Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
1,778 Comments May 11, 2020
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Use Olive Garden Italian Dressing to make this Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta! It’s a creamy pasta dish that has so much flavor.
We love easy pasta dishes for the crockpot! Try my Baked Spaghetti, Feta and Tomato Pasta, or Beef Stroganoff recipes too!
I found this recipe in my Facebook group and had to try it out! You can make this Olive Garden Chicken with or without the pasta! Serve over rice or just with green steamed vegetables.
How to make Olive Garden Chicken Pasta in the Crockpot:
- Add chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
- Pour over one 16-ounce jar of Olive Garden Italian Dressing (or any Italian dressing you have on hand.
- Shake over grated parmesan cheese and ground pepper. Add one block of cream cheese.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on HIGH for 4 hours or low for 5-6.
- Shred the chicken with two forks right in the slow cooker.
- Cook 16 ounces of pasta according to the package directions on the stove-top. I am using penne pasta for this recipe.
- Add the drained pasta to the slow cooker along with the sauce and shredded chicken, stir.
- Sprinkle over more parmesan cheese if desired. I also garnished with a touch of oregano and black pepper.
Can I serve this chicken with something other than pasta?
- Serve over rice.
- Or with steamed vegetables.
Must I use cream cheese?
You can leave it out or add a cup of heavy cream at the end of cooking time is desired. Though the sauce will be thinner.
Does this taste like chicken alfredo?
This Olive Garden Chicken Pasta is thick and creamy like alfredo but has a zesty Italian dressing flavor
What should I serve with olive garden chicken pasta?
Chose one or more of these great dishes to go along with this dish:
- Olive Garden Salad – Recipe by The Cookie Rookie
- Olive Garden Bread Sticks – Recipe by Lil Luna (or buy them premade, I get mine at Safeway)
- Slow Cooker Copycat Gnocchi Soup
- Slow Cooker Copycat Zuppa Toscana
- Slow Cooker Copycat Minestrone – Recipe by Tammilee Tips
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Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
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Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breast, (1.5-2 pounds works fine)
- 16 oz. Olive Garden Italian dressing, (or any Italian dressing you like) Note- olive garden dressing is high in sodium and can be salty. Choose a lower sodium dressing if desired.
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp. black pepper
- 8 oz. cream cheese
Add these items after cooking time is up:
- 16 oz. penne pasta, cooked according to package directions and drain well
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Add the chicken breasts to the slow cooker.
- Pour over the Olive Garden Italian dressing and sprinkle over the parmesan cheese and pepper.
- Place the cream cheese on top.
- Place the lid on the slow cooker. Cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 5-6 hours.
- When the cooking time is almost done, start cooking the pasta on the stove top as directed on the package.
- Shred the chicken with 2 forks. Drain the pasta and add to the chicken and sauce. Stir. Sprinkle over the remaining parmesan cheese.
- Serve and enjoy!
Nutrition
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So good! The Italian dressing flavor was strong — I liked it but the hubs said it was too much. He liked it though, so I made it again with 1.5 cups dressing and 0.5 cups chicken broth. It was PERFECT. So good. The husband and baby (14mo) loved it. It’s in the crockpot again tonight.
I agree – I cut the amount of dressing. I used a 3rd of a bottle and it was a perfect amount. It was easy and delicious. I used Radioatori pasta… will definitely make it again!
Everyone in my house loves it aside from my husband who is not a cream cheese fan. It is definitely a unique flavor so I understand the mixed reviews, really just depends on your tastes, but me and my kids love it
It was horrible. The salad dressing was way too vinegary and overpowered the other flavors. We even tried to eat leftovers by adding a can of mushrooms soup, it didn’t help. We are not picky eaters and enjoy seasoned and spicy food. But this was overwhelming.
OMGEE BEST PASTA RECIPE I HAVE EVER MADE!! i did the 56- on LOW…. used bow tie pasta… the TASTE is fantastic!!! My husband loved it – i loved it…
Was excited to try this recipe but incredibly disappointed. I don’t consider my family to be picky eaters at all but this tasted awful! We suffered through one helping then I threw out the rest along with the recipe. A huge waste of ingredients.
Made this today. It was yummy next time I wont add the parm chz while cooking the chicken but still awesome
Very dry! I had to add more sauce. I didn’t have alfredo, so I added red. I think 16oz of penne is too much. Either half the pasta, or double the salad dressing and cream cheese.
Can I add mushrooms to the recipe?
Yes, that will work great.
Can I just add the mushrooms at the beginning and they will be ok for 4 hours?
Mushrooms at the beginning will do fine.
I am making this dish for the first time today, having just put all the ingredients in my slow cooker. Since I had five chicken breasts and two bottles of Italian dressing that needed used, I doubled the recipe. I misread the recipe and used shredded Parmesan cheese instead of the grated kind. Hopefully, everything turns out fine with this dish.
How did it turn out with shredded cheese?
I made this last month and everyone kept raving about how delicious it was. I took some for my sister to try the next day. I think her comment does justice to this awesome meal. “Oh my God sis! They should call it crack chichen”. She couldn’t stop eating it.
Guess what’s for dinner tonight? Already in the crockpot…