Slow Cooker Olive Garden Pasta

"My slow cooker Olive Garden pasta has juicy chicken in a flavorful and creamy sauce topped with crunchy cheesy breadcrumbs. This easy slow cooker recipe is one of the best pastas I've ever tasted! Why Our Recipe Is the Best: A Sprinkle of Food Science We Sear Our Chicken: This adds color and flavor that the moist cooking environment of the slow cooker can't deliver. It also gives us fond (tasty browned bits) as the base of our sauce. We Cook Our Pasta Separately: This not only prevents it from overcooking but also allows us to control the amount of pasta water in our sauce. Just a bit of the starchy water helps bind the sauce and make it creamy without a dairy. We Add Breadcrumbs: The texture of slow cooker meals can be one note. Toasting breadcrumbs in the oven gives us a crispy crunchy topping."

Cooking MethodSlow Cooker