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Belizean Rice and Beans
Rice and seasoned red kidney beans cooked together in fresh coconut milk.
About Belizean Rice and Beans
Belizean rice and beans cooks the grains and legumes together in one pot, a distinction emphasised by Lyra Spang. Her rendition combines white rice with seasoned red kidney beans and fresh coconut milk.
The beans are prepared with garlic, onion, cumin, oregano and an allspice leaf, with salted pigtail supplying the traditional pork seasoning. Fresh coconut meat and coconut water yield the milk for the rice.
Coconut oil adds another layer of coconut flavour. The rice and cooked beans simmer together until the liquid is absorbed, then rest briefly before serving as a combined dish.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
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Ingredients in Belizean Rice and Beans
Lyra Spang's Belizean rice and beans with pigtail-seasoned red kidney beans.
- White riceBase
- Red kidney beansBase
- Fresh coconut meatBase
- Coconut waterLiquid
- WaterLiquid
- SaltSeasoning
- Coconut oilCooking medium
- Allspice leafSeasoningIngredient page not linked
- Whole cumin seedsSeasoning
- Dried oreganoSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- OnionAromatic
- Salt-brined pigtailSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- White rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual33/25 common white rice selected over brown, wash water37 named.
- Red kidney beans: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual31 common and exact linked28 traditional redkidney selected over blackbeans/blackeyedpeas.
- Fresh coconut meat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual rice32/37 refers own coconut extraction; linked coconut28-29 freshmeat grated/pressed, not canned/powder option25.
- Coconut water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own coconut28-29 named internal coconut water used in full fresh milk extraction.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual rice37 washing, linked beans29/40 cooking and optional coconut29 additional tap water consolidated; no separate added broth selected.
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual rice34/38; linked beans conditional no-pigtail salt37 does not remove actual main rice salt.
- Coconut oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual35/37 and linkedbeans35/41 allocations consolidated.
- Allspice leaf: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked beans30/41 offered allspice leaf chosen over bay leaf; do not map leaf to allspice berry or infer exact species.
- Whole cumin seeds: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked beans31/41.
- Dried oregano: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked beans32 real dried option selected over fresh.
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked beans33/41.
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked beans34/42.
- Salt-brined pigtail: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Own linked beans36/42 traditional original pigtail selected over no-pork/ham/bacon options, broad pork-tail candidate preserves brined form/full product formula unknown.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Belize
- BelizeCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Belizean Cuisine
- Belizean CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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