Forget take-out and make your own homemade fried rice at home! With a sweet and savoury combination, this pineapple shrimp fried rice recipe is incredibly tasty and sure to be a favourite in your home as it is ours!
Making fried rice at home is beyond easy and so tasty!
To make this restaurant favourite in your kitchen, you just need some simple ingredients and you’re on your way to flavour town!
I just adore sweet and savoury combinations so this pineapple shrimp fried rice is right up my alley.
Most often, rice is served as a side dish (and you can totally do that here) but, honestly, this pineapple shrimp fried rice is that good, you’re gonna want to eat a big ol’ plate of it (I know I always do).
And, if you have them, serve the fried rice in cute little take-out containers. Always adorable, if you ask me!
Once you make homemade fried rice, there’s no going back to take-out.
Why We Love This Pineapple Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe
- This fried rice recipe comes together in about 25 minutes (if you have your rice prepped ahead of time).
- It’s awesome making a restaurant favourite at home (while staying in cozy clothes).
- It’s made with some pretty simple ingredients, nothing complicated.
- Fried rice is a great way to use leftover rice.
- It tastes incredibly delicious!
How To Make Fried Rice at Home
Full details are in the recipe card below, but here are the basics:
- Melt a little butter in a wok and scramble an egg. Once cooked, transfer it to a plate for use shortly.
- Heat some vegetable oil in the wok, then cook the shrimp and transfer them to a plate when cooked.
- Heat a little more vegetable oil in the wok, then cook the bell pepper, carrot, garlic and ginger for just a bit (you still want some texture in those veggies!)
- Add the cooked rice and seasonings, and then give everything a little stir and cook to heat through.
- Add in your cooked shrimp and pineapple and stir to incorporate.
- Mix in your reserved scrambled egg. That’s it, easy homemade fried rice ready to be devoured!
Do I Have To Use a Wok?
Not at all!
A non-stick wok was used to make this pineapple shrimp fried rice, but you can definitely use a regular non-stick frying pan if that’s what you have.
Tips for Making This Recipe
- Use cold rice! That works best for fried rice.
- Ensure you break up any clumps of rice before adding to your wok. Use your hands (or add the tiniest bit of water to break up). Nobody wants clumpy rice!
- You’ll need about 3.5 to 4 cups of cooked rice. Depending on the variety of rice you use, you’ll generally need about ¾ to 1 cup of uncooked rice to yield this amount of cooked rice.
- Prep all your ingredients before starting to cook your fried rice. This recipe comes together quickly.
- Prefer to omit the egg? That’s okay! You can totally omit if you like (or add another one if you’re a fan).
- If you like a little more seasoning, feel free to add a touch more soy sauce.
- I love to garnish with lots of green onion (and sometimes chili pepper). It adds flavour and a lovely pop of colour!
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Hope you love this homemade fried rice recipe as much as we do! It’s so fun to make it at home!
If you make this pineapple shrimp fried rice, be sure to leave a comment below!
Pineapple Shrimp Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons butter
- 1 large egg, whisked
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- ½ pound small shrimp, cleaned and shells and tails removed
- 1 small bell pepper, chopped small
- 1 carrot, peeled and cut into thin strips
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
- 3.5 to 4 cups cool cooked long grain rice, or your favourite variety
- 3 tablespoons less sodium soy sauce, or regular soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon fish sauce
- ⅔ cup chopped canned pineapple (cut into small cubes)
- Sliced green onion, garnish to taste (optional)
- Sliced chili pepper, garnish to taste (optional)
Instructions
- Add butter to a wok over medium heat. Once melted, add egg and scramble until just done (this should only take a minute or two). Once egg is cooked, transfer to a plate and set aside. Wipe out wok.
- Then heat 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in the wok over medium heat. Add shrimp to the wok and cook, stirring often, for 3 to 5 minutes or until cooked through. Once done, transfer the shrimp to a plate and set aside.
- Heat remaining 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil in wok and add bell pepper, carrot, garlic and ginger to wok and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes. The bell pepper should still have some crispness. Add cooked and cooled rice to wok, stirring in.
- Mix together the soy sauce, sesame oil and fish sauce and pour over rice mixture, stirring in, and cook for 2 to 3 minutes until the rice is heated through.
- Stir cooked shrimp and pineapple into the rice mixture to warm through. Stir in cooked egg. Transfer fried rice to a serving dish. Garnish, if desired, with green onion and chili pepper. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Use cold rice! That works best for fried rice.
- Speaking of rice, ensure you break up any clumps before adding to your wok. Use your hands (or add the tiniest bit of water to break up). Nobody wants clumpy rice!
- You’ll want about 3.5 to 4 cups of cooked rice. Depending on the variety of rice you use, you’ll generally need about ¾ to 1 cup of uncooked rice to yield this amount of cooked rice.
- Prep all your ingredients before starting to cook your fried rice. This recipe comes together quickly.
A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.
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Tried this recipe?
If you do make this recipe, thank you!! It would mean so much if you could leave a comment below. Love to know how you enjoyed it, and it helps other readers too!
Marissa says
How did you know that I’ve been craving fried rice, Dawn! Putting this beauty on the menu!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
I just knew, lol. Thanks Marissa! Hope you enjoy!!
David @ Spiced says
Ah, I love homemade fried rice! We’re visiting Laura’s parents this weekend, and there’s a Chinese takeout place across the street. We often end up getting fried rice while we’re here, and we always end up saying that homemade is better. I do enjoy pineapple fried rice, but I don’t think I’ve ever added shrimp to it – that’s a must for sure! Perhaps we’ll do that this weekend instead of ordering out!!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
Yes! Hope you enjoy David! Thanks so much!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop says
Dawn – this looks so delicious. I love the idea of using up leftover rice, which I always seem to have after making rice as a side. Now I have the perfect recipe to use it up! Love all the great flavors here!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
Thank you Kathy!! We love it!
annie@ciaochowbambina says
I love fried rice but never think to make it from scratch! This is a game changer!! The addition of shrimp and pineapple is a nice change from my usual pork. Have a great weekend, Dawn! 🙂
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
It’s so good!! Hope you get a chance to try this one out, Annie! Have a great weekend too!
Laura says
Dawn, I first made Fried Rice when I was a young teenager, and often think about making it again. It was nice reading through your process, as it is the one I learned so long ago! Can’t wait to include pineapple and shrimp in my next batch!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
It’s so yummy, right? Hope you enjoy, Laura!