Pineapple rice is sweet and delicious Hawaiian side dish that everyone will love. Ready in just 20 minutes to be served with your favorite Hawaiian recipes.
Pineapple Rice Ingredients
Here is what you will need to make this easy Hawaiian rice recipe:
- Rice: Jasmine and Basmati rice are both excellent choices. Just make sure that you do not use instant rice.
- Water: Nothing fancy here, just plain old tap water will do.
- Crushed Pineapple: Use one 8 ounce can of crushed pineapple in juice. You will want to save the juice to add to the rice.
- Sugar: Granulated sugar works great. But if you want to use a little less refined sugar, I recommend using can sugar or turbinado sugar.
- Butter: Helps keep the rice from clumping together. I like to use unsalted butter to control the flavor and my sodium intake.
- Lime Juice: Make sure to use fresh-squeezed lime juice. It makes a huge difference in the flavor of the rice.
- Salt: I like to use kosher salt. Adjust to your liking.
- Green Onion: Adds a beautiful pop of color and a unique flavor profile. Sprinkle as much as you like over the top.
How To Make Pineapple Rice
- In a medium saucepan combine jasmine rice, water, butter, crushed pineapple, salt, and sugar. Stir until well combined.
- Heat on medium high until boiling. Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until rice is cooked.
- Remove saucepan from heat and squeeze fresh lime juice over the top. Stir in with a fork to fluff up the rice.
- Serve while hot and garnish with fresh chopped green onions.
What Kind Of Rice Is Best?
This recipe works with just about any kind of rice. But I like to use Jasmine rice for the flavor and texture. If you want to make it a little sweeter, I would recommend Basmati rice. Just rinse it off before you use it.
Variations Of Pineapple Rice
One of my favorite things about this recipe is how versatile that it is. You can keep it simple and serve it just the way it is, or you can change things up and add some protein. Here are few of my favorites.
- Cooked Ham
- Spam
- Chicken
Can I make It In Advance?
I do not recommend making Hawaiian Rice in advance. The rice will dehydrate when stored in the refrigerator and clump together. Rice is also one of those foods that contain a bacteria called Bacillus. When rice is cooked, the bacteria can survive the cooking process. This can make it possible to get food poisoning from reheating the rice. So I would try to make it when you are ready to eat it.
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Pineapple Rice
Ingredients
- 1 Cup jasmine rice (not instant)
- 1½ Cups water
- 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 (8 ounce) can crushed pineapple in juice (don't drain)
- ½ Teaspoon Kosher Salt
- 1 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1½ Tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 2 Tablespoons green onion (chopped)
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan combine jasmine rice, water, butter, crushed pineapple, salt, and sugar. Stir until well combined.
- Heat on medium high until boiling. Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until rice is cooked.
- Remove saucepan from heat and squeeze fresh lime juice over the top. Stir in with a fork to fluff up the rice.
- Serve while hot and garnish with fresh chopped green onions.
Notes
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Really loved this simple, yet delightfully delicious rice dish, paired well with our kabobs. Thanks for sharing this recipe, looking forward to trying more of your dishes.
I’m so glad you loved it. Thank you for sharing.
This recipe is easy and amazing! I used pineapple rings and cut smaller chunks, and added 4-5 sweet peppers (red, yellow, orange). New family favorite.
I’m so glad you love it.
I’m trying to make this and am a bit confused when the juice from canned pineapple goes in? Same time as crushed pineapple? THX
Yes, just dump the can of pineapple with the juice.
Can/how can this be made using cauliflower rice instead of rice?
Hi Mary, I havent tried it using cauliflower rice, but if you try it I would love to know how it turns out.
Wonderful way to fix rice! I wonder how it would be cooked with coconut milk? I served this with sautéed chicken and mango/pineapple salsa. Every plate was clean!
I wanted it to be creamy so I added a can 13.?? ounce of coconut milk, also the zest of the lime. Then because I needed it to be one dish, I added turkey sausage with garlic and a fried egg on top. It was amazing. It was amazing without the egg and sausage as stand alone as well