Texas Tortilla Soup - cooking recipe

Ingredients

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

Preparation

Heat butter and oil in large kettle and saute onion, jalapeno, garlic, carrots, celery & chicken. Simmer 5 minutes.
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.).