Hawaiian BBQ Meatball Fried Rice
This is what happens when you’re sitting around, dreaming about food.
Servings 8
Calories 357kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
For the Hawaiian meatballs
- 1 pound meatballs cooked. frozen is fine
- ½ 20 ounce pineapple chunks with all of the juice. remaining pineapple reserved for the rice, below.
- ½ cup your favorite BBQ sauce
For the Hawaiian fried rice
- 3 teaspoons vegetable oil divided
- 1 red bell pepper chopped
- 6 green onions white and green parts chopped and separated
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 5 cups rice cooked
- 3 large eggs
- ½ 20 ounce pineapple chunks
Instructions
For the Hawaiian meatballs
- Place all ingredients into a medium pot over medium heat.
- Stir and heat thoroughly.
For the Hawaiian fried rice
- Heat a teaspoon of the oil in a large skillet over medium high heat.
- Add the bell pepper and white parts of the green onions and cook until the peppers start to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Add garlic and cook another minute.
- Remove mixture to a plate.
- Add another teaspoon of oil to the pan.
- Add rice and warm through, stirring often.
- Push rice to the side of the skillet and add the 3 eggs.
- Cook, scrambling, until done.
- Stir in to the rice.
- Add green parts of the green onions and pineapple chunks and stir.
- Add in the red pepper mixture and stir.
- Serve rice with meatballs and sauce.
Notes
I like a lightly smoky BBQ sauce, but not one that is overly sweet since the pineapple is sweet.
Nutrition
Calories: 357kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 15g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 245mg | Potassium: 326mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 701IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 44mg | Iron: 1mg