Pasta salad with crab meat
20 min
A filling pasta salad that is ready in 20 minutes. Good for a picnic or for days when you don't feel like spending much time in the kitchen.
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Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 300g rotini pasta
- 150g frozen petits pois, more to taste
- 2 (120g) packages crabmeat, flaked
- 70g Swiss cheese, grated
- 40g grated Parmesan cheese, or more to taste
- 2/3 of a 250ml bottle oil and vinegar salad dressing (such as Newman's Own®), to taste
Method
Prep:10min ›
Cook:10min ›
Ready in:20min
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to package instructions till al dente, about 8 minutes.
- Put frozen peas into a large colander. Pour the pasta water over the peas. Fill the empty pot with cold water and immerse pasta and peas in the cold water to cool completely. Drain well.
- Mix crab meat, Swiss cheese, and Parmesan cheese in a large bowl; add pasta and peas and toss to mix. Pour dressing over the salad and toss to coat.
