Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
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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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Made a few changes to recipe. Only used 8oz of dressing and instead of 8oz block of cream cheese (which we don’t like taste of) used Boursin 5oz gourmet cheese, sm can Cream of Chicken, finished up with 1lb of broccoli flowerettes. Sometimes baby spinach or corn.. Only cooked 3 hours, served over egg noodles. Yummy
I put everything in it that it listed and put to cook for 6 hours. It burned. Not sure why? Anyone else have this problem?
Your slow cooker must cook hot. With this much liquid, nothing should burn.
This was unbelievably disgusting. Tasted like Italian dressing and that’s it. If I could have given it 0 stars, I would have.
Oh u big mad huh
I just made this without pasta. Amazing, and I found an Olive Garden version of the dressing at Aldi and I bought enough for several more batches! Told the cashier and she will be looking up this recipe!
I think the Aldi brand version of the dressing is much better! Definitely less salty
I agree it was horrible! Didn’t cream up either looked like curdled milk. It was the worse
Going in trash. Unbelievable salty.
Add vegetables. We added roughly 2 pounds of fresh vegetables… and probably over 2 pounds of chicken. The original recipe seems like it would be salty.
Yes, I added very finely diced bell pepper and lots of fresh sliced baby portabella mushroom. Delicious!
My wife has made a ton of times over the last 6 or so months now. Its our favorite crockpit meal. We make ir about once every week or two.
I’m excited about this recipe. I know it’s going to be good
I absolutely love this recipe. It’s my favorite crockpot meal. I’m actually making it again tonight. I serve it with a mock Olive Garden salad and breadsticks.
I started this exactly as instructed, went on to read the comments and panic.
I took the continous like of sourness comments to heart
Rushed and removed 3/4 of italian dressing and added another block cream cheese as suggested a can of cream of chicken and half cup chicken broth with added veggies (carrrots peas an onion) turned out good. Mashed taters amd some butter rosemary biscuits
Bad taste. I made it for 4 and none of us liked it. I think it was the Olive Garden dressing
Oh no. I am making it tomorrow and I def. bought the Olive Garden dressing.
How did it turn out? It’s in my crockpot now and I’m nervous. My daughter made it and told me I needed to try. Just now reading reviews.