Belize Cuisine
Since Belize has such a diverse culture you can enjoy a variety of dishes. The staple food of Belize is the classic rice and beans which is cooked in coconut milk and would be served with either stewed chicken beef or fish and potato salad on the side.

Most places you go you'll deal with to order stewed chicken is one of the most traditional Belizean dishes and one that everybody should deftly try is excellent and is usually extremely cheap

When eating and please your meal to enjoy the combination of flavors that derived from the Mestizo, Spanish and Maya cultures such as, Chicken Escabeche with corn tortillas.

Seafood is also available almost everywhere and lobster comes cheap. You can stop at a roadside café and get an lobster lunch for $10 Belizean or you can order dinner that has shrimp that are huge fresh and very good for no more than $20 Belizean - of course this depends on where you're dining.

Belize's as the perfect geographical location and you will never run out of a good selection of seafood that is always fresh. For those that are crazy for lobster come in June so you can celebrate lobster Festival where everywhere you go there is endless amounts of lobster being cooked in every way imaginable
one of the greatest things about the tropics is of course the fresh fruits and vegetables which are available all throughout the year. Mango season is made in June and Belize has over 20 types of mangoes available. You'll always feel to find watermelon and pineapple cantaloupe oranges bananas and they are sold in little bags on the side of the road for no more than a $1

Just watch where all the locals are going and follow!

Belizean Meal

Ingredients needed:
• 1/2 Lb red beans
• 1 can coconut milk
• 1/2 onion chopped
• 1 tsp black pepper& 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 sweet pepper
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1 lb rice
• Stew Fish Preparation
• 1 green pepper chopped
• 1 red sweet pepper chopped
• 1 tsp black pepper
• 2 fresh lemons or 1/2 cup vinegar
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 tsp seasoning salt
• 2 1/2 cups water
• 1 tsp thyme
1 can crushed tomato paste

Instructions:
• Boil the beans until soft
• Add coconut milk, onion, black pepper, salt, sweet pepper, garlic powder and rice
• Cook covered for approximately rice is ready
• Prepare your stew fish separately
• Wash the fish with vinegar and or lemon juice
• Place fish in a pot, add water, seasoning salt, onion, black pepper, green and sweet pepper
• Cover and steam fish for approximately 20 min
• Add tomato paste and simmer for 10 min
Spoon over rice and enjoy
                                                           
                   

Types of food

Johnny cakes
• Flat round fluffy biscuits cut open and filled with ham and cheese slices, or sometimes butter
Taco vendors
• There are located at almost every corner offering corn or flour tortillas, with shredded chicken, onions, cabbage and cilantro
Seafood
• There is a huge variety of seafood, and don’t miss out on the Fish Patties. Keep in mind Lobster season closes Feb 15 - June 15
Meat & Poultry
• A lot of items are stewed, chicken, beef and pork. Game meats are popular, such as deer, Hicatee, iguana or gibnut.
Meat Pies
• You will find them warm and tucked away in vendors baskets or most restaurants
Beans-and-rice
• Not the same as rice and beans, apart of the National Dish When ordering “beans-and-rice” is are separate and cooked in their own gravy and then put over white rice.
Common Desserts
• Lemon meringue pie milk caramel cake and chocolate cake or a Caribbean staple such as bread pudding, sweet potato pound or cassava cake

Side Dishes
• Generally potato salad made from real Heinz salad dressing, the key ingredient that makes Belizean potato salad Belijun, or coleslaw