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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 8 Minutes |
Ready In: 13 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Easy pasta salad using surimi (imitation) crab, pasta and poppy seed dressing. Pasta shells or gemelli will work, but rotelli is easy to pick up with the crab and I like the colorful pasta. If you only have a sweet poppy seed dressing, add some red wine vinegar or lime juice to give it some tartness. Ingredients:
2 cups cooked tri-colored rotelle pasta |
1 lb imitation crabmeat, chunks (surimi) |
1/4 cup mayonnaise |
2/3 cup poppy seed dressing (la martinique or a sweet or sour variety) |
salt & pepper |
0.5 (8 ounce) bag shredded mozzarella cheese or 0.5 (8 ounce) bag mozzarella cheese or 0.5 (8 ounce) bag provolone cheese, mix |
Directions:
1. Cook the noodles al dente, rinse and cool. I like to gently remove the water from the noodles by tossing with paper towels in my hand - they hold the sauce better.
2. Rinse the crab meat and separate into bite sized pieces.
3. In a large bowl, combine the crab, mayonnaise, poppy seed dressing, salt & pepper.
4. Add the noodles and a handful of the cheese to the crab mixture and combine.
5. Refrigerate for at least an hour, and add more parmesan to the top to serve.
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