Linguine with crab, lemon and chilli

Name: Linguine with crab, lemon and chilli
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200g linguine; 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 red chilli, finely chopped; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 170g white crab meat, fresh or tinned; 2 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped

Sweet white crab meat, lemon and a little chilli make a light but luxurious pasta in 20 minutes.

Time20 mins
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.93 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

2 servings

Ingredients

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200 glinguine
2 tbspolive oil
2garlic clovesfinely chopped
1red chillifinely chopped
1lemonzest and juice
170 gwhite crab meatfresh or tinned
2 tbspfresh flat leaf parsleychopped

Method

1
Boil the linguine in salted water for the packet time. Keep a mug of the water.
9 min
2
Warm the oil in a large frying pan on a low heat. Add the garlic and chilli and cook for 1 minute.
1 min
3
Stir in the lemon zest and juice and the crab. Warm for 1 minute without boiling it hard.
1 min
4
Add the drained linguine and 4 tablespoons of pasta water and toss over the heat for 1 minute until glossy.
5
Season with pepper, scatter over the parsley and serve.

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