Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
1,744 Comments May 11, 2020
Updated Oct 17, 2024
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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!
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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
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!
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Nutrition
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If you sample it as soon as it is cooked it does seem salty but that is toned down when I added the penne pasta. My husband and I think this is delicious and I followed the recipe. I have added it to my meal rotation.
Honestly I’m surprised there are any bad ratings – my family, and especially my 10 month old, loves it! We’re even making it for his first birthday party because he loves it so much. Part of our regular meal rotation.
Terrible. The cream cheese curdled and the entire crockpot of chicken and sauce became inedible. Thank god I checked it before adding the pasta
The cream cheese was clumpy at first but after I took out to the chicken to shred it, I used my hand held emulsifier blender and the cheese mixed in nicely and made the sauce creamy.
Sorry but my mother and I hated the lemon taste that came with it. It is so strong. Maybe half the amount of Olive Garden Dressing. Large waste of food.
Too salty. I will try adding Alfredo sauce and see if it’s edible.
way too Salty! And greasy.
Excellent! A big hit. I used 2/3 of the dressing they recommend.
I added 2/3 cup of chicken broth. I used sour cream instead of cream cheese. Delicious and delightful
I was drawn to this recipe because it is GF. However, it was completely inedible.
When I first tasted it the only thing I could taste was dressing. So I tried adding cream of chicken soup and cream (per some other recipes online), but even that didn’t help.
It’s also a bit expensive.
Our family couldn’t eat it. Alot of money went down my garbage disposal tonight.
Bad bad bad. The Olive Garden dressing is way too strong. We can even eat is. There has to be somthing better to use. Never make it again.
This is so easy and delicious. My adult sons love this recipe. I make it a couple times a month for my family. I add some chopped onion. Sometime I add extra chicken and it is still good. I also made it a couple times for a meal train and every time the family lets me know they loved it and they ask for the recipe.