Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
1,849 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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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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It was ok. Not really making it again. Leftovers still in the fridge.
Best slow cooker chicken dish. I make this often when we have dinner guest. Served with salad and garlic bread.
I loved it and was worried, based on reading the comments, that the whole bottle of dressing would make it too tangy. I was wrong this was delicious and oh so easy! I did probably add more Parmesan cheese and used shredded instead of grated because thats what I had. Its a keeper in my recipe rotation
Honestly just tweak the recipe depending on how much you’re making. With one box of noodles I only use half the dressing and half of the cream cheese sometimes and it turns out amazing. With two boxes use the whole bottle of dressing and whole thing of cream cheese. So far most of the complaints is that the dressing is too strong so just use half. The first time I made this I thought the same thing. So the second time I cut back on the dressing and it turned out perfect.
Okay, so this is a controversial dish for me. I made it as the recipe called for and added broccoli and used cellentani noodles. It was flavorful but I must have over shredded the chicken because when I closed my eyes I would have swore it tasted like a tuna casserole! So definitely a weird dish for me but tasty and I’m still eating the leftovers. ♀️
Hi. Can you put the uncooked pasta in the Crock-Pot with the chicken towards the end?
Uncooked pasta turns out gummy and chalky in the slow cooker, the slow cooker doesn’t get hot enough.
Super easy and yummy! It is tangy and flavorful. Next time I’ll skip the noodles and serve over brocolli.
How much is a serving? I have to keep track of everything that I eat including my macros.
Hi, I don’t include that info. I apologize.
I’ve made this many times and we love it, it is definitely stong but if you like olive gardens Italian drsg than i think you will like this.
So tasty and so easy!