Description
Seafood pasta salad is a perfect as a side dish or main all summer long. Full of sweet crab meat and shrimp, loads of veggies and a creamy bold dressing, this noodle salad will be a hit anytime you make it!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 lbs rotini pasta (cooked, drained, and tossed under running cold water until cooled)
- 2 peppers (red, yellow, or orange) (seeded & diced)
- 1 bunch green onions (thinly sliced)
- 2 cups grape tomatoes (halved lengthwise)
- 1 16 oz container lump crab meat (drained)
- 1/2 cup imitation crab meat (chopped & flaked apart)
- 2 packets ranch dressing mix
- 1/2 cup zesty Italian dressing
- 2 1/3 cups mayo
- 1 12 oz bag frozen salad shrimp (thawed & drained)
Instructions
- Step: Add all of the ingredients to an extra large mixing bowl.
- Step: Stir, stir, stir, until everything’s evenly combined.
- Step: Cover and chill for 2 hours.
- Step: Serve immediately, and enjoy!
Notes
Can be made ahead of time by whisking dressing ingredients separately, stirring in two-thirds, and reserving the final third to mix in just before serving. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for no more than 2 days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 0 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Lunch, Pasta, Seafood, Side Dish
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 372 kcal
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 262 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Trans Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 37 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 12 mg
Keywords: seafood pasta salad, crab, shrimp, creamy pasta salad, summer side dish, rotini pasta