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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This is creamy and totally yummy! I fix it when I’m having company, because of the aforementioned comment, and it’s a crockpot recipe to boot. It is salty, cheesy, and satisfying. I make it exactly as the recipe is written, and I get rave reviews and requests for the ingredient list every time. Winner, winner, chicken…..
My family really like this recipe. I personally didn’t like the first time because the flavor of the Olive garden dressing was too strong and was oily for my taste. So the next time I added condensed cream of chicken soup, alfredo pasta sauce and used other italian dressing. It was creamier and tasty.
I love making this. I only use about half to a 3rd of the bottle and add in cream of chicken soup and red pepper flakes. Comes out not as tangy and super delish! I also like to use Rotini noodles instead to switch it up a bit.
I don’t use the whole bottle, I add black olives and banana peppers, keeping with the cream cheese and parm, and broccoli.
It needs something else. The taste is good, but zero color.
I agree! Maybe spinach or something. I also would like something like this but with a Alfredo flavor.
I like to steam a couple bags of frozen broccoli and mix it in. The flavors work really well together.
I rolled a few de stemmed kale leaves and sliced thinly. Same for orange and yellow peppers and purple onion. I laid the veggies on the chicken and added the other ingredients. Or you can sauté the veggies till done to you liking and add at the end. Adds a little extra flavor and your color.✌
I put zucchini and squash finely chopped in there because I can’t get my kid to eat anything vegetable, but if I sneak it in she will never know! And it adds color to the dish
Hill billy radio shack version of pasta??? Has your self proclaimed obesity effected the blood flow to your brain? How did that even make sense to you when you wrote it
Its very good so maybe you messed up somewhere…
You’re very rude
My husband LOVES this! So I make it a lot!
I critiqued the recipe somewhat but it is one of our family favorites.
I did not care for this. It was way too tangy and salty. I would not make this again.
I’ve never wanted the money back from the groceries more. I’m obese and this inedible… go to Olive Garden and just ask to drink the dressing… this is like hill billy radio shack version of pasta