Simple Spaghetti with Crab & Piquante Peppers

This recipe for Simple Spaghetti with Crab & Piquante Peppers makes a quick and delicious meal.

The sweet crabmeat, heat of the Piquante Peppers, garlic, and lemon work beautifully together making the perfect quick and easy dinner that’s ready in just 20 minutes.

In the summertime, I love making quick and easy dishes that don’t keep you in front of the hot stove for too long.

This recipe is perfect for those summer evenings and it’s so good, you can serve it proudly to guests and look like you’ve spent hours in the kitchen when all it took was minutes to prepare!

My Cream Cheese & Ricotta Stuffed Peppadews that inspired this dish.

I recently posted a recipe for  Cream Cheese & Ricotta Stuffed Peppadew (Piquante) Peppers.  I loved them so much, I decided to come up with some more recipes using these lovely, sweet yet spicy peppers.

I buy the mild peppers because they have a sweet, slight heat, but if you like your food super spicy, they also come in hot.

The peppers and crab are the perfect combination and work really well together.  I used fresh crab, but keep canned crab on hand so this is the perfect dish for those nights when you think you have nothing in the house for dinner, but end up having everything you need right in the pantry!

Love Crab?  Why not try my Easy Crab Cakes?

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Simple Spaghetti with Crab & Piquante Peppers

This recipe for Simple Spaghetti with Crab & Piquante Peppers makes a quick and delicious meal. The sweet crabmeat, heat of the Piquante Peppers, garlic, and lemon work beautifully together making the perfect quick and easy dinner that's ready in just 20 minutes.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Italian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 20 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 693 kcal

Author Erren

Ingredients

• 1 lb spaghetti
• 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
• 4-6 Piquante peppers de-seeded and chopped
• 2 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 1 lb crabmeat fresh or canned
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 2 tablespoons butter
• squeeze of lemon optional
• flat-leaf parsley large handful, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

US Measurements - Metric Measurements

Instructions

1. Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and add the spaghetti. Give it a good stir and boil for 1 min less than the package says. Drain and reserve about a half a cup of the pasta water.
2. While the pasta cooks, gently heat the olive oil with the garlic in a pan large enough to hold all the cooked pasta.
3. Cook the garlic very gently until it starts to sizzle, then turn up the heat and add the white wine and peppers.
4. Simmer everything until the wine and olive oil come together.
5. Add the crabmeat, using a rubber spatula or wooded spoon, gently break up the crabmeat.
6. Add the spaghetti and butter and toss together gently and allow to cook for one more minute until the pasta is al dente. If it starts to look a bit dry, add some of the reserved pasta water & serve.
7. Add a squeeze of lemon & salt and pepper to taste.

Nutrition Facts

Simple Spaghetti with Crab & Piquante Peppers

Amount Per Serving

Calories 693 Calories from Fat 162

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 18g 28%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 62mg 21%

Sodium 1061mg 44%

Potassium 505mg 14%

Total Carbohydrates 87g 29%

Dietary Fiber 3g 12%

Sugars 3g

Protein 35g 70%

Vitamin A 8%

Vitamin C 24.7%

Calcium 8.1%

Iron 14.7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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