Slow Cooker Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Pasta. Top with shredded chicken and cover slow cooker. Remove cheesy Buffalo chicken pasta from slow cooker. Top with cream cheese and shredded cheese.

I know it can sound kind of crazy to make pasta in the slow cooker, but with a little practice and by following these instructions, you'll find it such and easy way to make a meal like this any day of the week without all the work. Then I shred the chicken and add sour cream and cheese. One of my most made recipes, Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Pasta, has been converted to the Instant Pot! You can have Slow Cooker Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Pasta using 14 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Pasta

It's 1.5 of lbs. of chicken.
Prepare 3.5 cups of chicken broth.
It's 1/2 cup of Buffalo wing sauce, divided.
It's 1 T of Ranch dressing mix (dried packet kind).
Prepare 1/2 t of garlic powder.
It's 1/4 t of celery salt.
Prepare 1/4 t of salt.
Prepare 1/8 t of pepper.
Prepare 8 oz of cream cheese.
Prepare 1 cup of shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
Prepare 1 T of corn starch.
You need 1 T of water.
It's 16 oz of linguine noodles.
It's of Chopped cilantro for garnish (optional).

It's a real crowd pleaser, either way. Meanwhile, stir cream cheese and Cheddar cheese into slow cooker. You will need a crock pot for this slow cooker cheesy buffalo chicken pasta. If you are in the market for something new, I really love my Ninja cooker.

Slow Cooker Cheesy Buffalo Chicken Pasta step by step

Put chicken, broth, 1/4 cup buffalo wing sauce, ranch, garlic powder, celery salt, salt, and pepper in crockpot..
Top with cream cheese and shredded cheddar..
Cook on HIGH for 4 hour or LOW for 8 hours, or until chicken is done..
Once chicken is done, pull it out and gently shred with 2 forks. Mix in remaining 1/4 cup buffalo wing sauce and set aside..
Mix corn starch and water, and whisk it together with crockpot contents, until cream cheese is mostly broken down and sauce is creamy..
Break linguine noodles in half and place in even layer on bottom of crockpot. Evenly top with chicken. (Doesn't have to be perfect).
Cook on HIGH for 45-60 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes to break noodles apart..
Top with cilantro and serve!.

The nice thing about this is you can brown the meat in the same slow cooker for recipes that call for that. Season chicken salt and pepper and put it in the crock. Add the chicken soup and hot sauce and stir. Stir in cheeses and sour cream and turn off the crock pot. Boil pasta according to package instructions, drain well and add to the chicken/sauce mixture.