Chili’s Chicken Mushroom Soup

Directions

1. Melt margarine in large heavy pot. Add vegetables and sauté until tender over medium-low heat.
2. Slowly sift flour over vegetables and let cook briefly, stirring regularly. Do not let flour brown.
3. Slowly add chicken broth to vegetable-flour mixture, stirring constantly. Add herbs, pepper sauce and parsley and stir well. Simmer 10 minutes.
4. Stir in half-and-half, lemon juice and chicken. Bring to simmer and cook 10 minutes. Serve immediately.

Makes 3 quarts.