken on the outside edges untill brown, then cook the chicken completely through, about 5-7 minutes. Then remove the chicken from the skillet..
Reduce the heat to medium then add remaining ½ olive oil. Add the already minced garlic, then mix to flavor the oil, about a minute. Be careful not to burn the garlic..
Toss in the bell pepper and cook for an additional minute..
Increase the heat to medium-high and toss in the pineapple(cut into 1cm pieces). Stir everything together for about a minute, then add the rice and the chicken. Fold everything together..
Lower the heat to medium-low. Mix the ingredients for the sauce in a bowl. Move the mixture to one side of the skillet then pour in the sauce. As soon as it starts to bubble, immediately and continuously fold the rice mixture into the sauce, ensuring the rice is fully coated and saucy..
Garnish with green onion and fresh cilantro if desired..

The addition of raisin and cashew nuts convince me that it will taste completely different. Ever wanted to make the perfect Pineapple Chicken Fried Rice? How about we add turmeric to it! Chicken and PIneapple are stir-fried in spices then mixed together with rice to create both, a budget-friendly and time-saving, one-pot meal. It's not your regular generic Pineapple rice recipe but a bowl of tasty elements to make your regular fried rice recipe extra special for the family.