Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta
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This Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta recipe is perfect when you’re looking to cook up some chicken thighs, veggies, and pasta. It’s a one pot meal that yields tender chicken and only needs just a handful on ingredients. Give this delicious meal a try next time you’re looking for something easy to put on the dinner table.
Chicken pasta recipes are so versatile and if you’re looking to put together a complete meal plan, add my Slow Cooker Pesto Chicken Pasta and Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta to your list.
One of the things you’ll like most about this easy garlic butter chicken pasta is that it’s a complete meal. Loaded with tender chicken, pasta, vegetables, and a homemade garlic butter sauce, you’ll barely have to lift a finger for dinner.
I made this while we were out at the lake one day and all I had to do was came home, boil the noodles, and dinner was served.
If you want a version of this with potatoes, try my garlic butter chicken with veggies recipe or garlic parmesan chicken dinner.
Ingredients for Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta
Not all my recipes are from scratch but this one is! And full of vegetables. Find the full recipe in the recipe card below the images.
This Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta recipe comes together with simple, flavorful ingredients. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs cook up tender and juicy alongside sweet carrots, diced white onion, and plenty of minced garlic. Slices of salted butter melt into everything, creating a rich, savory base seasoned with dried thyme, basil, sea salt, and black pepper. Toward the end of cooking, frozen peas are stirred in for a pop of color and freshness, followed by al dente rotini pasta to make it a complete and satisfying meal.
How to Make Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta
Follow my steps on how make this EASY pasta dish in the Crockpot.
Step One – Add the chicken, garlic, onions, carrots, butter, thyme, basil, salt and pepper into the crock pot.
Step Two – Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 hours.
Step Three – Shred the cooked chicken with 2 forks directly in the slow cooker pot.
Step Four – Cook pasta in a large pot according to the package directions. Add in cooked pasta (discarding the pasta water).
Step Five – Add the peas.
Step Six – Stir until combined well. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve immediately! Enjoy!
Best Ways to Serve
Here is how my family enjoys this meal:
We typically eat this as-is! Yes, no sides, since this has all you need in one bowl.
You can add sides such as a green salad or bread to round out the meal.
Another option is to skip the pasta and serve the garlic butter chicken over a bed of steamed rice.
Featured Comment
“This was absolutely delicious! I make crockpot meals at work and this one was another hit for us at the office. I’ll make it for my family soon. Absolutely delicious.”
– KURT
Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Chicken Pasta
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Ingredients
- 1 ½ lbs. boneless skinless chicken thighs
- 1 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 4 carrots,, peeled and sliced
- 1 white onion,, diced
- ½ cup salted butter, cut into slices
- 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
Instructions
- Add the chicken, garlic, onions, carrots, butter, thyme, basil, salt and pepper.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 7-8 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!
Sarah’s Notes
Nutrition
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More slow cooker pasta recipes
Chicken Parmesan Pasta and Slow Cooker Million Dollar Spaghetti are rich, cheesy dishes perfect for pasta lovers craving comfort food.
Slow Cooker Chicken and Noodles is a cozy, old-fashioned favorite with tender chicken and thick egg noodles in a savory broth.
Slow Cooker Stuffed Shells and Pesto Chicken Pasta both bring bold, Italian inspired flavors with melty cheese and herby sauces that make dinner feel special with little effort. Or Serve my 40 Clove Garlic Chicken over angel hair pasta.
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 🙂
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.
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 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.
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 use egg noodles
Hi Sharon, I think you could. Be careful not to over cook them. They tend to fall apart.
Made this with chicken breast, it was great. Will make again.
Absolutely delicious. Will make again. Thanks, Sarah.
Can u sub chicken breast?
This sounds delicious, Sarah!
Yummy recipes!