🫘 Gigantes Plaki

Name: Gigantes Plaki
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Greece
Ingredients: 400 g dried giant white beans, soaked overnight; 2 onions, chopped; 3 garlic cloves, sliced; 400 g chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 60 ml olive oil; 1 handful parsley and dill, chopped; 1 tsp dried oregano, salt, pepper

Origin: Greece

330kcal

per serving · 300 g

110kcal

per 100 g

15 gProtein5 g / 100 g

14 gFat4.5 g / 100 g

39 gCarbs13 g / 100 g

Gigantes plaki are Greek giant white beans baked in a thick tomato sauce with onion, garlic, fresh herbs and plenty of olive oil. The beans turn creamy and soft inside while the sauce reduces and caramelises at the edges of the dish. They are served warm or at room temperature as a meze or a main dish, with a salad on the side.

Diets

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Vegetarianno meat or fish in a typical recipe

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Veganno meat, fish or animal products in a typical recipe

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No pork

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Gluten-freeno wheat, barley or rye in a typical recipe

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Dairy-freeno milk, cheese, butter or yogurt in a typical recipe

Not keto13 g carbs per 100 g

Allergens

None of the 14 major allergens in a typical recipe.

What it is made of

giant beanstomatogarliconionherbsolive oil

Recipe

4 servings150 min

Ingredients

400 g dried giant white beans, soaked overnight
2 onions, chopped
3 garlic cloves, sliced
400 g chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato paste
60 ml olive oil
1 handful parsley and dill, chopped
1 tsp dried oregano, salt, pepper

Method

Drain the soaked beans, cover with fresh water and simmer 45–60 minutes until just tender; drain, keeping 250 ml of the cooking water.
Soften the onion and garlic in the olive oil for 8 minutes, then add the tomatoes, tomato paste, oregano, salt and pepper and simmer 10 minutes.
Stir in the beans, herbs and reserved cooking water and tip everything into a baking dish.
Bake at 180 °C for 50–60 minutes, until the sauce is thick and the top is lightly browned.
Rest 15 minutes and serve warm or at room temperature.

How to make it lighter

Cut the olive oil to 2 tbsp — 1 tbsp oil ≈ 120 kcal, and the beans stay creamy.
Serve the beans as a main with a large green salad and grilled vegetables.
Keep a meze portion to about 150 g when serving it alongside other dishes.

History

Gigantes plaki belongs to the Greek tradition of ladera, vegetable and pulse dishes cooked in olive oil, and is especially popular during Lent when meat is avoided.

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Values are estimates per 100 g for a typical recipe; home and restaurant versions vary. Diets and allergens are worked out from the ingredients of a typical recipe — always check with whoever cooked the dish. Not medical advice. Nutrition data: Me Nutrition dish database v13. How we count →