Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
1,841 CommentsUpdated Jan 18, 2026
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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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Can this be doubled?
It most likely won’t fit in a 6-quart slow cooker.
I just doubled it. After the reviews I hope it’s good lol
Absolutely love it! I do like a strong flavor of Italian dressing but if you do not I would suggest using 8oz of Olive Garden dressing and 8oz of a lighter Italian. Tonight is the 2nd time I have cooked this meal.
Horrible!!! Nasty!!! what a waste of groceries.
I finally made it today ~ super easy and was really good . Had a salad and fresh Italian bread .
I plan on making this tonight for dinner! I’ll use many of the suggestions here, like 1/2 the dressing, add heavy cream or cream of chicken soup, and more cheese! I’m also using cut up rotisserie chicken…easier and more tasty than regular chicken breasts! A salad and garlic bread seem like a good choice for sides! I’ll let you know how it comes out!
This meal was a hit with my husband, but when I make it again, I won’t use 16 ounces of just the Italian dressing; it’s so overpowering and tangy. It needs to be toned down with maybe half of their Italian dressing with half…..something else? It was super easy and cheap to make and it makes the house smell delicious. I just expected something slightly different.
Maybe try putting half dressing and half cream of chicken soup? I think thats what i will try
Loved it so easy & tasted awesome
Holy shit! This is just plain awful! Just drink Italian dressing straight from the bottle and you’ll be better off. I tried everything I could to cut the strong taste of the Italian dressing and that’s all I could taste no matter what I did. Please do not do this Recipe!
I had this same problem tonight. The dressing way very overpowering and super tangy. I even added extra cream cheese to help neutralize it but that did not work. An hour later and I still have that taste in my mouth.
Won’t be making this again! I even added peas, grated cheese to try to take the strong taste away, but didn’t work. I love Italian dressing but boy was it salty and strong.
Delicious!!! My sons girlfriend made this for family last week. I’’m making double batch today!
Way too salty
So wanted to try this because it sounded so good and then I read the comment. Think I might still try it
I’ve got it in the crockpot right now and was worried about these reviews. I gave it a taste and I thought it was fine. I wonder if people didn’t have enough chicken or maybe grabbed larger bottles of dressing? I haven’t added the pasta yet but I think it will taste good. Waiting to review until I’ve tried the completed dish. I will say I probably won’t add the second set of Parmesan cheese. I’ll taste w pasta and see how I like it before adding.
Hello did you try it how was it?
This was so disgusting i had to throw the whole pot away. The dressing is SOO strong & overpowering. I really wanted to like it! No one in my house liked it.