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Greek Gigantes Beans

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Greek Gigantes Beans

Giant Greek baked beans in a rich tomato sauce with herbs and olive oil — hearty, cheap and delicious.

Total time
140 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
120 min
Difficulty
easy
Cuisine
Vegetarian
vegetarianvegangluten-free

Ingredients

500gdried gigantes or butter beans, soaked overnight
400gcrushed tomatoes
1large onion, diced
4 clovesgarlic, minced
2 stalkscelery, diced
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspsugar
100mlolive oil
1 handfulfresh parsley
crusty breadto serve

Instructions

1

Boil soaked beans in fresh water 45 minutes until nearly tender, drain.

2

Fry onion and celery in olive oil until soft, add garlic.

3

Add crushed tomatoes, oregano, sugar and season.

4

Simmer sauce 10 minutes.

5

Add parboiled beans to tomato sauce.

6

Transfer to a baking dish, add enough water to just cover beans.

7

Drizzle generously with olive oil.

8

Bake at 180C for 1 hour until sauce is thick and beans are very tender.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
247
Protein
1.7g
Fat
23.3g
Carbs
9.8g
Fiber
2.5g
Sodium
26mg

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