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two chopsticks holding up crab pasta showing the chili pasta and the crabs

Creamy Chili Crab Pasta

Creamy Chili Crab Pasta is yet another seafood pasta recipe that only needs a few minutes to make, and utterly delicious! Lots of chili oil, fresh cooked crab meat tossed in pasta. So Good! So spicy, creamy, flavorful with crab legs. 

Course main, Main Course, noodles, Pasta
Cuisine Asian, seafood
Keyword chili oil pasta, chili pasta, Crab recipe, Crab recipes, creamy chili crab pasta, creamy chili pasta, creamy crab pasta
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 27 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 730 kcal
Author Mahy

Ingredients

Crab

  • 4 crab legs
  • 1 tabelspoon butter
  • 1/2 teaspon salt and pepper

Creamy Chili Pasta

  • 1 cup chili oil recipe here
  • 1 pack linguine cooked according to package instructions
  • 2 Tablespoons cream more or less to taste

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.

  2. Cook the crabs with butter in a skillet that's also oven safe by ading butter over medium high heat in a skillet. Add in the crabs and season. Cook the crab in the skillet for 3 minutes per side.

    fresh crab legs cooking in a skillet with butter, salt and pepper

  3. Then you're going to cover it with foil and take it to the oven for 15 minutes.

  4. Once ready, you're going to remove the crab meat from the shells. And your crab is ready.
    Ready out of the oven crab ready to make crab chii pasta
  5. You can likewise use store-bought crab meat, but we wanted to show you how to make it entirely from scratch as well.
  6. Make Chili Pasta
  7. Cook your favorite type of pasta. We used linguine for this dish. You can use fettuccine, spaghetti or spaghettini. Bucatini is another great alternative. We find that noodles are a great alternative here too and offer a great Asian experience.
    A hand pouring the spicy chili oil over cooked pasta to make chili crab pasta
  8. Once cooked you're going to pour in a generous amount of your Chili Oil Recipe. This oil has all the flavors you need like garlic, ginger, chillies, sesame and more! However you can toss in extra of those in to the pasta if you like as well.
  9. Mix the pasta with the oil until well coated and flavorful.
    Pasta tossed in lots of chili oil until it has a deep red color, and some cream on the side to make creamy chili crab pasta
  10. Now you can the cream to make it a creamy chili crab pasta, or leave it as it is.
  11. Serve it with the crab meat on top--store bought or cooked as shown above.
    Large Crab meat added over a bowl of creamy chili crab pasta and two chopsticks on the side
  12. SO GOOD! Super and satisfying meal!

Recipe Video

Recipe Notes

Tips for BEST Creamy Chili Crab Pasta

  1. If you can use fresh crab meat instead of store bought, it would be highly recommended. If you're rushed on time, you can buy cooked crab meat and skip the preparation step of the fish. 
  2. We always have a jar of Chili Oil in our pantry. It keeps for months and we use it endlessly! If you have that prepared as well, this recipe only requires 15 minutes!
  3. We love a long pasta for this recipe, it gets coated really well with the chili oil and you taste the flavor in every bite.
  4. To make this creamy, add 2 -3 tablespoons of cream per bowl of chili crab pasta. The spicy and creamy contrast is AMAZING!
  5. You can use sour cream if you're out of heavy cream, but avoid using milk or half n half. 
  6. This recipe is great served hot or cold. So feel free to test it both ways and find your favorite. We especially like it without cream when cold--sort of like a salad!
  7. Leftovers are great if you're going to have them cold the next day. Otherwise reheat the dish in a microwave safe bowl. 
  8. We don't recommend freezing cooked crab, as it changes texture. 
Nutrition Facts
Creamy Chili Crab Pasta
Amount Per Serving
Calories 730 Calories from Fat 531
% Daily Value*
Fat 59g91%
Saturated Fat 10g63%
Trans Fat 0.01g
Polyunsaturated Fat 6g
Monounsaturated Fat 40g
Cholesterol 9mg3%
Sodium 68mg3%
Potassium 261mg7%
Carbohydrates 56g19%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 3g3%
Protein 15g30%
Vitamin A 117IU2%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 30mg3%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.