Belizean Traditional Beans and Rice

This is the way they do Beans and Rice in Belize. The recipe is from a native Belizean. It is a wonderful addition to Caribbean chicken and fish.

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1  cup red kidney beans
• 1  cup  thick coconut milk
• 1  garlic clove (optional)
•  salt & pepper
• 2  cups rice
• 1  onion, sliced
• 1  piece  of salt  meat (cut into small pieces)

Directions

1. Soften beans (soak first) with garlic.
2. Boil until tender and whole, adding salt meat (previously boiled to soften) when almost tender.
3. Add the milk, onion and seasonings.
4. Wash rice, then add to the beans.
5. Cook over gentle heat until liquid is absorbed.
6. Stir gently with a fork, and add a little water from time to time until rice is cooked.
7. Serve hot with a meat dish.
8. (Some favorite meat dishes with rice and beans are: stuffed baked chicken, stew chicken, stew fish, fried fish or meat balls).