Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken Pasta
1,838 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
Nutrition info is auto-generated. This information is an estimate; if you are on a special diet, please use your own calculations.
It was great! My whole family loved it!
Disgusting! Smelled horrible while it cooked too. Husband ate a small amount but couldn’t finish it. I apologized to him for making this garbage!
That’s crazy my family loves it but I do it a little different
Well if you do it different….then you’re not actually making this recipe and it would make sense your family would have a different reaction.
What do you do different ? I am making this tomorrow 🙂
Yikes! My husband ate plenty of it. That’s pretty sad that you have to apologize to your husband. Sounds way too picky!
Lol I had to apologize to my husband too for making this meal. I hyped it up way to much and it tasted disgusting.
Calm down KAREN!!!
This recipe is terrible..It didn’t even make it on a plate it was so bad went from crockpot to trash .Nothing good about it. Yuk!
Very easy recipe and it came out great! Thanks for the recipe. Will definitely be adding this to our dinner list!
We loved it!
I added a cup of heavy cream and it made a world of difference! Helped even out the flavor and consistency of sauce.
We will definitely make again!
Did you add it at the beginning or end? Might try it this way.
Just made this. No additions or subtractions. Was slightly salty- but Delicious !!! Will definitely make again.
I wanted to ask the same
Can I use mozzarella cheese instead of Parmesan. Don’t like Parmesan
Just curious, how much is a serving for the calories mentioned. What’s unit of measure.
Thanks in advance
Hi! The nutrition is just an estiamte. I do measure the unit.
I added broccoli and sliced mushrooms to the recipe! I just threw them in with the chicken at the beginning, they MADE the dish! I also used farfalle pasta. Great great results.
I personally really didn’t like this. I gave 3 stars because everyone else in my house liked it. So I would say personal opinions matter on the stars lol. Try it out either you will like it or you won’t.
We really liked this. Nice to be able to make something without tomatoes ad my daughter in law can’t eat them.
I used actual grated parmesan ( not in the shaker), turned out great!
I’ve made this several times and I made an adjustment after the first time because of how tangy it is. I doubled the cream cheese. Makes a world of difference.
I’ve started using the light version of the Olive Garden Italian dressing, also cuts down on some of the tangy flavor. Still a big hit in our house.