Paprika Chicken Thighs

Prep : 15 minutes    Bake : 50 minutes    Makes 8 servings

1/4             cup butter
3                tablespoons all-purpose  flour
2                tablespoons paprika
1                teaspoon poultry seasonings
8                bone-in chicken thighs , skin removed
1/2             teaspoon salt
1/2             teaspoon pepper
1                can ( 10-3/4 ounces) condensed  cream of mushroom soup  , undiluted
1                cup 2% milk
8                ounces sliced  fresh  mushrooms
2                tablespoons  minced fresh parsley
    * hot cooked rice , optional *

1 .      In a small saucepan , melt butter  over medium heat  . Remove  from the heat  ; stir in flour  , paprika and poultry seasoning . Sprinkle  chicken  with salt and pepper  ; place in an ungreased  13-inch x 9-inch  baking dish . Spread butter mixture  over chicken .
2 ,      In a bowl , whisk  soup and milk ; stir in mushrooms  . Pour over  chicken . Bake uncovered  at 350*  for 35 minutes . Uncover  ; bake  15 to 20 minute longer  or until  a thermometer  inserted  in chicken  reads 180* . Sprinkle  with parsley  if desireed  , serve with rice .

This os one of my favorite family meals , and the gravey  is perfect  over rice ,  grits  or mashed potatoes