BBC Food - Recipes - Chicken soup and dumplings

Ingredients

• 1 x 1.5kg/3lb 5oz chicken
• 1 onion , peeled, sliced
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, peeled, chopped
• 6-8 fresh parsley stalks
• 1 bay leaf
• 12 white peppercorns
• 4 free-range eggs
• 150ml/5½fl oz vegetable oil
• 300ml/10½fl oz hot chicken stock , plus 1 litre/15¼fl oz to cook the dumplings
• 200g/7oz matzo meal
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill
• salt and freshly ground black pepper