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GIANT WHITE BEAN RATATOUILLE

Greek gigante beans, fresh tomato sauce, bell pepper, tomatoes, onion, zucchini, fresh herbs
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Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American, French
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups gigante beans/Greek giant beans, corona beans or large lima beans cooked from dry, see notes
  • 3 cups tomato sauce see my garden fresh tomato sauce recipe
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 1 large red bell pepper diced
  • 2 tomatoes chopped
  • 1 large zucchini diced
  • 4 garlic cloves minced
  • fresh basil chopped
  • olive oil for sauteeing or use broth for oil free option
  • salt and pepper to your taste
  • fresh whole grain bread to serve

Instructions
 

  • 1. Cook giant white beans from dry- Soak beans overnight. In the morning drain the water and cover with fresh water by 3 inches. Add a dash of salt (optional, for more flavor). Pressure cook in electric pressure cooker for 40 minutes. Do a natural release when done. Let cool then drain water.
  • 2. Make homemade tomato sauce from fresh tomatoes using my fresh tomato sauce recipe on this blog. Or use jarred sauce. In a large sauce pan combine tomato sauce with the drained giant white beans, bring to a simmer while making the rest of the recipe.
  • 3. For the ratatouille-
    Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a pan and add 1/2 of the chopped onion, 1/2 of the minced garlic, red bell pepper and chopped tomato. Season with a dash of salt and pepper. Simmer till the pepper is cooked but still al dente. Transfer to the other sauce and bean pot.
  • 4. To the same pan cook the other 1/2 of the onion, garlic and zucchini. Cook til the zucchini is soft but still has a slight bite to it. Splash in broth or white wine to deglaze the pan as needed. Transfer to the sauce/ bean pot.
  • 6. Stir ratatouille together and season with more fresh herbs, pepper/ salt to your taste. Let simmer for a couple more minutes all together. Serve with warm bread.

Notes

In place of dried giant white beans you can sub canned butter beans, white lima beans or chickpeas. 
Other veggies you can add- eggplant and yellow summer squash are also commonly used in this recipe.
Keyword beans, dinner, tomato, tomato sauce