Belizean Recipes
A queen conch shell, the conch used in Honduran sopa de caracol
Sopa de Caracol (Honduran Conch Soup)

Sopa de Caracol (Honduran Conch Soup)

June 10, 2026
Bowl of tapado, the Garifuna coconut seafood stew of the Honduran coast, with fish, plantain, and yuca
Tapado

Tapado

June 10, 2026
Darasa green banana tamale on a banana leaf with fried fish
Darasa Recipe (Garifuna Green Banana Tamales)

Darasa Recipe (Garifuna Green Banana Tamales)

June 10, 2026
Tikin xic, achiote-marinated grilled fish, served in Campeche
Tikin Xic

Tikin Xic

June 1, 2026
A bowl of sopa de lima, Yucatecan lime soup, served in Mani, Yucatan
Sopa de Lima

Sopa de Lima

June 8, 2026

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Bowl of tapado, the Garifuna coconut seafood stew of the Honduran coast, with fish, plantain, and yuca
Tapado

Tapado

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Darasa green banana tamale on a banana leaf with fried fish
Darasa Recipe (Garifuna Green Banana Tamales)

Darasa Recipe (Garifuna Green Banana Tamales)

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Hudut, a Garifuna coconut fish stew with pounded plantain
Hudut vs Sere vs Tapou vs Tapado: Garifuna Dishes ExplainedEditorial

Hudut vs Sere vs Tapou vs Tapado: Garifuna Dishes Explained

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Aerial view of the Great Blue Hole on the Belize Barrier Reef
Belize Travel GuideEditorial

Belize Travel Guide

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A plate of corn-tortilla tacos with lime, salsa, and onion
Belize Street Food: A Guide to What to Eat and WhereEditorial

Belize Street Food: A Guide to What to Eat and Where

Joe PostJoe PostJune 5, 2026
Hudut, a Garifuna coconut fish stew with pounded plantain
Hudut vs Sere vs Tapou vs Tapado: Garifuna Dishes ExplainedEditorial

Hudut vs Sere vs Tapou vs Tapado: Garifuna Dishes Explained

Joe PostJoe PostJune 10, 2026
Aerial view of the Great Blue Hole on the Belize Barrier Reef
Belize Travel GuideEditorial

Belize Travel Guide

Joe PostJoe PostJune 5, 2026
A plate of corn-tortilla tacos with lime, salsa, and onion
Belize Street Food: A Guide to What to Eat and WhereEditorial

Belize Street Food: A Guide to What to Eat and Where

Joe PostJoe PostJune 5, 2026

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View of a turquoise Caribbean coastline from an airplane window
How to Get from Cancún to Belize

How to Get from Cancún to Belize

Isela PostIsela PostJune 5, 2026
A stone molcajete with red salsa, a traditional Mexican kitchen tool
The Kitchen Tools for Yucatecan and Belizean Cooking

The Kitchen Tools for Yucatecan and Belizean Cooking

Joe PostJoe PostJune 2, 2026
Clear tropical water and beach for a Belize trip
What to Pack for Belize

What to Pack for Belize

Joe PostJoe PostJune 2, 2026

Belize to Yucatan

Hudut, a Garifuna coconut fish stew with pounded plantain
Hudut vs Sere vs Tapou vs Tapado: Garifuna Dishes ExplainedEditorial

Hudut vs Sere vs Tapou vs Tapado: Garifuna Dishes Explained

Hudut, tapou, sere, tapado, bundiga. People mix these up constantly, and it is easy to see why: they share the same three Garifuna staples, plantain or green banana, coconut, and fish, and several of them look alike in the bowl. But they are not the same dish, and the difference usually comes down to one thing: how the starch is handled and whether everything cooks together or stays apart. Here is the whole family, sorted out, with a link to each full recipe. The Garifuna coconut dishes at a glance…
Aerial view of the Great Blue Hole on the Belize Barrier Reef
Belize Travel GuideEditorial

Belize Travel Guide

Short answer: Belize is small, English-speaking, and easier to travel than most of Central America, but it does not work the way a resort does. Most visitors come for the cayes and the reef, the jungle and the Maya sites, or both. Getting around means a mix of small planes, water taxis, and buses. This guide is the map: how to get here from Mexico or by air, how to move between the mainland and the islands, how to reach the Maya world across the Guatemalan border, when to come,…
Tikal Maya temple pyramid rising above the Guatemalan jungle
How to Get to Tikal from Belize

How to Get to Tikal from Belize

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A small single-engine propeller plane in flight
Flying Within Belize: The Cayes, Flights vs. Ferries, and the Best Route

Flying Within Belize: The Cayes, Flights vs. Ferries, and the Best Route

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A small boat moored on a turquoise Caribbean shore
Chetumal to Belize: Border Crossing and Ferry Guide

Chetumal to Belize: Border Crossing and Ferry Guide

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Fresh from the Kitchen

Chaya leaves, the Maya spinach used in caldo de chaya
Ts’anchak (Caldo de Chaya)

Ts’anchak (Caldo de Chaya)

Chaya grows in every Yucatec yard, north of Belize and across in the Yucatan. The Maya call it the tree that feeds you. Ts'anchak is the white soup we make from it. A clear chicken broth, the chaya cooked soft in it, no achiote, no color. You finish it at the table with pepita, with egg, with habanero in sweet lime. Caldo de chaya is the name you will hear in Spanish. Ts'anchak is the name from before. What is ts'anchak? Ts'anchak is a Yucatec Maya chaya soup, known in…
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Steamed tamales, the dish the cull (k'ol) fills
K’ol Recipe

K’ol Recipe

K'ol is the sauce inside the tamale. In Belize it is spelled cull, sometimes col, and it is a Mayan word. It is the thick red gravy, a chicken stock seasoned with recado and thickened with masa, that goes between the masa and the meat in a Belizean tamale. The same sauce, cooked with the chicken instead of folded into the tamal, is pollo en k'ol. Cull, col, k'ol. One sauce, many spellings. What is k'ol? K'ol is a Yucatec Maya sauce, a thick red gravy built on chicken stock,…
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Tamales Colados Recipe

Tamales Colados Recipe

People who have not made these before think they are like other tamales. They are not. The masa here is liquid before it is cooked. You strain it through cloth by hand. You cook it in lard until it sets. When it cools, it becomes something soft and smooth. Nothing like the rough masa you pat out for tortillas or bollos. That texture is the point. This dish comes from the corridor. Yucatan, Campeche, Belize. We make them here in Corozal the same way they make them across the border.…
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Orange Walk Tacos Recipe

Orange Walk Tacos Recipe

Orange Walk town has its own taco. It is not a Mexican taco. It is not a Tex-Mex taco. It is a rolled taco, built around recado chicken, served in the market and along the streets of Orange Walk District. You know it when you eat it. The tortilla is the thing. Without the right tortilla you have a different dish. People argue about it. They say you cannot make a true Orange Walk taco outside of Orange Walk. I understand the argument. The tortilla comes from the factory, fresh…
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Polcanes frying in oil in a large pan, with white cheese and tostadas at a street food stall
Polcanes Recipe

Polcanes Recipe

Polcanes (also spelled polkanes or polcán) are fried masa fritters from the Yucatan peninsula. A thick disc of corn masa is formed around a filling of cooked white beans, ground pumpkin seeds, and cebollina, then sealed and fried in lard until golden. They are served topped like a tostada: salpicón, chopped lettuce, crumbled salty cheese, salsa on the side. Polcanes are antojito yucateco. Market food. Morning food. In Xaibe, we knew these from Chetumal. Go to the market in the morning and there they are. Sit down, they bring you…
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