This Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta recipe is a favorite for any mom who is stuck with limited time and ingredients. No matter what slow cooker you choose, this is a great recipe that will satisfy everyone at your dinner table!
There are some weeks when I don’t have it together. Whether it be sick kids, a crazy-busy previous week and trying to play catch up or running around town like a chicken with its head cut off. Believe it or not, I find that when I don’t meal plan, I create some of the best recipes (like this one!) with the items that are ready to go in my fridge and pantry.
“I wanted to tell everyone how wonderful this dish is. I have made it twice now. It is easy and you make it in your crock pot so you can put it together and then forget about it until it is time to eat. It is really really good and very different. A great dish to change up the week of the same old recipes. This one is Yummy and I would give it 5 out of 5 stars! My Heavenly Recipes great recipe!” ~ Lori
Now it’s been said before, but, I’m beginning to fall in love with my crock pot. It may be old and ugly, but, the damn thing still works. Until the day that it dies and no longer decides to heat up dinner I’ll continue to use it!
I often say that the old things were built WAY better back then! Do you find that the older things outlast the new things? Cray! Anyhow, back to my life!
So this Crock Pot (Slow Cooker) Chicken Fajitas Pasta Recipe was born because I needed a super easy dinner and was tired of eating Crock Pot Chicken Over Rice! I had just got home around 10:30 am from an unexpected trip to the doctors. Bubby had a hives-induced viral infection and was quite the grump ass. I had just made Bacon Penne Carbonara the night before, so I just needed something quick.
I knew I wasn’t getting anything done, yet alone finding the time to stand in the kitchen for even 10 minutes to make dinner. So while he was hanging off the side of my hip {I was holding him ya’ll!} I threw this dinner together in just a few minutes, with 1 hand!
By the time dinner time rolled around, Bubby was feeling a bit better so I sat him in his high chair with an ice cube in one of those fruit mesher things and made the noodles as well as cut up the chicken. Dinner was ready and we all LOVED it.
Why You’ll Love Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta
I must say that this Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta Recipe has become one of my fav’s, and I think it will become one of yours too for the following reasons…
- Who doesn’t love chicken fajitas, cheese and pasta?!?
- You can make it even when you have a zillion other things to do. I was holding Bubby on my hip when I made this meal and I still got it done!
- There is very little cleanup. Who has time for cleanup anyway?
- It’s super convenient to make thanks to being made in the crock pot.
- It’s a really tasty meal that you probably haven’t tried before. Reader Lori (who LOVED it) told me Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta is “a great dish to change up the week of the same old recipes.”
- You probably already have the ingredients on hand. You’ll love that most of the ingredients are items you keep on hand in your pantry and refrigerator all the time already.
This bite is for you, you know you want to!
How to Make Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta Step by Step
Grab ingredients for this delicious crock pot fajitas pasta dish and put it together in no time!
Step #1: Place onion, bell pepper, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper, chicken, mushroom soup and 1 cup of grated cheese together in a crock-pot. Stir to mix ingredients. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or until chicken is fully cooked.
Step #2: Remove chicken breasts from the crock pot, dice and return to crock pot.
Step #3: Pour in cooked spaghetti, tomatoes and remaining cheese. Using a pair of tongs, coat the pasta in sauce and melt cheese, adding a few splashes of chicken stock (or water). Cook another 20-30 minutes on low.
Serve with a roll or salad for a complete meal that your family will enjoy!
How to Make Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta
It’s one thing to tell you how to make this crock pot pasta, but how about I show you the process instead? Check out the video below!
CROCK POT CHICKEN FAJITA “I made your Chicken Fajita Crock Pot dish today…really really good” ~ Lori C.
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Crock Pot Chicken Fajitas Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 Green Bell Pepper diced
- 1 Onion diced
- 1 Can Diced Tomatoes drained
- 1 TSP Ground Cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt & pepper to taste
- 5-6 chicken breasts
- 2 Cans Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1 Box Barilla Spaghetti or Angel Hair cooked and drained
- 2 cups Cheddar Cheese grated
- 3/4 C Chicken Stock or water
Instructions
- Place onion, bell pepper, cumin, garlic powder, salt, pepper, chicken, mushroom soup and 1 cup of grated cheese together in a crock-pot. Stir to mix ingredients. Cook on high for 3-4 hours or until chicken is fully cooked.
- Remove chicken breasts from the crock pot, dice and return to crock pot. Pour in cooked spaghetti, tomatoes and remaining cheese. Using a pair of tongs, coat the pasta in sauce and melt cheese, adding a few splashes of chicken stock (or water). Cook another 20-30 minutes on low and serve.
- Serve with a roll or salad for a complete meal that your family will enjoy!
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I have been looking forever for new soft foods for my kid with braces to try and this looks delicious! I will have to make some of this to try!
It’s pretty darn good Stephanie! I hope you’ll come back and let me know what your family thinks of the recipe!
I love chicken fajitas and I love pasta… not sure why I never thought to combine the two (and in a crockpot)! Thanks for sharing!
Abby you’ve got to try this recipe. Be sure to come back and let me know what your family thought of it!
This looks totally yummy and doable (even for me lol)
Thank you for sharing your recipe with us on the Brag About It Link Party!
~Laurie
Always love a new crockpot recipe to try. Thanks for sharing on the Home Matters Party! Awesome blog, new fan here.
Thanks so much Allie!
This pasta look so incredibly creamy! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!”
We aren’t a mushroom family, do you think cream of chicken soup would work?? 🙂
Hey Kristin – So my family don’t like mushrooms either! However, they do eat the cream of mushroom soup. You can’t really even taste the mushrooms 😉 Let me know if you end up making this Crock Pot Chicken Fajita Pasta recipe. It’s pretty amazing and willing to bet one that’ll be on your radar! Talk soon 😉
I just made this and it’s delicious! I’m making it again this weekend for friends who just welcomed their 3rd baby. I substituted gemelli pasta. One question – when do you add the tomatoes? At the beginning? And do you drain them? I added undrained at the beginning, but then skipped the chicken broth later on.
Hi Bonnie! I’m sure your friends will love this recipe. What a great friend you are! I just updated the recipe and Thank You for calling me out on that 😉 I add the tomatoes when I add the spaghetti otherwise they sorta break up and disappear! I also drain the tomatoes. Talk soon!
What size crock pot?
Hi Skye – I have a 6 qt., but, I’m pretty sure any size Crock Pot should do! https://amzn.to/20zn1X8 — This is a similar one to what I have!
Made this tonight! OMG – delish! Only change I made was I used a can of mush and a can of cream of chicken cause it’s all I had! And I added mushrooms! Sooooo yummy!
Mmmm….sounds delicious Amanda! I hope you’ll stop back by and find some other recipes to recreate in your home! I look forward to seeing you on the Facebook page (https://facebook.com/myheavenlyrecipes) as well!
I only have cream of chicken. Will that work instead of cream of mushroom?
Yes Kandie you sure can! Let me know how it turns out.
This looks yummy, and I like that it doesn’t use Velveeta like other similar recipes I’ve seen. 5-6 chicken breasts seems like a lot though–about how many pounds would you say you used? Thanks! Can’t wait to try this!
Hi Barb! You can totally half this recipe if needed for a smaller family. I made this for my family of 5 (2 kids 4 and under) and it was plenty for us. I also like a little leftover for lunches the next day 😉 Thank you for stopping by!
Thanks for your quick reply! I was actually thinking of the chicken to noodles ratio though, and not the recipe as a whole. I’m thinking of using just 3 or 4 chicken breasts when I make this later today. One more question–what size can of tomatoes do you use? Thanks again!
Sorry Barb I just now saw this. I typically use a 14 oz. can of Tomatoes, but, again, whatever you have on hand. There’s no right or wrong here. Please let me know how it turns out.
No problem! I made this on Sunday and used 4 chicken breasts, a 14.5 oz can of tomatoes (I guessed right, lol!) and half of my 2 lb box of spaghetti noodles (I wasn’t sure what size box, and figured I’d rather start with less and add more if necessary.) It turned out great! The only thing I’d do differently next time is use my 6 qt crockpot rather than the 4 qt. I had to be VERY careful mixing it all together at the end so I didn’t overflow my 4qt crock. Thanks for the great recipe and for being so quick to answer questions! My husband has already asked me a couple of times if I’ve saved this recipe for the future, so I guess it was a hit!
Just saw the crock pot chicken fajita recipe and started drooling!! Being inconveniently located my rule about food is if I don’t have an ingredient I sub whatever is in the pantry or fridge, same for things we don’t eat. I use cream of ‘shrooms with roasted garlic soup (Campbell’s) and it wakes up blah foods.
Should I use two of the 400g cans of regular cream of mushroom soup like Heinz or two of the small cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup like Campbell’s? Thanks