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Authentic and the best Thai pineapple fried rice with shrimp, cashew nuts and pineapple. This easy recipe takes only 20 minutes from start to fish and perfect for family dinner tonight.
Pineapple Fried Rice Recipe
Chinese invented fried rice but it’s the genius of the Thais that make it sinfully delicious.
They adapted the recipe to Thai pineapple fried rice.
With the addition of pineapple, chicken or shrimp, shrimp paste, fish sauce, pineapple fried rice is the best and so delicious!
Recipe Ingredients
To make this easy recipe, you will need the following main ingredients:
- Steamed rice
- Pineapple
- Shrimp
- Cashew nuts
- Fish Sauce
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Pineapple Fried Rice
You can make authentic pineapple rice in one pot, on a skillet, wok, pan, on stove top – so very little clean up!
First, prep the ingredients for about 10-15 minutes, then fire up a wok or skillet and cook the rice with the ingredients.
The recipe takes only 20 minutes max, from start to dinner table.
Cooking Tips
For the best results, please follow the cooking tips below:
- Use leftover or overnight steamed rice for this recipe. This will ensure that the rice is grainy and not mushy.
- Use fresh pineapple for the most delicious flavors.
- Serve the dish with fresh lime wedges. Squeeze the fresh lime on the rice before serving.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, absolutely. You can use chicken instead of shrimp for this recipe.
You can also combine chicken and shrimp, if you like.
No, this is a Thai recipe. Hawaii has its own version of fried rice with pineapples but it tastes different.
Calories and nutrition information is important when it comes to carb such as rice.
The good news is that this recipe is low in calories, at only 282 calories per serving.
It’s healthy with zero cholesterol and almost zero fat.
What To Serve With Pineapple Fried Rice
This meal is best served with Thai dishes (such as Choo Chee Salmon). For a wholesome Thai meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Pineapple Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Thai shrimp paste, optional
- 4 oz. shrimp, shelled and deveined, tail-on
- 8 oz. leftover steamed rice
- 4 oz. fresh pineapple, cut into small cubes
- 1/2 red chili, or green chili, finely sliced, optional
- 1 tablespoon fish sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons cashew nuts
- Cilantro, for garnishing
Instructions
- Heat a wok and add cooking oil. Stir-fry the garlic and shrimp paste (if using) until aromatic. Add the shrimp and stir-fry until half-cooked. Add the rice, pineapple pieces, and chili (if using), and do a few quick stirs.
- Add fish sauce and dark soy sauce, and stir to blend well with the rice. Stir-fry for another minute, then add the cashew nuts and stir to combine. Dish out, garnish with cilantro, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Can I use Bagoong (Philippine Fermented Shrimp Paste) to be the shrimp paste?
Hi Philip. Yes, you can use bagoong as the shrimp paste.
Hello! Do you have any substitute for fish/oyster sauce? I’m a college student in Turkey and they’re quite expensive around here. This will be my first Thai dish!!
You can make Thai dish without fish sauce. You ought to have fish sauce.
You can substitute anchovy paste.
What kind of cashews do you use — unsalted raw, unsalted roasted, or salted roasted???
Salted roasted.
Hi Bee,
Is shrimp paste the “hae Ko” ? The thick syrup like used for Penang Assam laksa?
Thanks Bee.
Belacan in this case.
Do you have a favorite brand of Thai shrimp paste?
No, I don’t.
So good I love pineapple fried rice.
We love pineapple fried rice! Our local Thai restaurant adds yellow curry powder, and that’s how I make it at home. Delicious!
OMG! This is so appealing and I really want to try it at home.I’ve tasted pineapple rice before from a restaurant.Now this post makes me want to try it at home.I hope mine will be delicious too… :)
The prawn shells are rich in flavor. I used to keep the prawn shells and put them in hot oil. The flavor of the prawns will be extracted into the oil. Remove the shells and use the ‘prawn oil’ to fry the rice. It is very tasty.
I made this today! I didn’t have shrimp paste so I just used extra fish sauce. I felt some flavor was lacking (possibly because I didn’t have shrimp paste) so I added some oyster sauce and a tsp of sugar. It was quite good! It didn’t taste like a restaurant pineapple fried rice but still pretty good