Pineapple Cashew Shrimp Fried Rice

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Chinese New Year is just around the corner and I have a delicious Asian-inspired fried rice for you. Celebrate the Year of the Monkey with this quick and easy recipe.

Our family enjoys observing Chinese New Year each year. We celebrate with a big feast of Asian foods. We also partake in several Chinese traditions, such as giving out red envelopes with money inside. February 8, 2016, begins the Year of the Monkey. I'm giving my daughter some adorable monkey themed red envelopes and a stuffed monkey. I buy her a new stuffed animal each year to correspond with the zodiac animal. She's excited about the Year of the Monkey because that means her year is next!

Our new years feasts includes both traditional and non-traditional Chinese dishes. We always have noodles for long life and oranges for good luck. This year I've made a Pineapple Cashew Shrimp Fried Rice, which has many symbolisms. Pineapple is said to bring wealth luck. Shrimp represents happiness and good fortune. Cashew represents money or gold. Rice represents fertility, luck, or wealth.

Pineapple Cashew Shrimp Fried Rice

by Diana Rambles

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Ingredients

• Minute® White Rice
• 2 tsp of Sesame or Peanut Oil (not pictured)
• 3 cloves of garlic
• 1.5 tsp of ginger paste
• 2-3 carrots diced
• 4 green onions chopped
• 2 cups shrimp
• Dole Pineapple Chunks
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 2 T of Kikkoman Soy Sauce
• juice of 1/2 a lime
• 1+ tsp chili paste

Instructions

Prepare 2 cups of the Minute Rice according to directions on the package.

In a large skillet or wok, heat the oil over medium-high heat.

Add the diced carrots and stir fry until soft.

Add the green onion and stir for a few more minutes.

Add the shrimp and pineapple to the pan and stir-fry for 3-5 minutes until the shrimp is heated.

Stir in the cooked Minute Rice until mixed.

Add the cashews to the pan.

Stir in the lime juice, soy sauce, and desired amount of chili paste.

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Here is our entire feast. In addition to the Pineapple Cashew Shrimp Fried Rice, we enjoyed bok choy, fried dumplings, lo mein noodles, Crab Rangoon, and oranges.

Our family gobbled the fried rice all up. The heat of the chile paste balanced well with the pineapple. While you could use any size shrimp, I prefer the small ones.

I picked up the ingredients for this recipe at Walmart. The Minute White Rice is found in the rice aisle, the Dole Pineapple Chunks in the canned fruit aisle, and the Kikkoman Soy Sauce in the Asian food aisle. Minute Rice is the original instant rice. It's ready in just five minutes. You can learn about all Minute Rice products here. Sweet and tangy Dole Pineapple is a great snack and perfect addition to rices, stir fries and desserts. Read all about Dole Pineapple here and get a discount coupon here. Kikkoman Soy Sauce is naturally brewed with water, wheat, soybeans and salt. Find out more about Kikkoman here and get a discount coupon for it here.

I've shared some of our Chinese New Year traditions. Do you ever celebrate it?
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