Barley Soup

Ingredients

• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup cooked chicken cut into bite size pieces
• 1 onion, sliced into rings
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 1 small parsnip, sliced thin
• 1 cup pearl barley
• 1 small strip Kombu
• 1 tsp. dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon salt