delicous chicken tortilla soup

Ingredients

• 4 - boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 3 quarts chicken broth
• 1 - red onion, diced
• 2 - carrots, chopped
• 1 medium potato
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 1 - bay leaf
• 2 cloves garlic chopped
• 1 teaspoon chipotle chile in adobo, pureed
• 2 teaspoons pickled jalapeno pepper, chile seeded chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried mexican oregano
• 1/8 teaspoon cumin
• - salt, to taste
• - white pepper, to taste
• 1 - zucchini diced
• 1 - yellow squash, diced
• 1/2 - red bell pepper, diced
• 1 - lime, juice of
• 2 tablespoons sweet sherry (preferably harvey's bristol cream)
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro
• 1 tablespoon fresh mint
• GARNISHES
• - tortilla strips
• 1/2 pound monterey jack cheese, shredded
• 8 slices avocado
• sprig freash cilantro