Here’s a creamy, bold Crockpot Cheesy Cajun Chicken Rotini Pasta — easy, comforting, and full of Louisiana-style flavor 🌶️🧀🍗
🌶️🧀 Crockpot Cheesy Cajun Chicken Rotini Pasta
🛒 Ingredients (Serves 6–8)
- 1½ lb boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs
- 2 tsp Cajun seasoning (adjust to taste)
- 1 tsp paprika
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- 1 tbsp olive oil (optional, for extra richness)
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 (10.5 oz) can cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup heavy cream or half-and-half
- 12 oz rotini pasta (uncooked)
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella or pepper jack
- 1 bell pepper, diced (optional)
- ½ cup diced onion (optional)
- Salt & black pepper, to taste
- Optional garnish: chopped parsley or green onions
🔪 Instructions
- Season chicken
- Sprinkle chicken with Cajun seasoning, paprika, garlic powder, and onion powder.
- Add to crockpot
- Place chicken in slow cooker.
- Add chicken broth, cream of chicken soup, cream, olive oil, bell pepper, and onion.
- Cook
- Cover and cook on LOW 4–5 hours or HIGH 2½–3 hours, until chicken is tender.
- Shred chicken
- Remove chicken, shred, and return to crockpot.
- Cook pasta
- Stir in uncooked rotini.
- Cover and cook on HIGH 20–30 minutes, stirring once or twice, until pasta is tender.
- Add cheese
- Stir in shredded cheeses until melted and creamy.
- Serve
- Taste and adjust seasoning. Garnish and serve hot.
🌟 Tips & Variations
- Spicier: Add cayenne pepper or hot sauce
- Extra creamy: Add 4 oz cream cheese with shredded cheeses
- Shrimp option: Stir in cooked shrimp during last 10 minutes
- Veggie boost: Add spinach or mushrooms at the end
- Prevent mushy pasta: Cook pasta separately and stir in before serving if preferred
If you’d like, I can also give you:
- A one-pot stovetop version
- A dump-and-go freezer meal
- A lighter version with less cream
- A Cajun chicken Alfredo twist
Just tell me 😄
