Instant Pot Butter Beans with Roasted Tomatoes (Gigantes)

Gigantes beans with roasted tomatoes, two sage leaves in a bowl and a spoon.

Instant Pot Butter Beans with Roasted Tomatoes (Gigantes)

Creamy Instant Pot butter beans (Greek gigantes) in a garlicky broth, folded with charred, roasted cherry tomatoes and sage. An easy, cozy Greek-style bean stew.

Course Dinner, Main Course, Pulses, Vegetarian

Cuisine Greek

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 45

Resting time 6

Servings

Calories 261kcal

Author by Jenny Skrapaliori Graves

Equipment

Instant pot or Pressure cooker
medium baking pan

Ingredients

17 oz dried gigantes- butter beans I used the 3 alfa 500 gr package
1 teaspoon salt, for soaking
32 oz broth One carton of organic free range chicken or vegetable broth.
12 oz mixed cherry tomatoes
8-10 garlic cloves
6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil divided
3-4 fresh thyme sprigs
3-4 fresh sage sprigs
sea salt
freshly ground pepper
1 onion diced

For serving

sage leaves (fried in olive oil)
chili flakes

Instructions

Soak the beans.

Cover with plenty of water, stir in 1 teaspoon salt, and soak overnight. Drain and rinse.

Roast the tomatoes

Heat the oven to 400°F / 200°C. Toss the tomatoes and garlic cloves with 2–3 tablespoons olive oil, the thyme and sage, salt, and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes, until blistered and jammy.
Sauté the onion. Set the Instant Pot to Sauté, add 2–3 tablespoons olive oil, and cook the onion until translucent.
Pressure cook the beans. Add the beans, broth, 2–3 sage leaves, salt, and pepper. Cook on High Pressure (or the Bean/Chili setting) for 25 minutes, then let the pressure release naturally.
Fold it together. Gently fold the roasted tomatoes, garlic, and all their oil into the beans. Serve with fried sage leaves and a pinch of chili flakes.

Notes

- Beans: Large lima (butter) beans or any large white bean can stand in for gigantes. Smaller beans cook faster.
- Canned shortcut: Use two 15-oz cans butter beans with their liquid plus ½ cup broth. Simmer 10 minutes after sautéing the onion, then fold in the roasted tomatoes.
- Instant Pot: Don't fill past the half line, and use natural release.

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