Fra Diavolo Crab Sauce Recipe
Flavorful and easy to make sauce. We live in the beautiful Southwest and must buy the lump crab at Sam's. The recipe makes plenty for a dinner party or freezing for later use. Although not described, don't forget to make your version of garlic bread so everyone can mop their plates.
Ingredients
- 16 oz of lump crab meat - rinsed, drained and pulled by fork
- two 28 oz can of whole tomatoes - crushed by hand or diced using poultry scissors
- medium onion - chopped
- 10 cloves of garlic - crushed with the side of a chef's knife and rough chopped
- olive oil - couple swirls to coat the sauce pan
- 1.5 tsp of red pepper flakes
- two pinches of kosher salt
Directions
- add a couple of swirls of olive oil to the sauce pan
- add the red pepper flakes
- add the chopped onion
- add the rough chopped garlic
- turn the element on to saute the ingredients till the onion begins to soften and the garlic releases its wonderful smell, stirring frequently
- add the crab and the crushed tomatoes and and all of the juice
- stir to mix the ingredients
- add the two pinches of kosher salt
- turn the heat up to boil
- once boiling, cover and reduce to a simmer for an hour
- with about a half hour remaining on the simmer, prepare pasta of your choice. (we use linguini or spaghetti.)
- drain the pasta and incorporate into the sauce
- Mangia.
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Recipe | %DV |
|---|---|
| Recipe Size 773g | |
| Calories 493 | |
| Calories from Fat 29 | 6% |
| Total Fat 3.21g | 4% |
| Saturated Fat 0.51g | 2% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 191mg | 64% |
| Sodium 4382mg | 183% |
| Potassium 1540mg | 44% |
| Total Carbs 25.71g | 7% |
| Dietary Fiber 4.2g | 14% |
| Sugars 9.14g | 6% |
| Protein 87.23g | 140% |
