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Chicken Pineapple Fried Rice

Fried rice using Rotisserie Chicken
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Course Entree
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 4 cups cooked rice (cooled down or refrigerated)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 Rotisserie chicken
  • 1-1/2 cup Fresh pineapple chunks (bite size)
  • 1 small onion, minced
  • 1 shallot, minced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3 stalks spring onion / scallion, minced (about 1/2 cup)
  • 1 cup diced tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes)
  • 1 cup Thai basil leaves
  • 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
  • A few dashes of fish sauce
  • A few dashes of Maggi sauce or soy sauce
  • 1 Lime, sliced into wedges
  • 1 tspn Crushed chili powder

Instructions
 

  • Cut the Rotisserie chicken meat into bite size, about 3 to 4 cups
  • Beat the eggs and set aside
  • Have all the other ingredients ready by the stove
  • Heat a non-stick skillet, add 1 tablespoon oil till hot. Add the beaten eggs and quickly scramble for 30 seconds to 1 minutes. Scoop the scrambled eggs into a large bowl.
  • In same skillet, heat another tablespoon of oil, add the shallots, onions, sauté for a minute, add the garlic and sauté for another 30 seconds. Add the pineapple and tomatoes and quickly stir fry for a minute. Transfer all ingredients to the large bowl with the scrambled eggs.
  • In same skillet, heat another tablespoon of oil, add the cooked rice and stir fry for around 3 minutes and break-up any clumps of rice. Add the chicken meat. Add the bowl of ingredients back in the skillet, mix well and stir fry for about 30 seconds just to heat it up. Add a few dashes of fish sauce and Maggi sauce or soy sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary. Add the basil leaves and mix well.
  • Scoop the rice into the hollowed out half pineapple or into 4 individual bowls, and sprinkle spring onions and crushed chili powder and serve hot, with a lime wedge to squeeze over the rice before eating.