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Quick and Easy Crab Pasta

Quick and Easy Crab Pasta

This Quick and Easy Crab Pasta features a simple lemon butter sauce, making it a tasty dish with minimal ingredients.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Servings 2 servings
Calories 528 kcal

Equipment

  • large pot
  • large pan

Ingredients
  

Pasta and Sauce Ingredients

  • 250 g linguine, spaghetti or pasta of your choice
  • 3 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 2 cloves garlic sliced
  • 75 ml dry white wine
  • ½ lemon juiced
  • 200 g ready to eat crab meat
  • 50 g finely grated fresh Parmesan cheese not pre-grated cheese
  • 2 tablespoon chopped parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions
 

Cooking Instructions

  • Cook the linguine in a large pot of salted, boiling water according to package instructions.
  • Five minutes before the pasta is ready, set a large pan over low heat and melt the butter, add sliced garlic and sauté for 1 minute over very low heat without colouring it, then pour in white wine and lemon juice, turn the heat up to medium and let it reduce for a couple of minutes.
  • Stir in the cooked crabmeat and take it off the heat. Drain the pasta once cooked and reserve ½ cup of pasta water. Add the pasta to the pan with the crabmeat and toss to combine, add half of the reserved pasta water and freshly grated Parmesan cheese, stir over low heat until the cheese melts and coats the pasta.
  • If the pasta is a bit dry add a splash of pasta water. Your pasta dish should be loose but not swimming in sauce, just lightly coated. Salt to taste. Sprinkle with fresh parsley before serving.

Notes

I prefer using sliced garlic over pressed garlic in this pasta dish as it gives milder taste and doesn’t overpower the crab.

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 528kcalCarbohydrates: 59gProtein: 28gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 69mgSodium: 1609mgPotassium: 369mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 721IUVitamin C: 11mgCalcium: 258mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Crab Linguine, Crab Meat Pasta, Easy Crab Pasta, Quick Crab Pasta, Seafood Pasta, Simple Pasta Recipe
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