Linguini with Roasted Red Peppers, Crabmeat, and Basil

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  ¼ cup or 54g

• Garlic

  Raw

  3 clove or 9g

• Crushed red pepper flakes

  1 tsp or 0.3g

• Red peppers

  Sweet, canned, solids and liquids

  1 cup, halves or 140g

• Yellow peppers

  Sweet, raw

  ¾ pepper, large (3-3/4" long, 3" dia) or 140g

• Linguine

  Meijer

  2 oz or 57g

• Alaska king crab

  Crustaceans, imitation, made from surimi

  6 oz or 50g

• Basil

  Fresh

  ½ cup leaves, whole or 12g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  1 dash or 0.1g

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a big pinch of kosher salt. . Place the oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a small skillet and turn heat to high. When the oil and garlic begin to sizzle, turn off the heat.
2. Cook pasta in boiling water until al dente. Reserve 1/4 cup of the pasta cooking liquid. Drain pasta and place in a large bowl. Immediately toss with the garlic-red pepper flake oil. Add the sliced roasted red peppers, crab meat and fresh basil to the bowl. Toss together. Taste. Add some of the reserved pasta cooking liquid if necessary. Season with more salt and pepper if necessary.

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