Best 7 Rainbow Rotini Crab Salad Recipes

CREAMY CRAB AND PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta shells 10 to 12 minutes, until al dente, and drain.
• In a bowl, blend the sour cream, mayonnaise, lemon juice, honey mustard, and dill. Season with salt and pepper.
• In a large bowl, toss together the cooked pasta, sour cream mixture, crabmeat, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and green onions. Cover and chill until serving.

RAINBOW ROTINI SALAD

Steps:

• Bring 4 quarts of water to a rapid boil (2 teaspoons of salt can be added, optional). Add rotini. Return water to rapid boil and cook uncovered, stirring frequently, for about 10 to 12 minutes. Drain. Rinse in cold water.
• Combine cooked pasta with tomatoes, green bell pepper, onion, cucumber, broccoli, mushrooms, olives and Italian salad dressing. Cover and chill. Toss salad before serving.

PASTA SALAD WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain pasta and add to a large bowl with extra-virgin olive oil. Stir well, and refrigerate, about 30 minutes, while preparing the other ingredients.
• Combine bell pepper, broccoli, carrots, crabmeat, olives, and onion in a bowl. Add to pasta.
• Stir together mayonnaise, balsamic vinaigrette, Italian seasoning, and black pepper for the dressing in a small bowl and pour over the pasta salad. Mix to combine. Garnish with cherry tomatoes and serve at room temperature or chilled.

RAINBOW PASTA SALAD I

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and rinse twice in cold water.
• In a large bowl, combine cooked pasta, pepperoni, broccoli, olives, cheese and dressing.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

RAINBOW ROTINI PASTA SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Rinse in cold water and drain; place in a large bowl. Add carrots, onion, green pepper and celery seed. In another bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Pour over pasta mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight.

CRAB & VEGGIE SALAD

Steps:

• Cook rainbow rotini, oil and 1/2 tablespoon of salt at a medium heat in 3 quarts of rapidly boiling water for approx. 9 to 11 minutes or when pasta looks ready. It should be tender not soggy (that means it is over cooked). Remove and drain pasta. Use the same water to reheat the frozen mixed vegetables for about 1 minute -- just to heat up the vegetables and not toss them in the salad frozen. After vegetables heat up, drain them and have them ready to use.
• Crab should be cooked and taken out from its shell if you are using fresh crab. Otherwise you can use canned crab meat.
• Ready to mix..... In a salad bowl add all ingredients: drained pasta, mix vegetables, shredded lettuce, finely cut red onion, crab meat, real mayo and Miracle Whip (or light mayo) and 1/2 tablespoon of salt. Mix well and refrigerate until is ready to serve.

PASTA CRAB SALAD

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Toss with crab and vegetables. Combine remaining ingredients. Pour over pasta mixture; toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.