Name: Easy Chilli Crab Linguine
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 2 ounces (50 g) butter; 4 fat cloves of garlic thinly sliced; 1 long red chilli finely chopped - seeds optional; 2 tablespoons capers; 10 ounces ( 300 g) fresh crab meat; 1 lb ( 500 g) squid ink linguine or fettuccine; 2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest; 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice; 1/2 cup parsley roughly chopped; 1/4 cup chives finely chopped; handful cherry tomatoes quartered; freshly ground black pepper

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Easy Chilli Crab Linguine with crab meat, olive oil, butter, garlic, lemon zest and juice, fresh herbs, capers and some chilli is a winning recipe. Toss in some cherry tomatoes for acidity and colour…. delicious!
So quick that dinner is on the table in 20 minutes! Too easy. Check out our chorizo prawn pasta for another amazingly delicious, quick pasta recipe in 30 minutes!

PASTA

Weʼve used squid ink linguine here because we just love the colour contrast. Seriously though we really canʼt taste the ‘squid inkʼ in the pasta but just love the colour contrast…..so please go ahead and use fettuccini or linguine if thatʼs what you have.

crab linguine adding capers to butter, garlic and chilli in white frypan — adding capers

crab linguine adding chilli and garlic to white frypan — adding chilli and garlic to melted butter

crab linguine butter melting in white frypan — melting butter

We have been crabbing in the gorgeous waters of Moreton Bay so many times we couldnʼt count. Up early for the tide and dropping our pots from the boat, then coming back and pulling them up with much excitement. You have to be mindful of not taking the ‘jennysʼ which is the female crab. Size is also a major consideration, so if theyʼre too small, back they go….

crab linguine adding fresh crab meat to butter, oil, garlic, chilli and capers — adding the fresh crab meat

crab linguine squid ink linguine drained in a green colander — squid ink linguine

crab linguine adding lemon juice and zest, tomato, chives and parsley — adding tomato, lemon, parsley and chives

We would bring our haul back home and have the biggest pot on with water boiling…..In they go for 8-10 minutes, then hauled out and cleaned. …(the boring part)….
Delicious, sweet and buttery crab meat. Dad would say we were good for 3 crabs, three times a day and he wasnʼt wrong. Very often the menu was freshly cooked crab meat, balsamic vinegar, salt and fine white pepper along with fresh crusty white bead and butter…… Ah, memories!

crab linguine ready to serve in a white speckled bowl with lemon — Easy Chilli Crab Linguine – Completed dish ready to share with family and friends…….. or not!

This Easy Chilli Crab Linguine dish was often on the menu after our catch. Quick to prepare and delicious. Simple, quick and so, so tasty.

Whatʼs your quick go-to pasta dish? Easy Chilli Crab Linguine

Serves 4

Easy Chilli Crab Linguine

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Crab linguine ready and on the table in twenty minutes! Delicious buttery, lemony and full of crab.... it's a great date night pasta.

Ingredients

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
2 ounces (50 g) butter
4 fat cloves of garlic thinly sliced
1 long red chilli finely chopped - seeds optional
2 tablespoons capers
10 ounces ( 300 g) fresh crab meat
1 lb ( 500 g) squid ink linguine or fettuccine
2 tablespoons finely grated lemon zest
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup parsley roughly chopped
1/4 cup chives finely chopped
handful cherry tomatoes quartered
freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

prepare pasta according to instructions, drain and set aside
put oil and butter in a frypan over medium heat
add chilli and garlic cooking for 2 minutes gently
mix through capers then crab meat gently
add lemon juice, zest, parsley, chives and tomatoes and mix gently through
toss in linguine and pepper and mix thoroughly
serve and enjoy!

Notes

any type of pasta can be used

Nutrition Information

Yield

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 602Total Fat 22gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 14gCholesterol 311mgSodium 1773mgCarbohydrates 33gFiber 4gSugar 3gProtein 66g

Nutritional information provided here is only intended as a guide.