Slow Cooker Salsa Ranch Chicken Pasta

Name: Slow Cooker Salsa Ranch Chicken Pasta
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 480 min
Total time: 500 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 5–6 boneless chicken breasts; 1 (10 oz.) can cream of chicken soup; 1 cup salsa; 1 teaspoon garlic; 1 (1 lb.) box rotini pasta; ½ cup sour cream; ½ cup Hidden Valley® Original Ranch dressing; juice of 1 lime; ¼ cup cilantro

Prep Time 20 min
Cook Time 8 hr
Servings 6

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Ingredients (9)

frozen chicken breasts 5–6
cream of chicken soup, undiluted 1 (10 oz.) can
salsa 1 cup
minced garlic 1 teaspoon
rotini pasta, prepared 1 (1 lb.) box
Hidden Valley® Original Ranch dressing ½ cup
juice of 1 lime
minced cilantro ¼ cup
Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Topping & Dressing

sour cream ½ cup

For safe meat preparation, reference the USDA website.

Steps (8)

1

Place frozen chicken breasts into the bottom of a 6-quart (or larger) slow cooker.
2

In a medium bowl, mix together cream of chicken soup, salsa and minced garlic.
3

Pour mixture over frozen chicken breasts.
4

Cover and cook on low for 6–8 hours. About 30 minutes or so before this is finished cooking, begin preparing the rotini pasta according to package directions.
5

Once chicken is cooked, remove chicken breasts and shred them or cut into chunks.
6

Whisk in sour cream, dressing, lime juice and cilantro into cream of chicken/salsa mixture in the slow cooker.
7

Add chicken back into the slow cooker and stir in prepared rotini pasta.
8

Stir well and serve with a yummy, green salad!

1. 1
  
  Place frozen chicken breasts into the inner pot of your multi-cooker. In a medium bowl, mix together cream of chicken soup, salsa and minced garlic. Pour mixture over chicken breasts.
2. 2
  
  Turn on the multi-cooker and secure the lid, setting pressure valve to “sealing.” Select “manual” or “pressure cook” and cook on high-pressure for 12 minutes. Select “cancel” to turn off the machine.
3. 3
  
  Allow the pressure valve to natural pressure release for at least 5 minutes, then quick-release the pressure by turning the seal to “venting.”
4. 4
  
  About 30 minutes or so before this is finished cooking, begin preparing the rotini pasta according to package directions. Once chicken is cooked, remove from the pot and shred into chunks.
5. 5
  
  Whisk sour cream, dressing, lime juice and cilantro into the cream of chicken/salsa mixture left in the slow cooker. Add chicken and prepared pasta back in, and stir well to combine. Serve warm.
* Always follow manufacturer’s instructions.

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15 Reviews

4.7

73.3% would recommend this recipe

Rated 5 out of 5 by RRosburg from Great weeknight meal Easy to start before work. Ready when home. Great flavor.

Date published: 2023-11-19

Rated 5 out of 5 by SusanX from Awesome I have never thought to make a chicken pasta in a slow cooker. This is really good

Date published: 2022-02-24

Rated 5 out of 5 by Mamafish from Crockpot Salsa Ranch Chicken Pasta Love that this is a crockpot recipe. I can start it before work and it's very easy to finish after work. Easy clean up with a crockpot bag. Everyone loves it! The grandkids love this recipe!

Date published: 2021-11-21

Rated 5 out of 5 by Kathy23 from Crockpot Salsa Ranch Chicken Pasta My family!y loved this recipe...I used mushroom soup also. not an ounce left after dinner!

Date published: 2021-11-17

Rated 5 out of 5 by Mzgiz 6677 from Rave reviews! I've gotten so many compliments on this recipe ! Very delicious and my whole family loves it

Date published: 2021-10-03

Rated 4 out of 5 by rljdm from GrratTaste My family!y loved this recipe...I used mushroom soup and added a few mushrooms... there was it an ounce left after dinner!

Date published: 2021-04-18

Rated 5 out of 5 by piglet from Fantastic I love chicken and saw this and had to make. It was fantastic. I got carried away and added a llittle more ranch dressing. One little problem was it was hard to find the dressing. Had to go to a couple of stores.

Date published: 2020-09-06

Rated 5 out of 5 by DonDon4 from HV - Slow Cooker Salsa Ranch Chicken Pasta I have never thought to make a chicken pasta in a slow cooker. We enjoyed and recommend.

Date published: 2020-06-14

Rated 5 out of 5 by karen123 from Family friendly My family enjoyed this salad tremendously. We tried it once and it became a family tradition.

Date published: 2019-03-26

Rated 5 out of 5 by Airleak from This looks good This looks good and I am intrigued can’t wait to try this

Date published: 2019-02-20

Rated 4 out of 5 by Lizzle48 from TONS of leftovers Made this today for my family of 4. I used 4 (larger) chicken breasts and thawed them a little first and trimmed the fat first. We used southwest chipotle dressing instead because we didn't have the cilantro lime one. The sauce was really good! I shred the chicken and added the penne pasta but it seemed like the chicken to pasta ratio was heavy on the chicken side; however, when I put leftovers away there was lots of noodles in the bottom of the pot so maybe I didn't stir it up enough. Helpful tip: I would easily cut this recipe in half and there would be plenty to feed the 4 of us. I now have 4 tupperware containers full of it! I think it would be good on salads and on wraps and sandwiches (these are plans for leftovers for next several days).

Date published: 2018-11-26