Have you seen the viral Tik Tok Feta and Tomato Pasta? Try my slow cooker version which has cream cheese and loads of other flavors.
Who doesn’t love an easy pasta dish? I love chicken parmesan pasta when I’m not making this!
I may be too old to be on Tik Tok but I do love checking out the viral recipes. This feta tomato recipe is based on an oven version I saw on Tik Tok.
The recipe starts with grape tomatoes with plenty of seasonings. A block of feta cheese is placed in the center. The tomatoes and seasonings make a homemade tomato sauce for this dish. My twist on this recipe is adding cream cheese for I didn’t think feta was enough to make a sauce for this dish.
How to make Feta and Tomato Pasta:
- Add cherry or grape tomatoes to the slow cooker. Add one block of feta and one block of cream cheese.
- Drizzle over olive oil. Add salt, pepper, oregano, thyme, red chili flakes and whole garlic cloves on top of the cheeses.
- Cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6 hours.
- Stir the cheeses into the cooked tomatoes. You may need to pop some of the tomatoes with your spoon.
What kind of pasta should I use?
Use any of the pastas listed below. I do not recommend egg noodles for the break apart very easily.
- Rotini
- Bow-Tie
- Penne
- Rigatoni
Can I add chicken?
- You can add one pound of boneless skinless chicken breast to this recipe if desired at the beginning of the cooking time.
- Be sure to add additional salt and seasonings if you do.
Can I use only feta?
- Feta isn’t as creamy as cream cheese.
- Though if you don’t like cream cheese, you can use 2 blocks of feta instead.
Can I use only cream cheese?
- If you are not a feta fan, you may want to use 2 blocks of cream cheese instead of any feta.
- This will make for a very creamy pasta.
Other pasta recipes to try in your slow cooker:
- Slow Cooker Mac and Cheese
- Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
- Slow Cooker Pesto Mozzarella Chicken Pasta
- Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken Penne
- Slow Cooker Zucchini Bolognese
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Slow Cooker Feta and Tomato Pasta
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker – 5 quart or larger
Ingredients:
- 3-4 cups grape or cherry tomatoes (I use two 10-oz. cherubs salad tomatoes)
- 8 oz. feta cheese (block)
- 8 oz. cream cheese (block)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves left whole
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1/4 tsp. pepper
- 1/2 tsp. dried leaf oregano (not ground)
- 1/4 tsp. dried leaf thyme (not ground)
- 1/4 red pepper flakes (leave out if you don't like spicy)
- 16 oz. dried rotini pasta (cook according to package directions, drain)
Optional serving toppings:
- shredded parmesan cheese
- chopped basil
Instructions:
- Add the cherry tomatoes to the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Add the feta cheese and cream cheese blocks.
- Pour over the olive oil.
- Sprinkle over the seasonings, salt and pepper.. Add the garlic cloves.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on HIGH for 4 hours or on low for 6 hours.
- After cooking the pasta according to the package directions, drain. Add the pasta to the slow cooker.
- Stir.
- Top with shredded parmesan cheese and basil if desired.
How to Video:
Recipe Notes:
- You can add one pound of boneless skinless chicken breast to this recipe if desired at the beginning of the cooking time.
- Be sure to add additional salt and seasonings if you do.
- You can use 2 blocks of feta or 2 blocks of cream cheese if you don’t want to mix them.
Delicious just as is!
For a smaller slow cooker can I just divide the recipe in half?
Trying this tonight. I added shrimp. The cooking time for me on low was about 2 and 1/2 hours.
Did you add the shrimp before cooking or just last minute and stir in to coat?
Thanks
Fabulous! The only changes I made were I used half the amount of cherry tomatoes plus one 14 oz can of diced tomatoes and half of an onion finely chopped. At the end of the cooking time I puréed the sauce with a stick blender. I will definitely be making this again. It is a new family favorite.
Absolutely excellent! Thank you for the recipe! Will make again and again and try with chicken next time.
So happy to use the slow cooker but the juice it made was excessive.
Could you use sundried tomatoes instead of fresh ? And how much ?
Hard to say without trying it. If you do, you won’t need to cook near as long.
What about cooking the pasta along with everything else? When would you add the pasta, about an hour before finishing?
Do you need to add time if you put chicken in at the beginning?
I think there is plenty of time for the chicken to cook.
Do I add the chicken in one piece ?
You can dice or leave in one piece. Shred with two forks after cooking if left whole.
Made this today for 3 people. It was lovely.
Can you use crumbled feta instead of a block?
Yes, that will work fine
You missed putting the salt and pepper measurements in the ingredients section.
Thank you!
Could I substitute milk and use 1/2 block of cheese? If so what would you recommend?
I can’t say without trying it. I apologize.
Could I do this with Brie instead?
I’m unsure without testing it. You’d have to remove the outer part.