Aloha Bake (ham, Shrimp, Pineapple, Rice And Swiss)

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 cups rice, cooked
• 1/2 cup light mayonnaise
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice (reserved from pineapple chunks)
• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 small onion, diced
• 1 sweet pepper, diced
• 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dill weed
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) bag baby shrimp, thawed, cooked and peeled
• 1 lb cooked ham, diced into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks
• 1 cup swiss cheese, separated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 cook rice according to package directions.
• 3 mix mayo, pepper and reserved pineapple juice in a small bowl. set aside for now.
• 4 while rice is cooking, heat 1 tbsp canola oil in a large skillet over medium/high heat. add peppers and onion. saute for 2 minutes.
• 5 add garlic and saute for another minute.
• 6 remove skillet from heat (temporarily) and add dill weed, lemon pepper seasoning, ground ginger, seasoned salt and soy sauce and stir to mix.
• 7 put skillet back over medium/high heat until the oil starts to sizzle again.
• 8 add ham and shrimp and cook for 3 minutes until ham starts to brown a little. remove from heat.
• 9 in a large bowl, combine rice, mayo mixture, ham/shrimp mixture, drained pineapple and 1/2 c swiss cheese. mix until well combined.
• 10 pour into a 13 x 9 glass baking dish.
• 11 sprinkle the remaining swiss cheese over the top.
• 12 cover with aluminum foil and bake for 20 minutes.
• 13 remove foil and bake an additional 8-10 minutes or until swiss cheese has started to turn golden on top.