Greek Gigantes Beans

Name: Greek Gigantes Beans
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vegetarian
Ingredients: 500g dried gigantes or butter beans, soaked overnight; 400g crushed tomatoes; 1 large onion, diced; 4 cloves garlic, minced; 2 stalks celery, diced; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 tsp sugar; 100ml olive oil; 1 handful fresh parsley; crusty bread to serve

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

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

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

Add crushed tomatoes, oregano, sugar and season.

Simmer sauce 10 minutes.

Add parboiled beans to tomato sauce.

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

Drizzle generously with olive oil.

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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