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Fasolada

Name: Fasolada
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 10 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 500 g dried white beans; 2 onions; 3 carrots; 3 celery sticks; 3 garlic cloves; 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes; 1 tbsp tomato paste; 150 ml olive oil; 2 bay leaves; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 handful flat-leaf parsley; salt; black pepper; 2 l water

By Groceree

Also known as Fasolatha · Greek Bean Soup

The everyday Greek bean soup, often called the national dish: white beans, carrot, celery and tomato cooked soft in a great deal of olive oil, half of it stirred in raw at the end.

Last updated September 21, 2026

Servings: 6 servings
Prep: 20 min
Cook: 1 h 40 min
Total: 10 h

Ingredients

dried white beans500 g
onions2
carrots3
celery sticks3
garlic cloves3
tinned chopped tomatoes400 g
tomato paste1 tbsp
olive oil150 ml
bay leaves2
dried oregano1 tsp
flat-leaf parsley1 handful
salt
black pepper
water2 l

Instructions

01
The night before, cover the with plenty of cold water and leave them to soak for 8 to 12 hours.
02
Drain the soaked , cover with fresh water and boil hard for 10 minutes, then drain again.
03
Chop the and , peel the and slice them into rounds, and cut the into 1 cm slices.
04
Return the to the pot with the , , , and , and the , which should cover them by about 4 cm.
05
Simmer for 45 to 60 minutes, until the are nearly tender. Do not salt yet — the soup reduces a good deal, so it is seasoned at the end.
06
Add the , , and half the , and cook for 30 minutes more until the are completely soft and the soup has thickened.
07
Crush a ladleful of against the side of the pot and stir them back in to thicken it further.
08
Season now with , and generously with .
09
Stir in the rest of the off the heat. Chop the and scatter it over.

Notes

Salt only once the beans are soft. The soup reduces a lot as it cooks, so salt added at the start is easy to overdo.
Half the oil goes in raw at the end. Greek cooking uses olive oil as a finishing ingredient, not only a cooking fat, and the quantity is meant to be startling.
Fasolada is better the next day and is traditionally eaten with feta, olives and bread rather than as a starter.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 490 kcal
Protein: 21 g
Carbs: 47 g
Fat: 24 g

Estimated from the ingredients.

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