Tampa Black Beans

Ingredients

• 1 can of black beans (Goya)
• 2 strips of bacon
• 1 small onion
• 8 cloves of garlic
• 1 tsp of Balsamic
• 1/2 packet of Sazon spices
• 1 tsp of Parsley
• 1 tsp of Pepper
• 1 bay leaf

Directions

1. Cut up the bacon into 1/2 inch slices, chop the onion & garlic
2. In a saucepan on medium heat add bacon, onion, garlic & saute for 5 mins
3. Add the remaining ingredients & cook for 30 mins

"With all the pork that we cook, it was only necessary that we have a proper Black Bean recipe. Most folks just warm up the beans & serve, this is a no no! This recipe is super simple and takes only a few minutes to prep while you work on your main dish. Having both grown up in cities w/ strong Latin roots (Puerto Rico & Tampa), we eat rice & beans w/ almost everything...so yeah, here is a kick ass recipe that gives your black beans that extra umph."