Spiced crab linguine with chilli and lemon

Name: Spiced crab linguine with chilli and lemon
Total time: 25 min
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 200g linguine; 3 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced; 1 red chilli, finely chopped; 1 lemon, zest and juice; 170g white crab meat; 50g brown crab meat; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; 60ml pasta water

Sweet white and brown crab meat tossed through linguine with chilli, garlic and plenty of lemon.

Time25 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £2.35 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
3 tbspolive oil
2garlic clovesfinely sliced
1red chillifinely chopped
1lemonzest and juice
170 gwhite crab meat
50 gbrown crab meat
2 tbspchopped parsley
60 mlpasta water

Method

1
Cook the linguine in plenty of boiling salted water until just tender, about 10 minutes. Save a mugful of water, then drain.
10 min
2
While it cooks, warm the oil in a large pan and cook the garlic and chilli for 1 minute without browning.
1 min
3
Stir in the brown crab meat and lemon juice to make a rich sauce.
4
Add the pasta and 60 ml of pasta water and toss over the heat for 1 minute.
5
Fold in the white crab meat, lemon zest and parsley. Do not stir too hard or it will break up.
6
Serve at once with black pepper.

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