Quick and easy vegan pineapple fried rice recipe. The main ingredients are easily found in your grocery store. On busy weeknights, this sweet and tangy rice recipe is a good choice. This delicious recipe is a feast for your taste buds!
“What are your favorite pizza toppings?”
Well, since you asked, let me tell you!
It’s sweet pineapples and spicy jalapeno!
It’s the perfect balance between sweet flavors and savory flavors!
📝 Tips for making this rice
- Make the basmati rice before making the rest of the recipe.
- Use juicy pineapple chunks for best results. Or you can cut them into smaller pieces.
- Use a little bit of the juice that comes with the pineapple because it will make of its natural sweet flavor. It’s a great way to offset the jalapenos.
- Fresh pineapple is better, but, they are too much work, but your hard work will be rewarded in the end. However, canned pineapples are fine when in a pinch.
- Make sure that you don’t use high heat when cooking the sweet pineapples. It will burn and even char it. Use medium heat throughout the cooking process.
- The first time I made it, I used olive oil, but, I now make it with avocado oil because it’s high-heat oil. If you don’t have it, use olive oil or coconut oil.
- Cook it in a large wok for the best experience. I have tried using hot skillet too, but I prefer woks.
- Top with either fresh cilantro or spring onions.
🌾 Types of rice to use
I only use Stove top Basmati rice because it’s the BEST rice. The rice grains of basmati plump up so beautifully when cooked! You can also cook them in the crock pot, but they take a long time to cook.
But, the best part of this pineapple fried rice recipe is that you can substitute it for any rice type. Try wild rice, arborio rice, jasmine rice, brown rice, red rice, or long-grain white rice.
It’s fine to use leftover rice or day-old rice. However, cold rice should be warmed up first, or keep it on the counter until it is at room temperature. I prefer reheating it in the Instant Pot for a couple of minutes. Once it’s heated, add it to the pineapple mixture.
This pineapple recipe is not the only way to enjoy this amazing fruit. Last week, I made pineapple casserole and it was so very delicious.
❓ Answering Common Questions
Yes, add coconut milk to it and use Thai green chili. Add a Tbsp of soy sauce (or coconut aminos) and garnish with green onions. This Thai dish is often served in pineapple boats!
Use heat of your choice. If you can only handle black pepper, then use that. Or, use red pepper flakes. This recipe will taste better when it has a little spice. Last time, I tried it with chili garlic sauce and it was heavenly!
– Crispy baked tofu, tofu crumbles, or air-fryer tempeh would be a great addition to enhance the protein.
– Add frozen veggies like broccoli.
– Seeds like sesame seeds, hemp seeds, chia seeds, or freshly ground flax seeds have protein in them.
– Thai food favorite crunchy cashews can add some protein to this meal.
– Frozen stir-fried vegetables or skillet stir fry vegetables would make this a complete meal.
– It’s a great side dish to cauliflower steaks.
– Grilled portabello mushrooms can be a great side dish to it.
Basically, any plant-based diet recipe will be a great accompaniment to this recipe.
⏰ Make ahead and store left-over rice
You can make this rice dinner in advance and reheat it when needed. I like to put 2-3 servings into meal prep containers like these (Affiliate Link) glass storage containers. Then, I take out the containers as needed and it’s so convenient.
If you have leftovers, store them in the same glass containers and refrigerate. Use it within one week because the pineapple will go bad. Do not freeze this rice.
🍚 More rice dishes
Want even more rice dishes?
Rice eating is inherent to me. Rice is a staple for us, going back at least 10 generations.
Next time you are craving vegan recipes, give these rice recipes a try!
Brussels sprouts with basmati rice is a healthier rice recipe that is very easy to make. It’s a great side dish or a meal by itself.
Add coconut milk and green peas to cooked rice for an exotic-flavored rice recipe.
Why eat just plain rice when you can have saffron rice with a beautiful yellow color? Make it more colorful by adding red bell pepper and green onions. Your family will want to eat the whole dish!
Regular fried is just as interesting as its pineapple counterpart. This one has a little Indian flare because I added curry powder and green beans.
When it comes to rice, do you love sweet or savory dishes?
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The full recipe is in the recipe card below.
Pineapple Fried Rice with Jalapeno (Vegan)
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp Coconut oil
- 1/4 cup Red Onions finely chopped
- 1 tsp Ginger finely chopped
- 1 Jalapeno finely chopped, deseeded
- 8 Oz Pineapple chunks with pineapple juice
- 1/2 cup Basmati rice cooked
- 1/8 tsp salt optional
Instructions
- In a pan, add the coconut oil and heat at medium heat for 20 seconds
- Add the onions and let them brown slightly
- Add the ginger and mix.
- After 30 seconds, add the jalapeno
- When the jalapeno are softened after about 3 minutes, add the pineapples and juice
- Let some of the water dissipate before adding the rice
- Adjust for salt, if needed
Notes
- Nutrition info is approximate
It was my first time to try this and it all turned out great! Great recipe! I would recommend this to my friends for sure!
Thank you, Carla.
So should I assume the rice is precooked?
Under servings you have 1 cup. So this recipe only makes 1 serving?
Hello Deb, yes it is cooked basmati rice and yes, its one serving. Please note that the nutrition info is approximate.