Spicy Crab Linguine
Spicy, Zesty and all round delish!
Ingredients
- 100 g white crab meat
- 200 g linguine
- 6 garlic cloves
- 2 red chillis
- handful of parsely finely chopped
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 1 punnet of cherry or plum tomatoes
- 1 lemon we'll use it's zest and juice in the recipe!
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Begin by roughly slicing your garlic and chillis. Then heat your olive oil in a pan on a medium heat, once hot add in the garlic and chilli and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Turn the heat down to a simmer and add in your washed and dried tomatoes.
- Allow them to cook on a gentle simmer for 10 minutes with lid of your pan on.
- Cook your linguine according to the packet instructions. Make sure you season the pasta water with a generous amount of salt.
- Add in the crab meat, lemon zest, lemon juice and finely chopped parsley. Stir well and season with salt. Turn the heat up to medium and continue to cook for another 3 minutes.
- Add your cooked pasta straight from the pot into you sauce and a splash of pasta water to loosen the sauce. Using some tongs, toss the linguine to coat it in the sauce completely.
- Garnish with parsely, lemon zest and red chilli.