Paella Valenciana - Spanish Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups dried lima beans (broad beans)
• soaked overnight in 10 cups water and drained
• 6 1/2 teaspoons salt
• divided use
• 1 rabbit (about 2 pounds or 900 g)
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 large chicken (about 4 pounds 8 ounces or 2 kg)
• cut into 8 pieces
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 4 ripe tomatoes
• peeled and puréed
• 1 3/4 cups chopped onions
• 2 1/2 teaspoons minced garlic
• 2 3/4 cups green beans (preferably flat romano beans)
• 2 1/2 to 3 quarts (2 1/2 to 3 liters) water
• plus more as needed
• 1 rosemary sprig
• 2 generous pinches saffron
• 4 cups Bomba rice