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
Equipment Needed:
- Slow Cooker- 6 quart or larger
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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I made this dish, and my family loves it. Made it about 2 weeks ago. And I’m making it tonight. But today I added broccoli, to see how it goes with it.
the chicken was really good, i like it but it had some downfalls like the sauce, it made the pasta look soupy, the dressing made it tangy and it was kinda of alot going on. on the other hand it was good
This was awesome. We loved it! Making it again but accidentally got tenders instead of breasts. Should the cooking time be less??
You can cook for a little less time, though it will be fine for the full time.
I made this for my family months ago and they liked it! The only thing that we didn’t like was the strong tangy taste of the Olive Garden dressing. It was a little over powering! But still good. I am making it again right now, but I’m using Alfredo sauce. We will see how it turns out! Thanks for the inspiration:)
I made this yesterday using Ken’s Italian Salad Dressing. The Olive Garden brand has too high of the sodium. Need to cut down on salt. It was good.
Have you used frozen chicken before?
Yes.
This was by far the WORST recipe I have ever tasted. Those who don’t know how to cook, should not put recipes out there for others to waste precious food.
Loved it. Just needs a veg or salad.
Add peas! And a little less dressing than the receipt states
My grandkids loved so much I’m making it again tonight
Will this freeze?
It should do fine freezing.
Pasta frozen doesn’t always come back the best, but the recipe prior to adding pasta should freeze nicely.
Crazy question, but I wonder if this could be made without the chicken?
Yes, though you could just add cream cheese and the Italian dressing to the hot pasta.
Substituting Cauliflower or broccoli and maybe even some spinach would be delicious!
This is an insult to pasta. The dressing completely overpowers the entire dish. If you subtracted the cream cheese and added tomatoes and cucumber it would be a great pasta salad.
Each to their own
I cannot cook to save my life. this was sooo easy & so good!! my picky niece & nephew even loved it!
This was a huge hit! SOOO good-super easy to make! The perfect comfort meal. I followed the recipe exactly, but used regular spaghetti noodles instead of the penne.
Thanks for sharing!
Just not good. The flavor is really strong, the chicken just turned to mush, and the lack of vegetables just makes it all seem really unhealthy. Just has a processed food flavor to it.
Thanks for the review. I’m going to try to make this tomorrow but will now cut back th dressing and add some greenslike broccoli