Easy Seafood Pasta Salad. Thanks for tuning in to watch my video. I hope you're doing good and safe. Today, I'm sharing with you how to make easy seafood pasta salad.
This pasta salad may be made with crabmeat, shrimp, lobster, or a combination of shellfish. This easy seafood salad was inspired by a dish I had in the Bahamas that featured conch. I substituted crab and shrimp and like it even more! You can cook Easy Seafood Pasta Salad using 10 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Easy Seafood Pasta Salad
- It's 1 of cucumber.
- Prepare 1 of tomato.
- It's 2 packs of shredded cheese *I used 1 cheddar and 1 sharp.
- You need 2 bottles of Classic Italian Salad Dressing.
- You need 1 bag of raw peeled deveined shrimp *I used 1/2 bag/any size.
- Prepare of Black pepper.
- Prepare 2 boxes of pasta -tri colored rotini.
- Prepare of White eggs.
- It's of Butter or oil.
- You need of Water.
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Easy Seafood Pasta Salad step by step
- Boil water - when it comes to a boil add all the pasta. Cook until done *usually 35-45 mins on medium high.i like my noodles on the softer side I DO PASTA 1ST SO IT HAS TIME TO COOL.
- While pasta boiling -Boil 5-6 eggs about 15-20 mins. Once finished, peel & let cool *don't want warm eggs in pasta salad.
- Cut /slice eggs in sizes of choice and add pepper.
- Dice / cut cucumber into small pieces or sizes of choice.
- Dice / cut tomato into small pieces or size of choice.
- After that, combine and stir to mix together in bowl. Add half bottle of Italian dressing to the diced cucumbers and tomatoes. Cover and refrigerate..
- Add half bottle of Italian dressing to the diced cucumbers and tomatoes. Cover and refrigerate..
- Melt 1 spoon of butter in pan. Place thawed shrimp in pan. On medium /medium high cook through & until orange both sides. Once done take out *I USE 1/2 BAG.
- Be sure to turn them over to cook/roate evenly both sides(4 mins). I cooked mine on medium high..
- Cut tail off (can leave on) and cut up shrimp to size of choosing.
- In empty container/pan add medium layer of cooled pasta then cover with cheese throw in some shrimp and eggs. Cover with 1/2 bottle dressing..
- Then add the rest of the pasta and all other ingredients remaining and lightly mix.
- Eat!!! yummm *i like to let mine chill in the fridge before eating : ).
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