Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken and Pasta. This buttery chicken and pasta is a hit at our house!
Hi all! I have another pasta slow cooker meal for you. I made this the other day while we were out at the lake, came home boiled the noodles and dinner was served. I cook my noodles separately, not in the slow cooker. I’ve tried many recipes where the noodles are cooked in the slow cooker and I had to toss them out, the noodles get floury and mushy.
To make this delicious meal, I start by adding chicken thighs, garlic, onions, carrots, seasonings and butter into my slow cooker.
I shred the chicken after this has cooked for 6-8 hours.
I add frozen peas.
Then 1 pound al dente cooked rotini pasta
Stir and serve topped with Parmesan cheese.
Doesn’t this look great? My daughter loved everything but the carrots. At least she liked the most of it!
Here is my YouTube video of the making of this meal. You can follow me on YouTube here.
I hope you had a great 4th of July! I will be back soon with another slow cooker recipe. Stay tuned!
- 1.5 lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 3 cups sliced carrots
- ½ cup diced white onions
- ½ cup sliced butter
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- 1 tsp. dried basil
- ½ tsp. sea salt
- ¼ tsp. pepper
- 1 cup frozen peas (ADD AT THE END)
- 1 lb. rotini pasta (cooked al dente, ADD AT THE END)
- Parmesan cheese for serving.
- Add the chicken, garlic, onions, carrots, butter, thyme, basil, salt and pepper.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6-8 hours.
- When the cooking time is done, cook the pasta according to the package directions.
- Shred the chicken. Add the peas, and the drained and cooked pasta. Stir.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve!
- Enjoy!
I used my 6-quart Crock-Pot for this recipe. I don’t recommend using anything smaller.
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This sounds delicious, Sarah!
Can u sub chicken breast?
Absolutely delicious. Will make again. Thanks, Sarah.
Made this with chicken breast, it was great. Will make again.
It’s says to add the peas and pasta “at the end. ” What do you mean by this? Do I cook the peas and pasta in the crockpot? If so how long? If not then won’t the peas still be frozen?
Please add more detail to your recipe! I’m cooking now but just realized I don’t know what to do with the peas!! Also you forgot to add the step to shred the chicken. Or at least that’s what I assume I’m suppose to do.
Once the hot peas hit the chicken after it is cooked they will be thawed, they do not need to be cooked. The only step missing was shred the chicken, I added it. Sorry about that.
Can I cube chicken breast rather than shred the chicken or will it dry out? Thanks!
IF cube is used it will end up shredded in tiny bits when it gets stirred. I don’t think they would dry out though.
Can I cook it on high for a shorter period ? Say 4 hrs?
Yes, on high. Keep the lid on, carrots take some time to get tender.
Can you freeze this and then add to the slow cooker another day? I tend to freeze my slow cooker recipes for when my husband goes out of town. Then I don’t have to cook or prep with a toddler around.
Potatoes get weird when they are froze in slow cooker freezer meals. I don’t think this would do well.
Potatoes? I don’t remember there being any in this recipe. Am I missing something?
Could you please respond to this? I don’t see any potatoes in the recipe. Did you mean pasta?
Oh my goodness! Sorry, I have another garlic butter recipe with potatoes. I think you could freeze this before cooking. I apologize about the confusion.
After less than 5 hours in the crock pot on low, it’s full of grease and my carrots are brown. This looks disgusting. Not sure how to salvage this meal…
Crock pot recipes aren’t pretty. But it will be better when the pasta is added 🙂