White Beans, Habichuelas Blancas Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 lb sweet sausage 
• 1 tbsp. olive oil 
• 1 small onion, chopped 
• 4 cloves garlic, minced 
• 3 strips bacon, chopped 
• 2 cans 16oz small white beans, drained and rinsed 
• 2 tbsp sofrito 
• 1 bay leaf 
• 1/2 tsp adobo with pepper 
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley 
• 1 whole pimiento, cut into strips

Procedure:
Puncture sausages with fork, and sauté in a large skillet in olive oil until well-browned. Remove sausages and set aside. In the same pan, sauté onion, garlic and bacon until bacon is browned. Add beans, sofrito and bay leaf, and simmer 2-3 minutes over low-medium heat, stirring often. Stir in adobo and parsley. Arrange pimiento strips on top. Remove bay leaf.