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pasta with red crab sauce in a white bowl
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5 from 62 votes

Easy Pasta with Red Crab Sauce

Pasta with Red Crab Sauce is one of my guilty pleasures. This deliciously decadent seafood sauce is easy to make and is guaranteed to impress the seafood lover at your dinner table.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: dinner, pasta course
Cuisine: Italian, Italian - American
Servings: 2
Calories: 862kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon garlic fine mince
  • 8 oz crab meat
  • 1 oz dry wine wine optional - or red wine
  • 2 cups spaghetti sauce homemade or your favorite brand
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ⅙ teaspoon red pepper flakes more or less to taste
  • 1 teaspoon fresh basil chopped
  • ⅔ lb linguine or spaghetti
  • ½ cup pasta cooking water reserved when draining cooked pasta
  • 1 teaspoon fresh Italian parsley chopped as garnish - optional
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Instructions

  • Add olive oil, chopped garlic, and red pepper flakes to a large skillet or large saucepan over medium-high heat and saute for about 1 minute.
  • Reduce the stove to medium heat and add the crab meat to the pan. Let the crab meat saute for an additional 1-2 minutes. Adding more olive oil if needed.
  • Optional - If you have some dry white or red wine handy add a splash to the crab meat after sauteing to deglaze the pan.
  • Add the tomato sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, and chopped fresh basil to the pan. Bring the sauce to a boil and reduce the heat to low.
  • Continue cooking for 2-3 minutes, then move the pan off the heat, and let it sit while the pasta cooks.
  • Place a large pot of salted water over high heat. Cook the pasta al dente, per the instructions on the box.
    *When you drain the pasta, save half a cup of the pasta water.
  • When the pasta has finished cooking, reheat the crab sauce. Adding the reserved pasta water to the sauce.
    If the sauce appears to thin, skip adding the pasta water.
  • Toss the pasta with a little bit of the sauce, then top the pasta with the remaining sauce and garnish with chopped parsley (optional).

Nutrition

Calories: 862kcal | Carbohydrates: 129g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 48mg | Sodium: 2123mg | Potassium: 1337mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 1146IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 128mg | Iron: 5mg