Best Easy Seafood Pasta Salad Recipes

EASY SEAFOOD PASTA SALAD

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Rainbow pasta dotted with green peas, green peppers, onions, carrots, celery, and imitation crabmeat is wrapped in a creamy dressing with a touch of sweetness.

Provided by DeaLeslie

Categories Salad Seafood Salad Recipes Crab Salad Recipes

Time 5h40m

Yield 8

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

1 ½ (8 ounce) packages tri-color pasta
1 cup mayonnaise, or to taste
3 tablespoons milk
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 ½ tablespoons white sugar
1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
¼ teaspoon ground black pepper, or to taste
1 pound imitation crabmeat
2 cups frozen green peas, thawed
6 carrots, diced
3 stalks celery, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
½ sweet onion, diced

Steps:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the tri-color pasta at a boil, stirring occasionally, until cooked through yet firm to the bite, 8 to 10 minutes. Rinse pasta under cold water until cool; drain.
Whisk mayonnaise, milk, vinegar, sugar, salt, and black pepper together in a large bowl until smooth. Add pasta, imitation crabmeat, peas, carrots, celery, green pepper, and onion; mix until evenly coated. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate to let flavors combine, at least 5 hours.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 479.4 calories, Carbohydrate 55.6 g, Cholesterol 22.3 mg, Fat 23.2 g, Fiber 5.3 g, Protein 13 g, SaturatedFat 3.6 g, Sodium 1021.5 mg, Sugar 13.1 g

EASY SEAFOOD PASTA SALAD

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Categories Shellfish Quick & Easy

Yield 12

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

2 boxes Ranch and Bacon flavored pasta salad
1 pound imitation or real crabmeat.
1 pound cooked medium shrimp,peeled and deveined.
1 cup mayonaise
1 teaspoon paprika(optional)

Steps:

Cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and rinse with cold water. Transfer pasta to large mixing bowl. Add seasoning packets and mix well. Add shrimp and crabmeat(if using real crab,be sure to pick through it and remove all shell fragments). Stir in mayonaise and mix until combined. Sprinkle paprika over salad. Do not stir. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours before serving.