Slow Cooker Cajun Chicken Alfredo – this cajun alfredo is absolutely loaded with flavor! Seasoned chicken and smoked sausage in a homemade cajun alfredo sauce.
Cajun Chicken Alfredo
This recipe is a combination of two of my most popular recipes, One Pot Cajun Chicken Alfredo and CrockPot Chicken Alfredo. This slow cooker version is so delicious and sure to be a hit with your family. The smoked sausage and cajun seasoning flavor the chicken and alfredo sauce as it is cooking and gives the dish so many layers of flavor!
The best part is that even the pasta cooks right in the slow cooker.
How to Make Cajun Chicken Alfredo in the Slow Cooker
- Start by giving the chicken breasts a quick sear in a pan. Then transfer the juices and chicken breasts to the slow cooker. This step adds just a few minutes, but really helps add more flavor to the pasta.
- Next, add sausage, heavy cream, chicken broth and seasonings to the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 4 hours or high for 2-3 hours depending on your slow cooker. Cooking time in the slow cooker varies so much, it’s best to check the temperature of the chicken with a meat thermometer to ensure it has reached 165 degrees. Once the chicken is cooked through, set aside to cool and then slice.
- Stir in uncooked pasta. You can use any bite sized shaped pasta.
- Finally, stir in freshly grated parmesan cheese and return chicken to slow cooker. Sprinkle with fresh parley and additional seasoning.
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Cajun Chicken Alfredo is packed with flavor and so easy to make in the slow cooker!
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound chicken breasts
- 1 pound smoked sausage sliced into 1 inch pieces
- 3 cups of heavy cream
- 4 cups of low sodium chicken broth
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons coarse cajun seasoning
- 2 cloves garlic smashed
- 1 pound of uncooked penne pasta
- 1/2 cup hot water
- 5 oz freshly shredded parmesan cheese
- kosher salt and black pepper
- garlic powder
- Pat chicken breasts dry and season with salt, pepper and a sprinkle of garlic powder. Heat olive oil over high heat and quickly sear chicken breasts on both sides.
Add chicken breasts,sausage, heavy cream, chicken broth, butter, garlic cloves and 1/2 teaspoon of kosher salt, cajun seasoning and several turns of freshly ground black pepper to slow cooker.
- Cook on low for about 4 hours or high for 2-3 hours, until chicken has reached 165 degrees.
- Remove chicken from slow cooker and set aside to cool and slice.
Stir in 1/2 cup of hot water and uncooked penne pasta, cover and cook on high for about 30 minutes. Just until pasta is tender.
Once pasta is tender, stir in parmesan cheese, sliced chicken and additional salt and black pepper to taste.
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So creamy and delicious! I love the addition of smoked sausage to alfredo and then adding cajun spices? Brilliant! And then to top it off it can be made in the slow cooker! What a time saver!
This recipe is RIGHT up my alley! Easy, flavorful and delicious!
Oh, my, this looks wonderful! I love everything in this! I am adding this to my pasta rotation!!
Thank you so much! I made this last night and it was a huge hit. I love using my slow cooker!
I love the idea of adding the smoked sausage! I bet it adds so much flavor to an already tasty dish! Alfredo dishes are my go-to!
At what point in the recipe do you actually add the sausage? Just at the end with the chicken?
Hi Amelia!
I’ve updated the recipe. Cook the sausage along with the chicken so that it can flavor the sauce. Thanks for your question!
I’m making this right now, but when do I add thebsliced sausage?!
I’ve made this twice now but on the stovetop. Didn’t plan ahead enough to make it in a slowcooker. We LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this recipe! Had to lookup homemade cajun seasoning & it works WONDERFUL in this! Thank you for sharing it ?
So good, my family wanted it twice in one week! I shred the chicken instead but still just as good as is.
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I made this last night and it was so creamy and delicious. I used jalapeno cheddar sausage.
I managed to mess this up all kinds of ways and it was still delicious. Didn’t have cream so used milk and jar alfredo sauce. Didn’t have cajun spice so had to Google what cajun spice was and use that and a little bit of old bay and paprika for sprinkling. Didn’t have parmesan cheese so used mozzarella lol…we really enjoyed this recipe, thank you.
Delicious recipe, but I only added one cup of cream and used 1 tablespoon (for more chicken flavor) chicken bouillon granules plus one cup of hot water for the broth. After adding the shredded cheese, the sauce was perfectly creamy! I cooked the pasta separately and drained but didn’t rinse it before adding to the cooker. I used Tony Chachere’s creole seasoning (had it on hand) and would omit the extra half teaspoon of salt next time. Thanks, Melissa!
This recipe was PHENOMENAL. My choice of cajun seasoning is Tony’s creole, comes in a green canister, red top. I also threw in mushrooms as an extra filler, but I also add those to everything. Thank you for sharing!!
It was such a good recipe. I did add broccoli to it and turned out amazing.
My teenage boys Loved this!!!!!! It was a family pleaser, and that can be difficult these days. Thank you so much for this delicious recipe. I will be making it a lot more!
I made this tonight for dinner and it was a hit. I honestly didn’t have high expectations as I’ve never cooked a pasta dish in the slow cooker but it turned out perfect. I took out the chicken at 3 hours on low, let it cool a bit and chopped/sliced the chicken and returned it to the crockpot to cook with the pasta and cooked it on high for 30 minutes. I also omitted the 1/2 cup water to get a creamier sauce and added a little red pepper flakes to add a kick and it was perfect.
Wow! I made this last night and holy cow, it was PHENOMENAL! Everyone loved it! I made garlic bread to go with it, and the bread dipped in the sauce was soooo good!
Only thing I changed was the extra water – I left that out because I wanted a thicker sauce. Next time I’m going to try it with chicken thighs instead of breasts (personal preference).