
Chilli butter and crab pasta
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Easy
- April 2022

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Serves 2
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Hands-on time 15 min
Serve up a 15-minute meal that tastes like a restaurant dish. Our aromatic crab pasta is tossed with chilli butter, breadcrumbs and lemon.
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- Calories
- 726kcals
- Fat
- 27g (7.8g saturated)
- Protein
- 26g
- Carbohydrates
- 92g (4.2g sugars)
- Fibre
- 5.5g
- Salt
- 0.7g
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 50g fresh breadcrumbs
- 1 small garlic clove, crushed
- ½ small bunch parsley, chopped
- 200g spaghetti or linguine
- 20g unsalted butter
- 1 banana shallot, very finely chopped
- 100g white crabmeat
- ½-1 tsp chilli flakes
- Grated zest and juice 1 lemon
Method
- Heat 1 tbsp oil in a non-stick frying pan. Fry the breadcrumbs for 5 minutes until golden, stir in the garlic and cook for 1 minute, then stir in the parsley. Set aside and wipe the pan clean.
- Cook the spaghetti or linguine in a pan of salted water according to the packet instructions. Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil and the butter in the pan over a low-medium heat. Add the shallot and a pinch of salt and fry for 7 minutes to soften. Stir in the crab, chilli, lemon zest and juice.
- Toss the pasta in the pan with a splash of its cooking water. Stir in most of the breadcrumb mix. Season, divide among the bowls, then top with the remaining breadcrumbs to serve.
delicious. tips
Easy swaps: Replace the crab with chopped cooked prawns or brown shrimps.
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