The Belizean dish combining rice and beans with stewed chicken, salad, and fried plantain is commonly called rice and beans.
In Belize, rice and beans are often cooked with coconut milk and served alongside stewed chicken, potato salad, coleslaw, or fried plantain. The combination is one of the country’s best-known complete meals and appears in home cooking, restaurants, and festive settings.
Belizean cuisine reflects Maya, Mestizo, Garifuna, Creole, Caribbean, and British influences. Coconut rice and beans are particularly connected with the country’s Caribbean and Creole food traditions.
The name can cause confusion because many Caribbean countries have their own rice-and-beans dishes. Belizean preparations are identified by their usual accompaniments and often by coconut milk, rather than by a single universal recipe shared across the region.