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

Hello everybody, I hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, greek baked giant beans/ gigantes plaki. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions every day. Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. 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. Prepare 2 celery stalks with leaves
  3. Prepare 1 onion, grated
  4. Get 6 garlic cloves
  5. Get 25 oz plum tomatoes
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp honey
  7. Take 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  8. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  9. Prepare 2 beefsteak (large) tomatoes, thinly sliced
  10. Take oregano
  11. Take salt and pepper
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

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