Wyoming Tortilla Soup

== Description ==
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Barger Estate in Mckinney, Texas in 1997.
* Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
== Ingredients ==
* ½ stick margarine
* ½ cup oil
* 1 large white onion chopped
* 2 fresh jalapenos seeded and chopped
* 2 cloves garlic
* 2 large carrots diced
* 6 ribs celery diced
* 1 pound boned diced raw chicken
* 1 teaspoon cumin
* 1 teaspoon chili powder
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
* 3 teaspoons Tabasco
* ½ cup flour
* 1 can chopped tomatoes
* 4 cans chicken broth
* corn tortillas cut in strips or squares
== Directions ==
# Heat margarine and oil in a large kettle then sauté onion, jalapenos,garlic, carrots, celery and chicken then simmer 10 minutes.
# Add and combine cumin, chili powder, salt, lemon pepper, tabasco and flour then stir in tomatoes and chicken stock.
# Simmer one hour then drop tortilla strips into hot oil and fry until crisp and drain.
# Place strips in bottom of soup bowls and spoon in soup.
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