• Prep your vegetables: dice carrots, celery and onions and mince garlic. Keep them aside.
• If you don’t have shredded chicken or rotisserie chicken, follow instructions below to poach and shred chicken breasts.
• Heat a medium pot and add olive oil. Add onions, carrots and celery and cook them for 5 minutes or until they soften.
• Now add minced garlic and saute for another minute.
• Next add bay leaves, thyme and oregano. Give it a quick stir and add the broth.
• Bring this mixture to a boil. Simmer with constant boil for 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
• Now add the noodles and let them cook for 10 minutes.
• At any time, you feel the level of liquid has reduced, add more water or broth. In case you're adding water, add a sprinkle of salt.
• Lastly add the shredded chicken and drizzle lemon juice.
• Taste test: Add salt if bland & to increase flavor adjust herbs or pepper.
• Remove bay leaves before serving.

How to poach Chicken breast

• Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper and place them in a large pot. The breasts should cover the base of the pot. Don’t overlap of over crowd.
• Now add sufficient water to just cover the chicken (breasts should be completely submerged in water).
• On a medium high heat, bring it to a boil. Once boiling, maintain a medium heat and let it boil for another 8-12 minutes or until the chicken breast are well cooked.
• Once cooked, discard the water and let the chicken cool before shredding/ dicing.
• Use as desired.