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How to make Greek giant baked beans (gigantes plaki)

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This is one of my favorite recipes for gigantes!! From https://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/gigantes-plaki-greek-baked-giant-beans/
  • 500g gigantes beans (17 ounces)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 small clove of garlic
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 4–5 tbsps parsley, finely chopped
  • 1/2 tbsp celery, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup of hot water
  • 400g (14 ounces) tinned chopped tomatoes or 600g (21 ounces) ripped fresh tomatoes, grated
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

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I love gigantes! I think this is how my wife makes them too.
 
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xmelissaa said:
This is one of my favorite recipes for gigantes!! From https://www.mygreekdish.com/recipe/gigantes-plaki-greek-baked-giant-beans/
  • 500g gigantes beans (17 ounces)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1 small clove of garlic
  • 1 large onion, finely chopped
  • 4–5 tbsps parsley, finely chopped
  • 1/2 tbsp celery, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup of hot water
  • 400g (14 ounces) tinned chopped tomatoes or 600g (21 ounces) ripped fresh tomatoes, grated
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

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They look yummmmmmy!.....I was practically a vegetarian in Mykonos and I lived on them... can't go wrong with them... Nice image!❤️???!
 
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They look yummmmmmy!.....I was practically a vegetarian in Mykonos and I lived on them... can't go wrong with them... Nice image!❤️???!
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So many people don't know how easy it is to be vegetarian in Greece! The veggies and beans are so healthy
 
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acamp7 said:
So many people don't know how easy it is to be vegetarian in Greece! The veggies and beans are so healthy
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How true are your words!??.....Fava,Bamiesz,melitszanas and potatoes from the oven, courgettes and potatoes and tomatoes, stuffed tomatoes with rice, rosemary and thyme, melitszana salads, Stuffed marrow with couscous,Potato and onion,garlic soup with fresh lemon juice! ?.....the list goes on!...❤️?...and I am not really a cook...... just learnt on the way.... Kalley Mera from Thailand and monsoons beginning.....we lived in Mykonos for many years and my wife is Thai, when the locals used to passby they were surprised at her Greek dishes, she has Thai cookery classes here at home [No travellers any more though]>>>>Also a cake/coffee shop here at the seaside town.... again very quiet and like a lockdown...
 
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How true are your words!??.....Fava,Bamiesz,melitszanas and potatoes from the oven, courgettes and potatoes and tomatoes, stuffed tomatoes with rice, rosemary and thyme, melitszana salads, Stuffed marrow with couscous,Potato and onion,garlic soup with fresh lemon juice! ?.....the list goes on!...❤️?...and I am not really a cook...... just learnt on the way.... Kalley Mera from Thailand and monsoons beginning.....we lived in Mykonos for many years and my wife is Thai, when the locals used to passby they were surprised at her Greek dishes, she has Thai cookery classes here at home [No travellers any more though]>>>>Also a cake/coffee shop here at the seaside town.... again very quiet and like a lockdown...
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All of this sounds so tasty!! How lovely that you and your wife were living in Mykonos anf getting to experience the culture up close! When did you leave?
 
This is one of my favorite, simple dishes. If I can't find gigantes, I use butter beans and they work well. (I live in the United States and can't always get to the Greek store).
 
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This is one of my favorite, simple dishes. If I can't find gigantes, I use butter beans and they work well. (I live in the United States and can't always get to the Greek store).
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Same here in Thailand difficult to buy and if they available very expensive they are too from a Greek supplier...
 
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Same here in Thailand difficult to buy and if they available very expensive they are too from a Greek supplier...
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Would it be cheaper to buy them canned with the sauce? if they have them available that is
 
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seleanor said:
Would it be cheaper to buy them canned with the sauce? if they have them available that is
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Canned food never tastes the same!!!!..... like better not eating it at all really.... never eaten canned food in my life except living in digs in good ol'London town back in late 60s and early 70s....
 
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Canned food never tastes the same!!!!..... like better not eating it at all really.... never eaten canned food in my life except living in digs in good ol'London town back in late 60s and early 70s....
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Hahaha I agree, but it is not bad for struggle meals
 
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