Jennifer's Crab Pasta Salad

Name: Jennifer's Crab Pasta Salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 9 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups cooked tri-colored pasta; 1 1/2 cups imitation crabmeat, chopped; 1 medium onion, minced; 1 large tomatoes or 14 ounces diced tomatoes; 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese; 1 red pepper, diced; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 cup original ranch dressing

Submitted by Crazycook in PA

"This colorful pasta salad is a tasty side dish that is great to take to partys or a cookout. By using the fake crab, it is an inexpensive salad to fix."

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Ready In:: 22mins
Ingredients:: 8
Serves:: 9

ingredients

2 cups cooked tri-colored pasta
1 ¹⁄₂ cups imitation crabmeat, chopped
1 medium onion, minced
1 large tomatoes or 14 ounces diced tomatoes
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 red pepper, diced
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup original ranch dressing

directions

Cook pasta in boiling water until done and drain.
Chop up crab meat into 1/2 inch pieces and place in bowl.
Add rest of ingredients and mix thoroughly.
Chill.

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Reviews

One of the best pasta salads I have made. I did not add the tomatoes and instead added some frozen peas. Will be a regular for the summer.

CIndytc
This salad was so yummy. I followed the recipe as written, but I squeezed about two teaspoons of fresh lemon juice, and added 1/4 cup of fresh sweet basil that I had growing in the herb garden. DW loved this salad, and told me I was free to make it anytime I wish.

Mark Carlson
This salad is delightful! The only change I made was to omit the red pepper (I don't care for it) and added 1 rather large anaheim pepper fresh from the garden. I used a very large fresh tomato and think I could maybe add more, just cause I love fresh tomatoes! Maybe next time I'll add a bit of fresh cucumber, think it will go very nicely. Very easy, and very tasty, thank you for posting such a treat. Will definitely make this again, as we all loved it!

jrtfan
Excellent salad. The cheddar cheese is an especially good addition--which surprised me as I usually don't like cheese with seafood.

iris5555
We LOVED this salad! I omitted the onions for personal preference, but otherwise did everything the same. Such a creamy, crunchy, awesome Crab salad. YUM!

crimper