Gigantes plaki (giant baked beans)

Source : Soak The Beans Overnight In Plenty Of Water The Next Day Strain And Boil In A Pressure Cooker With Plenty Of Water From The Time The Pressure Cooker S ...

PreTime
more Minutes
CookTime
a few Minutes
Yield
Some Servings

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at : March 11, 2026

Step:

  1. Soak the beans overnight in plenty of water.

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  2. The next day, strain and boil in a pressure cooker with plenty of water.

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  3. From the time the pressure cooker's valve starts to let steam off let cook for about 1 hour so that they boil and get tender.

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  4. Remove the beans from the pressure cooker and strain. Let them stand in a bowl.

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  5. Put the onions, carrots, celery (together with the sprigs, finely chopped), the tomato, the olive oil, the sugar, salt, pepper, vegetable stock cubes and about 1 litre of water in the same pressure cooker.

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  6. Close the pressure cooker and boil the vegetables for about 15 minutes (after the valve starts releasing steam).

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  7. Put some olive oil in a frying pan and sauté the sausages.

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  8. Heat the oven at 180 degrees.

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  9. Put the giant beans in a deep oven tray, the vegetables and the sausages with their oil on top.

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  10. Stir all the ingredients well.

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  11. Place the tray in the oven and bake for about 1 hour till all the sauce is absorbed.

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  12. Stir the food a couple of times while baking. Serve with crumbled feta on top and hot fresh bread!

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Ingredients

  1. 1/2 kg giant beans
  2. 3 medium dry onions processed in a food processor 
  3. 6 sliced carrots
  4. 8 celery sprigs coarsely chopped 
  5. 1 can tomato grated
  6. 1/2 cup olive oil
  7. 2 tsp sugar
  8. salt - pepper 
  9. 2 vegetable stock cubes 
  10. 3 sliced country sausages
  11. corn oil for frying
  12. crumbled feta cheese (optional) 

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