Name: Chicken and Butter Bean Paella
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 3 1/2 cups chicken stock; 2 cups butterbeans; pinch saffron; salt and pepper; 6 boneless chicken breasts; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 sweet onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, mashed with salt; 1 1/12 cups long-grain rice; 1 tomato. cored, seeded, and chopped; 1 bay leaf; 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme; 2 tablespoons parsley leaves

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[intro]Chicken and Butter Bean Paella is a wonderful souther recipe from Chef Virginia Willis. This chicken paella is amazing with flavor. You love this butter bean recipe is wonderful to serve for dinner![/intro]

Southern recipes

Now that I am in Florida living, I have to adapt to southern recipes. Southern food is a bit different than what I am used to, but I admit I have found a few southern recipes that I really like, like shrimp and grits.

Virginia Willis

One way for me to adapt to southern cooking is by cooking a recipe from Virginia Willis. She has a new cookbook out called Secrets Of The Southern Table. Besides having her virginiawillis.com website, she has been on Food Network and is also James Beard award winner.

I recently had a chance to review the Secrets Of The Southern Table cookbook and cook a recipe from it. I had a tough choice choosing one to put up on Seduction In The Kitchen. I love how Ms. Willis went into detail and the history of the recipes and ingredients in this cookbook.

Butter bean recipe

I eventually settled on this butter bean recipe. What attracted me to this chicken recipe was her presentation of it. It reminded me of an Iranian dish a friend’s mom had served to me. I loved the combination of chicken, rice, and of course the butter beans.

Chicken paella

I do love international cuisine. So another reason I choose the chicken paella from this southern recipe cookbook is that I love how Virginia added that southern flair onto an international dish.

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Yield: Serves 6