🏆National Dishes
Greek Gigantes Plaki
The national dish of Greece — greek gigantes plaki. Made with paprika, veg stock cube, tomato purée.
20 min
Prep
1 hr
Cook
Easy
Difficulty
11
Ingredients
9
Steps
Ingredients
Servings
- 2 - 3 tbspn oil
- ½ tspn black pepper
- 60 gm onion (prepared weight)
- 1 x 220 gm tin butter beans
- 2 garlic cloves (10 gm)
- 2 - 3 tspn dried oregano to taste
- 1 tspn paprika
- 1 veg stock cube
- 1 x 230 gm tin chopped tomato
- water as required
- 1 tspn tomato purée
Method
- 1
Chop the onion.
- 2
Chop the garlic.
- 3
Drain and wash the butter beans.
- 4
Heat the oil in a suitable saucepan over a low heat, add the onion and garlic and fry, stirring regularly, for .
- 5
Stir in the paprika.
- 6
Add the chopped tomato, tomato purée, black pepper, butter beans, oregano and crush in the stock cube.
- 7
Stir well and add a little water as required.
- 8
Cook covered, stirring regularly, for 20 - , adding a little water as required to prevent drying.
- 9
Serve with a bread roll, flavoured flatbread or other bread of choice.