{"id":58790,"date":"2023-01-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themediterraneandish.com\/?p=58790"},"modified":"2023-01-25T09:46:06","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T14:46:06","slug":"gigantes-plaki-greek-giant-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themediterraneandish.com\/gigantes-plaki-greek-giant-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigantes Plaki (Greek Baked Beans)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Comforting and buttery gigantes plaki, or Greek giant baked beans, with tomatoes and olive oil make a satisfying vegetarian<\/a> dinner any night of the week. Or, you can serve them at room temperature over crusty bread as an appetizer! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo Credits: Karishma Pradhan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Gigantes plaki is a classic Greek dish of tender baked beans, swimming in a chunky tomato sauce with lots of good extra virgin olive oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The term plaki, pronounced Plah-KEE, refers to a Greek cooking method where the food is baked or roasted with plenty of tomatoes, veggies, and extra virgin olive oil<\/a>. Remember this Greek baked fish<\/a> with tomatoes and onions called psari plaki? Well, these Greek beans also belong to the plaki genre. It’s basically the Greek version of classic butter beans<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m grateful to Dorothy, a reader who e-mailed me about a baked bean casserole that her favorite Greek restaurant in Vancouver served. She turned me on to Gigantes plaki, or giant Greek baked beans, which is truly a textbook Mediterranean diet<\/a> meal where a couple humble cans of beans are transformed into dinner that is satisfying and healthy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can never have enough bean recipes<\/a> to save dinner! I loved it so much that I included the recipe in my cookbook<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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  1. Ingredients to Make Gigantes Plaki<\/a><\/li>
    1. Beans<\/a><\/li>
    2. Tomato sauce<\/a><\/li>
    3. Garnish<\/a><\/li><\/ol>
    4. How to Make this Recipe<\/a><\/li>
    5. Gigantes Plaki: Light Dinner or Snack <\/a><\/li>
    6. More White Bean Recipes<\/a><\/li>
    7. Early Harvest- Greek Extra Virgin Olive Oil<\/a><\/li>
    8. Gigantes Plaki (Greek-Style Baked Giant Beans) Recipe<\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/details>\n\n\n
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      Ingredients to Make <\/strong>Gigantes Plaki<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Gigantes plaki take just a handful of simple ingredients. There are three simple components to this recipe: the beans, the chunky tomato sauce, and the garnish or finishing touches. Here is what you need to make giant Greek beans:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Beans<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Because traditional gigantes beans are not as easy to find, unless you have access to a Greek or Mediterranean grocery store near you, you can use large butter beans, lima beans, or the largest white beans you can find. And yes, canned beans are fine in this quick recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Tomato sauce<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      You’ll need some good extra virgin olive oil (like our peppery Early Harvest EVOO<\/a>), a can of diced tomatoes, and chopped onions, carrots, celery, and garlic, which make the tomato sauce hearty and delicious. To season the sauce, you’ll need bay leaf, oregano, thyme, parsley, and a dash of cinnamon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Garnish<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      I like to finish this dish with a good drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and some crumbled creamy feta. Or, omit the feta if you want to keep it vegan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

      How to Make <\/strong>this Recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n