Shred the cooked rotisserie chicken and set aside.

Prepare the vegetables. Slice the celery. Peel and slice the carrots. Chop the onion. Mince the garlic. Set aside.

Boil the noodles. Fill a pot with some water and add in a tablespoon of salt.

Bring to a boil and add the noodles. Cook for 6-7 minutes .

Drain the noodles and place the hot noodles in a large container . Mix the noodles with 2 tablespoons of butter to prevent the noodles from sticking to one another. Then aside.

In a soup pot over Medium heat melt 4 tablespoons of butter.

Then add in all the vegetables: celery, carrots, chopped onions, minced garlic and the 4 bay leaves.

Stir the vegetables for a minute then add in the Italian Seasoning.

Please be sure to use an Italian Seasoning bottle that has a grinder on top as seen in this photo ( pictured on the right). The bottle on the left does not have a grinder and it will not be as flavorful.

Stir again and cook for 5 minutes until the bottom of the pot is dry.

Pour in the 3 cartons of chicken broth and 2 cups of water.

And add in 1 1/2 teaspoons of salt,

Also add in 1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning,

And lastly add 1 tablespoon of Totole Chicken Base Mix. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat to simmer. Simmer for 25-30 minutes or until the carrots are as tender.

Then add in the shredded chicken and cook for 3-5 minutes until heated through.

Remove the bay leaves before serving.

If you are going to serve the soup immediately and to a large crowd then go ahead and dump half of the cooked noodles into the soup pot. Do not add all of the noodles as there might not be enough soup. You can always add in more noodles later if necessary. Then transfer to serving bowls.

If you know that you are not going to finish the whole pot of soup immediately then I would recommend keeping the noodles separate from the soup. If you leave the noodles in the soup pot for too long it will soak up all of the soup and there won't be any soup left. Plus the noodles will be overcooked. When you are ready to serve the soup, just place some noodles in a bowl and warm up the noodles in the microwave for 30 seconds to a minute. Then pour the hot soup over the noodles.

Sprinkle on some black pepper and serve !