Pineapple Fried Rice

Source: GoodHousekeeping Fast & Easy collector edition 

I'm a sucker for fried rice. My breakfast would always have to consist of fried rice paired with anything uhm... fried also! hahahah! egg, hotdog, dried fish, luncheon meat, tocino, longganisa... Ginisang corned beef is also a favorite kapares. Yeah, pinoy na  pinoy, you may say. I say, blame it on my dad. When we were young, my dad wouldn't allow us to leave for school without having full meal breakfast. And that would mean fried rice everyday with ulam on the side and hot chocolate or milk. Never pandesal, never sandwich, cereals, or crackers, it always has to be sinangag for breakfast. It all started with that until I've grown addicted to it that I didn't notice na I was already experimenting mixing other stuff to spice up the rice. Yes, even before those boxed rice mix has invaded the market, I've been tossing left over ulams na to our next day's fried rice. Adobo, menudo, or anything with sauce. I've been mixing chopped scrambled eggs, or chopped luncheon meat, or shrimp or mashed vienna sausage or longganisa. I even tried mixing ginisang bagoong to the rice. The ideas seem endless even back then when I never heard yet of turmeric and other spices pa from McCormick, LOL!  I feel like I am in my own world wearing a tiara on my head when I cook fried rice! So imagine how my eyes sparked when I saw this in my mini cookbook. I immediately went to the supermarket to buy all the ingredients and I intended to make the presentation just as it was shown on the cookbook that I asked one of our help in the kitchen to cut the pineapple for me! This is love!  :)

the pineapple can only hold a few cups of fried rice so we placed the remaining on clear serving dishes.

• 2tsp chopped garlic
• 1/4 cup carrot strips
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1/2 cup sliced ham
• 3 cups cooked rice
• 3/4 cup pineapple tidbits
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup chopped spring onion
• 1 egg, scrambled and fried, then cut into strips

1. Saute garlic in vegetable oil. Add carrots then soy sauce. Stir in egg and cook for a minute.
2. Add ham and mix well. Add cooked rice, pineapple tidbits, salt and spring onion. Mix briskly.
3. Serve topped with scrambled egg strips.

Family's Verdict:  It's a hit! My dad and the whole fam love it! :)