Texas Tortilla Soup

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 2 large jalapeno peppers, chopped and seeded
• 6 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 large carrots, diced
• 6 celery ribs, diced
• 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts (i use boiled chicken and a lot more)
• 2 teaspoons lemon pepper
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon parsley
• 2 tablespoons cilantro
• 2 teaspoons tabasco sauce
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/4 cup lime juice
• 4 cups chicken stock
• tortilla chips

Recipe

• 1 heat butter and oil in large kettle and saute onion, jalapeno, garlic, carrots, celery & chicken. simmer 5 minutes.
• 2 combine all spices & tabasco. coat vegetable mixture withe spices. chicken stock and bay leaves. simmer 1 hour, add lime juice. serve over fried corn tortilla strips. (i just use tortilla chips like tostitos.).