Gigantes - Boys of Cooking

Ingredients

• 2 cups picked over dried large lima beans
• 2 small onions, chopped fine
• 2 carrots, chopped fine
• ½ cup olive oil
• ¾ pound fresh tomatoes (in winter, I use canned tomatoes)
• 2 small garlic cloves, minced
• salt
• hot red pepper flakes
• ½ cup packed fresh flat-leafed parsley leaves