EASY CRAB PASTA SALAD RECIPE

This is a very simple and budget-friendly Crab Pasta Salad. It can be served as a side dish. You can do so much with imitation crab meat, This recipe can be expensive if you use real crab meat, but that is an option for this recipe. I want to show you that you can still enjoy a tasty Crab Pasta Salad with budget-friendly ingredients .

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Ingredients:

5 fresh green onions from my garden

1 medium-sized yellow onion

2 cups of pasta

you can use any pasta of your choice

Lemon pepper seasoning

1 pack of imitation crab meat

If you would like to use the real crab meat please feel free to do so but this is a budget-friendly meal

Old Bay seasoning

Garlic powder

If you're on a budget dollar tree will be your best friend  for the dry seasonings

I have Caribbean roots so you know I gotta have some Cajun Seasoning for my heat  

Onion powder

Seasoned salt

you can use any brand of seasoned salt

I have some Homemade Vegan Mayo

I used this vegan mayo  recipe

Cooking

I'm bringing to a boil 3 cups of water 

on medium heat

I'm adding half a teaspoon  of salt

I'm adding the pasta to the boiling water and I'm going to give it a quick stir  

I'm going to allow them to cook on medium heat until they are semi-soft but not mushy   

While my pasta is cooking, finely chop half of the onion

Do the same with the green onions

Move on to the crab meat 

Finely chop the crab meat

Let me know in the comments

if you've ever made crab pasta salad

or used imitation crab meat and in what dish

Once you are through cutting the crab, check on the pasta

There are two ways to check your pasta to see if it's done you can either pinch it or use a knife to cut one of them

Once the pasta is ready, drain it, then run some cold  water over it

Let it sit for a few minutes to drain the excess water

Next, place the drained pasta into a large bowl

Add the chopped crab meat to the drained pasta

Add the chopped half onion

Add the chopped green onions

Time for the dry seasonings.

Cover the pasta with some of that Old Bay seasoning

Lightly sprinkle some garlic powder to your taste

Lightly sprinkle some seasoned salt

Mix all the ingredients together

Add 3 tbsps of my vegan mayo and I'm 

spread it evenly throughout the pasta

Add an additional 2 tbsps of the vegan mayo 

you don't want my pasta salad to be dry

After taste-testing it, it was missing something so 

I added a little bit more of the Old Bay seasoning 

as well as about 1 /3 teaspoon of the garlic powder

Always make sure to taste test your food

Mix in some cajun seasoning to spice it 

up a bit

You can add the cajun seasoning to your taste

if you can't handle spicy food, you can skip this step

Add 2 additional tablespoons of vegan mayo for a total of seven tablespoons  

You can also use a mayo of your choice 

as I mentioned before the pasta salad has  to be moist

Let me know in the comments  if you've ever used homemade vegan mayo 

This is totally optional sprinkle

Mix about 1 tsp of lemon pepper seasoning

Place it in the refrigerator before serving it

Remove the Crab Pasta Salad from the refrigerator and chill for about an hour

It is ready to be served

Here is the video tutorial for this delicious Crab Pasta

Salad

This is a budget-friendly meal  for less than 10 bucks

This is my very simple and easy Crab Pasta Salad

As you can see you can use any pasta to make this

salad.

Enjoy!