Pasta With Crab
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Salt to taste
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons slivered or minced garlic
2 dried red chilies, or to taste
1 pound pasta
1/2 pound crab meat, or more
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves

1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, and salt it. Put oil,
garlic, chilies and a pinch of salt in a saucepan large enough
to hold cooked pasta and turn heat to medium-low. Cook, shaking
pan, until garlic just begins to color; turn off heat.

2. When water boils, cook pasta. When it is just about done, turn
heat under oil back to low and add crab; stir once or twice.
Drain pasta (reserve a bit of cooking water), and toss it in
crab sauce to coat. If mixture seems a bit dry, add reserved
cooking water or more olive oil. Stir in parsley, adjust
seasoning, and serve. Yield: 3 or 4 servings.