Chicken And Rice Bake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (10 3/4 oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
3/4 c. regular long grain rice
1/2 c. 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

About 1 1/4 hours before serving:
In 13 x 9-inch baking dish, 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\u00b0
oven 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.
Makes 4 servings.