Baked Chicken And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 frying chicken
2 ribs celery
1 large onion
1 green pepper
1 c. flour
1 c. raw rice
1 pkg. Lipton onion soup mix
2 c. water
1 can sliced carrots
Crisco for frying

Preparation

Cut up chicken and wash well.
Pat dry with paper towels. Salt and pepper chicken, then dredge in flour.
In hot skillet with Crisco, brown chicken.
(It doesn't have to be done, just browned some.)
Remove chicken to platter.
Saute onions, celery, pepper and rice.
Place the rice mixture in a 9 x 13-inch greased baking dish.
Sprinkle on one package dry onion soup mix.
Now arrange browned chicken on top of rice.
Pour 2 cups of water over all.
Cover with foil and bake 1 hour at 350\u00b0.