Buttermilk Baked Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
4 bone-in skinless chicken breast halves
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups buttermilk, divided*
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted*
hot cooked rice

Preparation

Melt butter in a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish in a 425\u00b0 oven.
Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Dip chicken in 1/2 cup buttermilk, and dredge in flour. Arrange chicken, breast side down, in dish.
Bake at 425\u00b0 for 25 minutes. Turn chicken, and bake 10 more minutes. Stir together remaining 1 cup buttermilk and soup; pour over chicken, and bake 10 more minutes, shielding with aluminum foil to prevent excessive browning, if necessary. Serve over rice.