Chilli crab spaghetti

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Chilli crab spaghetti, the original ingredients

Anne made this for me from a recipe that she had seen Ainsley Harriott make on TV recently. It was nice, but not really all that 'fishy'. This is a fishier version.

Ingredients

• 150 g dried spaghetti
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
• 2 small fresh hot chillies de-seeded and finely chopped. red or green are fine. They freeze brilliantly so freeze what you don't use.
• Thumb sized lump of ginger, peeled and grated - home made lazy ginger is just as good.
• 100 g white crabmeat
• 100 g peeled prawns
• Good splash of nam pla
• 150 g cheery tomatoes
• 4 spring onions, chopped on the diagonal
• Juice and zest from 1 lime
• Leaves from fresh coriander or parsley, chopped

Method

1. Cook the pasta until it has just a little bite, about 10 minutes in boiling salted water.
2. Add the oil to a separate large pan and sauté the garlic, chilli, ginger, tomatoes and half of the spring onions for 4 minutes.
3. Tip the drained pasta into the large pan, add the crab, prawns, lime and herbs.
4. Mix well and serve.
5. garnish with the remaining spring onions and a few herb leaves.

Variations

Don't be too bothered about the quantities of the seafood, crab tends to come in minute packs and can be quite expensive. Make up the difference with prawns or other seafood that may be available.