5.0 from 21 votes
Beef and pineapple fried rice (菠萝炒饭)
A quick one-bowl meal served in a pineapple shell. Try this easy pineapple fried rice with succulent beef cubes! It has a balanced flavour of savoury and sweet.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
Servings: 2
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Chinese
Ingredients
For marinating the beef
- 200 g beef, diced 7oz, see note 1
- ½ teaspoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon Shaoxing rice wine
For frying the rice
- 1 ripe pineapple see note 2
- 2 tablespoon neutral cooking oil
- 2 talk scallions finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 500 g cooked rice 4 cups, see note 3
- 4 teaspoon light soy sauce
- ¼ teaspoon salt or to taste
Instructions
- Mix beef with cornstarch, sesame oil and rice wine. Leave to marinate for about 10 minutes.
- Halve the pineapple. Take out the flesh and dice it (as shown in images). Keep the shell for later use.
- Heat up a wok (or a deep frying pan) over high heat. Pour in oil, then stir in beef. Fry until its colour becomes pale. Dish out and set aside (leave any oil in the wok).
- Put scallions and bell pepper in the wok. Fry for 1 minute or so.
- Add diced pineapple and cooked rice. Fry until the rice is piping hot. Put in the beef, along with light soy sauce and salt. Give everything a final stir to distribute the seasonings.
- Put the fried rice into pineapple shells. Serve immediately.
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Notes
- Flank steak and skirt steak are the best cuts for quick stir-fries. I suggest you cut the beef into small dice size for a tenderer texture.
- This recipe uses pineapple shells as serving bowls. Please feel free to use normal bowls or plates if you wish.
- Prior to frying, it’s better to have the cooked rice refrigerated. Then add 1-2 tablespoons of water and gently loosen up the grains with a fork.