Chicken & Rice Bake

Ingredients

  • 1 10 3/4 oz. can of cream of mushroom soup
  • 3/4 cup regular long-grain rice
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 Tbsp. minced celery
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/8 tsp. pepper
  • 1 2 1/2 to 3 lb. broiler-fryer, cut up
  • paprika
  • celery leaves for garnish

Preparation

Step 1

About 1 1/4 hours before serving:
In 13" by 9" baking pan, stir first 6 ingredients until mixed. Arrange chicken, skin-side up, over mixture; sprinkle chicken with paprika. Cover pan tightly with foil.
Bake in 375 oven for 45 minutes. Remove foil from pan; bake, uncovered, 20 minutes longer or until chicken and rice are tender with most of liquid absorbed, occasionally stirring rice with fork.
Garnish with celery leaves.