Spicy Crab with pasta

Name: Spicy Crab with pasta Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1lb package or pasta like Farfalle or your favorite use a low cal pasta if you have it; .5 cup of butter (use less if you like or use olive oil); 1 can of crab meat or use 8oz of fresh crab meat; 1 15oz can of diced tomato; 1.5 T of red pepper flakes; 1T of chopped garlic; salt and pepper to taste (be careful with the salt)

Minutes to Prepare: 10
Minutes to Cook: 10

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

1lb package or pasta like Farfalle or your favorite, use a low cal pasta if you have it.5 cup of butter (use less if you like or use olive oil)1 can of crab meat or use 8oz of fresh crab meat1 15oz can of diced tomato1.5 T of red pepper flakes1T of chopped garlicsalt and pepper to taste (be careful with the salt)

Directions

Cook pasta to package directions and drain
melt butter in a pot/pan.
Add red pepper flakes, garlic, salt and pepper
Stir and cook on medium heat for 3 minutes, but don't let the garlic go brown/black
Add the crab meat and just heat it through (don't cook the crab meat more than three minutes

Add the hot, drained pasta and the pot and mix carefully so you don't break up the crab.

Serve hot and add some of the water you boiled the pasta in if you need to 'loosen' it up a bit

You may serve with grated cheese, however in Italy you will never see then use cheese with seafood too often

Serving Size: 8 1-cup servings

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user CTSOONER.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

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