Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki
Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, greek baked giant beans/ gigantes plaki. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki is something that I have loved my entire life.

Gigantes plaki (Greek baked gigantes) is a classic Greek recipe, consisting of 'giant' beans baked in a tomato sauce along with plenty of fresh herbs, which give a really unique taste. This Gigantes recipe takes some time to prepare, but it's all worth it! Some recipes for Greek baked giant beans (Gigantes Plaki) require cooking the tomato sauce separately and then combine everything in a pan.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek baked giant beans/ gigantes plaki using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki:
  1. Prepare 1 lb lima beans
  2. Get 2 celery stalks with leaves
  3. Make ready 1 onion, grated
  4. Take 6 garlic cloves
  5. Prepare 25 oz plum tomatoes
  6. Take 2 tbsp honey
  7. Take 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  8. Get 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  9. Prepare 2 beefsteak (large) tomatoes, thinly sliced
  10. Take oregano
  11. Take salt and pepper

Nutty, buttery beans baked in flavorful tomato sauce — that's what you'll get in every serving of Greek Baked Giant Beans. Excellent as an appetizer or as a light meal on its own. Gigantes plaki is a deliciously hearty vegan dish made with giant beans, baked in a delicious tomato sauce until the beans absorb all the juices and flavour. I feel embarrassed that I have never posted this dish before.

Steps to make Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki:
  1. Soak gigantes over night (12-24 hours). Change the water three times in the process. Drain in coriander next morning.
  2. In a large pot, boil the beans with two stalks of celery for about an hour.
  3. In another pot, add olive and cook onion till translucent. Add garlic next and cook for less than a minute on low heat. Add the tomatoes with liquid, a cup of water, honey and cloves. Bring to a boil for 20-30 minutes till sauce thickens.
  4. Preheat the oven to 350°F. When the beans are ready, reserve a cup of the water and then drain beans. Add the beans to a dish. Pour the sauce over the beans. Season with oregano, salt and pepper and pour in reserved water. Slice tomatoes and place over the beans. Bake for one hour, checking periodically.
  5. Let cool 10 minutes and enjoy

Giant beans bake, gigantes sto fourno is just one of these. In all the time I have been blogging, I never thought of bringing this Greek classic into the list. Here we are though: giant beans bake - gigantes plaki, a super easy recipe. Gigantes sto fourno is a love or hate relationship. A quick search of the internet revealed that the dish was gigantes (or yigantes) plaki or Greek baked beans, that uses gigantes beans (also known as elephant beans, large lima beans or butter beans).

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