Pineapple fried rice

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Ingredients

1½ 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

400g cooked long-grain rice

85g frozen peas

2 tsp sesame oil

2 tbsp low-salt soy sauce

400g fresh pineapple , roughly chopped into chunks (about 1⁄2 medium pineapple)

Method

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.

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.