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

Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, greek baked giant beans/ gigantes plaki. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Greek Baked Giant Beans/ Gigantes plaki is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must 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 it.

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. Make ready 6 garlic cloves
  5. Make ready 25 oz plum tomatoes
  6. Take 2 tbsp honey
  7. Make ready 1/4 tsp ground cloves
  8. Prepare 1/4 cup chopped parsley
  9. Make ready 2 beefsteak (large) tomatoes, thinly sliced
  10. Get oregano
  11. Prepare salt and pepper
Instructions 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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