Cooking the chicken you have 2 choices. You can either boil the whole chicken or the chicken breasts,or you can roast the chicken.The choice is yours .If you have a really good whole chicken which will produce a good broth,then boil.Cook up the meat and after it cools,shred it into bite size pieces. Set aside.
In a skillet,melt 1 stick butter,and add onion and celery.Saute for a few minutes,just so the veggies pick up the butter flavor.
In a large bowl, tear up the bread.I do not dry it nor cut it into cubes.I am a tearer.Pour the veggies with butter over the bread.Add chicken,sage,and salt and pepper.This is where you add either canned broth,1 or 2 cans,or the broth if you boiled your chicken.It is very hard to say exactly how much broth you will need.You want it to be moist ,but not mushy.Pour into a well greased 9 by 13 pan or casserole dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes to an hour.You may cover it with foil for the first 30 minutes,then remove foil so the top gets
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