Rice & Beans
The Sunday staple of Belizean cooking — coconut-scented red kidney beans cooked down with rice. Not to be confused with the stirred-together Gallo Pinto you get in Guatemala.
Belizean recipes written for UK ingredients and UK kitchens. Plus a directory of where to find Caribbean and Belizean ingredients in the North West — and online.
The name's a pun: this is a site built by a family split between Barrow-in-Furness and Belize.
The Sunday staple of Belizean cooking — coconut-scented red kidney beans cooked down with rice. Not to be confused with the stirred-together Gallo Pinto you get in Guatemala.
Belizean stew chicken gets its deep mahogany colour from recado rojo (achiote paste) and a proper browning — not a sauce added at the end. It belongs next to a heap of rice & beans.
Caribbean grocers in Manchester and Preston, plus online shops that ship UK-wide. Recipes link directly to suppliers for hard-to-find ingredients.