Crock Pot Olive Garden Chicken Pasta

5 from 18 votes

Crock Pot Olive Garden Chicken Pasta is an easy slow cooker chicken recipe with penne pasta cream cheese, Olive Garden dressing and Parmesan cheese. The whole family will love this easy meal -- perfect for busy weeknights!

Prep Time10

Cook Time3 30

Total Time3 40

Course: Main

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Dee

Cost: $15

Equipment

1 Crock-Pot

Ingredients

2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast
16 oz Olive Garden salad dressing
1 tsp garlic powder
16 oz penne pasta
8 oz cream cheese softened and cut into cubes
½ cup grated Parmesan cheese divided
½ cup half and half optional

Instructions

Spray the bottom of the slow cooker with non stick spray
Place chicken into the crock pot and sprinkle garlic powder over chicken
Pour the entire bottle of dressing over the chicken, and cover
Cook for 2-3 hours on high or 5-6 hours on low or until chicken is 165℉ internally
Cook pasta according to directions on package, and drain
Shred chicken with 2 forks
Mix shredded chicken, cooked pasta, cubed cream cheese and 1/4 cup Parm together in the slow cooker. Add half and half
Cover and cook for an additional 30 minutes on low or until cream cheese is melted and pasta is heated through. Top with more Parmesan before serving

Notes

Cook time may vary with different slow cookers.

You can add cream cheese along with chicken and cook together if cooking on low. You may not need the half and half if you prefer dryer pasta.

Make sure to use the small bottle of Olive Garden dressing. If you only have a large bottle, use 2 cups of dressing and not the whole bottle.

You can sub another bottle of creamy Italian dressing, but it may not taste the same. Do not use regular Italian dressing as it will be too tangy.

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