This is my take on fried rice with pineapple and curry from my favorite Thai restaurant. Although you would not believe curry and pineapple go well together, they do.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 50 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1 ½ cups uncooked white rice
- 2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 pound boneless chicken meat, cubed
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks, drained
Instructions
- Combine water and rice in a saucepan over high heat; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and all liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Set rice aside.
- Whisk fish sauce, pineapple juice, and curry powder together in a small bowl.
- Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat until shimmering. Cook and stir chicken and onion in hot oil until chicken is no longer pink and onions are translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Stir in cooked rice, pineapple chunks, and curry mixture; cook and stir until rice is hot, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Fried rice works best when made with leftover rice. For best result, cook rice (Step 1) one or more days ahead and refrigerate until ready to make the fried rice.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 352 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 57 g |
| Cholesterol | 38 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 17 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 409 mg |
| Sugars | 15 g |
| Fat | 6 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Since I didn’t have white rice, I used what I had, which was a blend of white brown and wild rice. I added mushrooms, green pepper, and a red jalapeño for some heat. Delicious and filling.
So delicious! I was inspired to make this after having it at a Thai restaurant, shushu. Subbed 1 tbsp rice vinegar + 1 tbsp soy sauce for fish sauce. Sauteed garlic, scallions with onion before stirring in bell pepper, peas, shredded carrots. Also tipped 1 can of coconut milk. Topped with fried eggs!
Made the recipe as is (except I have a rice cooker) and it turned out great! Going to try and make the rice before hand so can try making it with cold rice to get that fried rice texture next time.
Added cashews, golden raisins. Used red onion but definitely use yellow next time and not cook onions so long. Needs some more spices but curry level is good.
Made it twice now and highly recommended. I used precooked white rice as well. Very easy and quick to make this way.
I used brown rice instead of white rice. This was delicious!
not my favorite dish but its ok. I replaces the chicken with tofu because I’m vegan
This was quite good. As I’m on a mission to add more veggies to my diet, I also added corn, peas and carrots to the rice. The chucks of pineapple were large in my opinion, so I cut them into thirds before adding to the rice. Since I I served this with chicken satay, I omitted the chicken from the rice. This dish was a big hit in my house. We’ll definitely make again.
I did it using chicken and shrimp and without the curry mix. Also added pan-cooked cashews. I’ve never been able to stand curry powder and my favorite Thai restaurant always made a version of this dish like that and was trying to recreate it. Turned out delicious, though I might add a little soy sauce next time for a bit more flavor.
I used fresh Pineapple, pureed some chunks to make the Pineapple juice. I substituted 1# of prawns and chopped green onion for the chicken and sliced onion. It was amazing.! I like Sriracha Sauce on it. My husband liked it better than the version at our favorite Asian restaurant, who recently decreased the number of prawns to 3 for the whole dish. This is definitely going to be a regular meal in our household!
This was aweful! I have never reviewed a recipe before but had to for this… Followed the recipe exactly…tasteless… Tried adding some suggestions from other reviews… bad to worse. I’m a pretty darn good cook but couldn’t salvage this…
Added green onion and cilantro. Wished I added more pineapple juice. Not very flavourful
This is a great basic recipe that everyone will add ingredients to. I am of the opinion that pineapple and curry go together Very well. Most will probably use more curry than in the recipe, depending on the family taste buds. My wife, the picky eater, is very fond of this. I make things similar to this a lot lately. It is a good idea to use one or two day old rice as it is dryer and won’t get mushy when things are added. A good basic recipe.
I added some chopped red pepper and had to substitute soy sauce for fish sauce. Delicious
I made it twice – once without fish sauce and once with. Delicious both times. I doubled the curry.
I increased the curry mix but only because I threw in everything except the kitchen sink. Chicken thigh meat cut up, Chinese sausage, fried egg pieces, frozen peas/carrots/corn, onion, green onion, broccoli tips, pineapple, and rice. (I think it would still taste ok without the Chinese sausage but it’s like a treasure when you bite into one. You have to steam the sausage for 15 min but totally worth it.) I like that the curry/sauce mix was so easy! This dish will become a staple in the household.
Great base and would be great to add in your own variations of meat and veggies! Thanks for sharing.
I made this vegetarian-style by using tofu instead of chicken. I cut the tofu into manageable pieces and baked it in the oven while sauteing the onion, then threw the tofu into the mix after adding the fish sauce and curry powder to the onions. I also added 3 eggs, scrambled in with the onions and tofu, to give the recipe a bit more protein and make it more similar to a traditional fried rice recipe.
Loved the recipe my family really liked it. I made few changes like instead of 2 tablespoons of fish sauce I put 1 tablespoon, I added Broccoli, carrots, and red peppers. I hope to try more of your recipes. 🙂
Added carrots and peas, need to double spice mixture
I’ll make it again, but without the fish sauce and with green onion, cashews, and cilantro like my local Thai place makes it.