Beans are a staple food in an Igorot's diet, be it dried or fresh ones. It goes well with our etag or kinuday. The reason being it supplies the needed energy by the body in order to plow the rice fields or tend to our vegetable gardens. Also for the cold climate that we have, the energy supplied by beans help keep our bodies warm. White beans is one variety common to us, cooked into the famous pork and beans.
These white kidney beans i bought from old ladies who say it was harvested all the way from Sadanga, Mt. Province. These are the kind which are unbleached and not stored for long. It was just the right thing to cook for my friend Lucille who requested for an easy dish.
This is a one-pot-dish, slowcooked starting from softening the beans, then adding chicken sausage or longganisa as we call it, bought from a Magnolia chicken station at Sunshine supermart. The flavor from the sausage was enough to enhance the beans, i only added salt, no sauteeing needed. Then last to go in are the pechay leaves, bought from the SIHM store at the Porta Vaga parking lot. Cabbage or wombok may be added instead. The flavors from the sausage mixed with the creaminess of the soup makes for a yummy dinner.. Enjoy!
