Baked Chicken with Olives

1 chicken -- 3-4 pounds

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon pepper

8 cups bread crumbs

1/2 cup butter -- melted

1 cup celery -- finely chopped

1/2 onion -- sliced

1/2 cup parsley

3/4 cup olives

1/2 teaspoon sage

1 1/2 cups peach nectar

Rub 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper over chicken inside and out. Melt b utter, add bread crumbs and cook 3-5 minutes. Add celery, onions, parsley, oliv es, sage, 1 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Stir mixture and cook until vegetables are slightly wilted. Add 1/2 cup peach nectar. Remove from heat and use mixture to stuff hen. Pour remaining nectar over chicken. Bake uncovered 15 minutes or until chicken is brown. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 2-1/2 hou

rs or until chicken is tender. Baste as chicken cooks.

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