Creamy Crab Pasta Salad Food

CREAMY CRAB PASTA SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. When the water is boiling, ladle a scoop or two over the sun-dried tomatoes in a heat-proof bowl, and set it aside. (If sun-dried tomatoes are in oil, skip the soaking step.)
• Add the pasta to the remaining boiling water, and cook according to package instructions until it's al dente.
• Drain and rinse the pasta with cold water, then set aside to cool completely.
• Combine the mayonnaise, ground cumin, salt, and red wine vinegar in a large bowl, and whisk until smooth and creamy.
• Finely dice your onion and parsley, and slice the olives. Then, add them to the bowl with the dressing.
• Remove the sun-dried tomatoes from the water, and gently pat them dry to remove excess moisture. Slice thinly, then add to the dressing.
• Stir to combine the add-ins with the dressing until lightly coated, then add in the cool pasta, and stir again to coat.
• Pick through the crabmeat to remove any shells, and add it to the pasta salad. Fold the crab in gently.
• Chill at least 30 minutes, then serve cold.

CREAMY CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Place in a large bowl; add crab, onions, carrot, cucumber and green pepper. Combine the sour cream, mayonnaise, sugar, seasoned salt, vinegar and pepper; pour over salad and toss to coat. Cover and chill for at least 2 hours. Serve in a lettuce-lined bowl if desired.

CRAB PASTA IN A CREAMY GARLIC WHITE WINE SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook pasta and set aside.
• Melt butter in small skillet. Add garlic and onion and cook until tender. Add wine and cook until liquid reduces to half. Add salt and pepper.
• In large skillet, heat 1 tbs butter and flour. Cook until smooth. Add milk slowly, stirring to smooth out. Add onion mixture, stir, Add crab meat, stir. Add pasta and stir.
• Serve with grated romano cheese.

PASTA CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Toss with crab and vegetables. Combine remaining ingredients. Pour over pasta mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

CREAMY CRAB PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions;drain and rinse with COLD water; drain again.
• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients.
• Chill for several hours.

CREAMY CRAB AND PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta shells 10 to 12 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• In a bowl, blend the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, honey mustard, and dill. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a large bowl, toss together the cooked pasta, sour cream mixture, crabmeat, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and green onions. Cover and chill until serving.

CREAMY DUNGENESS CRAB WITH PENNE PASTA

Steps:

• Cook the penne according to directions in salted water then drain and lightly oil and set aside.
• Saute the shallots and garlic in the butter over med-low heat until softened, about 1 to 2 minutes.
• Increase heat to high and add the heavy cream and reduce the cream over the heat for 1 minute.
• Add the white wine, sugar, salt and pepper, and pinch of cayenne and reduce heat to low heat and continue to simmer for about 2-3 minutes.
• Add 3/4 of the crabmeat and all of the penne, and the parmessan cheese and gently toss together.
• Transfer to serving platter and sprinkle with dill, extra parmessan and remaining dungeness crab.
• Enjoy!

CRAB PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Place in refrigerator to cool.
• When pasta is cool, stir in crab, green pepper, tomatoes and onions.
• For dressing, combining dressing ingredients; pour over salad and gently toss to coat.
• Cover and refrigerate for 2-4 hours.
• When serving if salad seems a tad dry add a little more Italian Salad Dressing.
• Sliver Parmesan Cheese over the top and serve with warm Italian Bread and more salad dressing for dipping.

CUCUMBER CRAB PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Please note: cucumber and crab amounts are to your preference. The amounts listed here are a pretty good veggie/crab to noodle ratio.
• Do not use noodles larger than the medium shells. You can use smaller shell noodles, though.
• Boil noodles. Rinse well and let drain for quite a while. Stir them often when draining them to make sure all the water is out of the shells. The less water on them, the better the salad dressing sticks to them.
• Slice cucumber (with or without skin) to your preference. I typically slice it in half lengthwise, then do about 1/8 thin slices.
• Chop the imitation crab into chunks and add to the noodles.
• Sprinkle with salt and dill over entire mixture and stir. Dill should have a nice amount of "speckling" throughout the dish after stirring.
• If serving right away, pour approx 1/2 the bottle of dressing onto the cucumber crab mixture and stir, then slowly add more to lightly cover everything. You don't want the noodles sopping wet with dressing, but you want a nice thin coat on everything in the bowl.
• Chill until serving.
• If you are taking this to a pot luck or making it ahead, assemble everything but the dressing and keep refridgerated. Pour the dressing on just before serving.
• Keep dressing handy for left-overs because it tends to get sucked into the noodles if it sits in the fridge for any length of time.
• Optional: For presentation you can decorate with cherry tomatoes on top and sprinkle with dill for garnish.