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Greek Gigantes Plaki

Giant beans in a tomato, garlic, and olive oil sauce, baked until the sauce thickens.

This practical version of the Greek dish uses already-cooked giant beans to simplify preparation. It combines beans, tomato, onion, garlic, olive oil, and herbs; other versions use different ingredients and methods.

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Total time90 min
DifficultyEasy
servings4
Greek Gigantes Plaki
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Method

  1. 01

    Prepare the dish and vegetables

    Heat the oven to 180 °C. Chop the onion and garlic, dice the tomatoes, and prepare the cooked beans, water, and tomato paste.

    10 min
  2. 02

    Make the sauce

    Heat the olive oil in an oven-safe pan or casserole. Cook the onion over medium heat for 8–10 minutes, until soft. Add the garlic and stir briefly; add the tomatoes, tomato paste, water, sugar, salt, oregano, chili flakes, and cinnamon.

    10 min
  3. 03

    Add the beans and bake

    Gently fold the cooked giant beans into the sauce and transfer the mixture to an oven dish if the pan is not oven-safe. Bake at 180 °C for about 40–50 minutes, until the sauce is thick and the beans are tender.

    50 min
  4. 04

    Let it rest

    Take the dish out of the oven and let it rest before serving.

    10 min

Sources and review

Content researched, cross-checked and automatically validated. Sources consulted:

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