Pineapple fried rice

Add chunks of fresh pineapple to fried rice to transform it into something special. Serve on its own for a family dinner or as part of a banquet

Ingredients

• 5.5 tbsp sunflower or vegetable oil
• 2 eggs , beaten
• 2 garlic cloves , crushed
• small bunch of spring onions , chopped
• 1 ⁄2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
• 400 g cooked long-grain rice
• 85 g frozen peas
• 2 tsp sesame oil
• 2 tbsp low-salt soy sauce
• 400 g fresh pineapple , roughly chopped into chunks (about 1⁄2 medium pineapple)

Steps

1. 1 Heat 1 tbsp oil in a wok. Add the eggs, swirling them up the sides, to make a thin omelette. Once cooked through, roll the omelette onto a chopping board and cut into ribbons.
2. Heat the remaining oil. Add the garlic, onions and five-spice. Stir-fry until sizzling, then add the rice (if using pouches, squeeze them first, to separate the grains), peas, sesame oil and soy. Cook over a high heat until the rice is hot, then stir through the pineapple and omelette ribbons.