Name: Greek Baked Beans
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 10 min
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 pound dry Gigantes beans (or dry lima beans), soaked overnight or for at least for 8 hours; 1 yellow onion, diced (approx 2 cups); 3 stalks celery, diced (approx 1 cup); 5 cloves garlic, minced; 28 ounces canned crushed tomatoes; 1 tablespoon ground oregano; 1 tablespoon ground thyme; 2 bay leaves; 1 tablespoon salt; 4 cups water; 1/2 cup Greek olive oil; Optional, for serving: fresh baked bread, feta cheese

Description

Delicious, comforting, easy and budget-friendly, these Greek baked beans are made in the slow cooker for convenience! Set it and forget it.

Ingredients

Scale

1 pound dry Gigantes beans (or dry lima beans), soaked overnight or for at least for 8 hours
1 yellow onion, diced (approx 2 cups)
3 stalks celery, diced (approx 1 cup)
5 cloves garlic, minced
28 ounces canned crushed tomatoes
1 tablespoon ground oregano
1 tablespoon ground thyme
2 bay leaves
1 tablespoon salt
4 cups water
1/2 cup Greek olive oil
Optional, for serving: fresh baked bread, feta cheese

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Instructions

Place all ingredients: beans, onion, celery, garlic, tomatoes, oregano, thyme, bay leaves, salt, water, and olive oil in a 7-8 quart slow cooker. Cook on low until beans are tender, about 8 hours.
Optional: serve with fresh baked bread and feta cheese.

Notes

You can find gigantes beans on Amazon but I would imagine a Greek specialty food market would carry them as well.
If you can’t easily find gigantes beans, you can substitute lima beans.
Be sure to soak the beans overnight so beans are tender after cooking. If you don’t soak the beans first, you may find the beans are still not tender after 8 hours.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours
Method: Slow Cooker
Cuisine: Greek