A quick and easy meal filled with lots of veggies and ham. This delicious ham fried rice is perfect for using up leftover ham.
This is a meal all-in-one and can be ready in just 20 minutes!
Why make this recipe
Ham fried rice is a delicious comfort food filled with good for you ingredients with lots of veggies, ham and pineapple!
It's a perfect dish for using up all your leftovers and cleaning out the fridge! Use up leftover ham, cold rice, frozen peas and corn and a few carrots and green onions.
This recipe makes enough to serve 4-6 and it's easy to double if you are serving a crowd. Leftovers are perfect heated up for lunch the next day.
Key ingredients
- Rice - You need cooked and cooled rice so plan ahead! Make a double batch the night before for dinner and refrigerate the leftovers. You can use long grain, jasmine or brown rice.
- Ham - Perfect way to use up that holiday ham! You can also use deli ham if you don't have leftovers.
- Pineapple - Use canned pineapple and reserve the juice to add to the sauce
- Eggs - scrambled eggs is traditional in fried rice. You can omit if you'd prefer
Step by step directions
- Mix soy sauce, pineapple juice, sesame oil and ground ginger together in a bowl. Set aside for later.
- Add carrots to a hot pan with a bit of oil. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add ham, frozen peas and corn and garlic. Stir for 2-3 minutes until heated through.
- Move all veggies to one side of the pan and pour in beaten eggs into the empty spot
- Scramble the eggs and then mix into the veggies
- Add rice and pineapple
- Pour prepared sauce over the top and mix everything together
- Turn off heat and add green onions
- Serve hot
Recipe tips
- Have everything prepared before you begin. This dish cooks up quickly!
- Cut carrots and ham in a fine dice. You want them about the same size as the peas and corn.
- Reserve the pineapple juice from the can of pineapples. This gets added to the sauce. If using fresh pineapple, use water in place of the juice.
- Make certain your rice is fully cooled. Freshly cooked rice will lump together.
- Use a wok or a large, heavy bottomed pan
- You may add a bit more oil on the side of the pan where you will scramble the egg
- Cook over medium high heat and then lower to medium low heat when you add the egg
- Serve with additional soy sauce or sweet red chili sauce, if desired
Recipe Faqs
Allow fried rice to cool and then store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
You can reheat leftover fried rice in the microwave for 1-2 minutes or in a hot pan on the stovetop. Cook over medium heat until heated through.
More delicious recipes
Leftover ham recipes
- Ham Tetrazzini
- Ham and Scalloped Potatoes
- Baked Ham and Rice
- Ham and Cheese Breakfast Strata
- Ham Salad
- Ham and Pea Pasta
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Ham Fried Rice
Equipment
Ingredients
Sauce
- ¼ cup pineapple juice (from a can of pineapple)
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce (low sodium)
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
Fried Rice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup carrots (finely diced)
- 1 cup ham (finely diced)
- ½ cup peas (frozen)
- 1 teaspoon garlic (minced)
- ½ cup corn (frozen)
- 2 eggs
- 4 cups leftover rice (cooked and cooled)
- 1 cup pineapple (finely diced)
- 3 green onions (chopped)
Instructions
Sauce
- Mix soy sauce, pineapple juice, sesame oil and ground ginger together in a bowl. Set aside for later.¼ cup pineapple juice, 3 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, ½ teaspoon ground ginger
Fried Rice
- Add carrots to a hot pan with a bit of oil. Cook for 2-3 minutes1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 cup carrots
- Add ham, frozen peas and corn and garlic. Stir for 2-3 minutes1 cup ham, ½ cup peas, ½ cup corn, 1 teaspoon garlic
- Lower heat to medium low and move all veggies to one side of the pan and pour in lightly beaten eggs into the empty spot2 eggs
- Scramble the eggs and combine with the veggies. It is okay if the eggs begin mixing with the veggies while they are still cooking.
- Add rice and pineapple. Pour sauce over and mix well.4 cups leftover rice, 1 cup pineapple
- Turn off heat and add green onions3 green onions
- Serve hot
Notes
- Have everything prepared before you begin. This dish cooks up quickly!
- Cut carrots and ham in a fine dice. You want them about the same size as the peas and corn.
- Reserve the pineapple juice from the can of pineapples. This gets added to the sauce. If using fresh pineapple, use water in place of the juice.
- Make certain your rice is fully cooled. Freshly cooked rice will lump together.
- Use a wok or a large, heavy bottomed pan
- You may add a bit more oil on the side of the pan where you will scramble the egg
- Cook over medium high heat and then lower to medium low heat when you add the egg
- Serve with additional soy sauce or sweet red chili sauce, if desired
Nutritional Disclaimer:
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Stephen says
Am a bit confused. You talk about garlic in verbal description but it is not included in the list of ingredients, nor how much of it.
Kathy says
Hi Stephen,
It looks like I mistakenly omitted the garlic! I've corrected the recipe, and you'll add 1 teaspoon of garlic. Thanks so much for letting me know!
Kathy 🙂
Stephen says
thanks for the update on the garlic. I made this last night and it was excellent. I also added a few splashes of siracha sauce and sweet chili sauce as you suggested.
Kathy says
Thanks, Stephen! I appreciate you letting me know and I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
David @ Spiced says
Fried rice is always a big hit in our house! And it is a great way to use up random bits of leftovers. I don't think I've ever included ham in our fried rice, but I can totally see how this would be delicious. Great idea, Kathy!!