A pasta recipe that takes just 30 minutes to make is great at reducing high cholesterol, and it tastes great. Crab linguine with chilli and parsley takes 15 minutes to prep and 15 minutes to cook and will be a real people-pleaser. If you are looking for healthy meals to make for the family or for your week at work, then this is a great option. With a few good-quality ingredients, it can be put together with little effort.

The pasta recipe, which has been shared by BBC Good Food, consists of eight ingredients and serves four people. Per serving, it is 546 calories and has 17 grams of fat. Meanwhile, it consists of 74 grams of carbs and 3 grams of fibre, as well as 27 grams of protein. It can lower high cholesterol because of its soluble fibre as well as healthy fats. Here is everything you need to know about making this crab linguine pasta that is healthy and delicious.

The ingredients you will need are 400g linguine, 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 red chilli, 2 garlic cloves, 1 whole cooked crab, small splash of white wine, a small squeeze of lemon and a large handful of flat-leaf parsley. The lemon is optional, so you can make this pasta dish with just seven ingredients if you really wanted to.

To start, bring a pot of salted water to a boil and add the linguine. Stir well and cook for one minute less than the package instructions.

While that cooks, you heat the olive oil on a pan and add garlic and chilli. Let these ingredients cook until they start to sizzle, increase the heat, and add in the white wine. The wine and oil should come together after a while, and then take it off the heat and add the brown crabmeat, mashing it with the oil and wine to make a creamy sauce.

The pasta will be done cooking when it has a small bite to it. You can then turn on the heat for the pan with the crab and add in the pasta. Finally, add the white crabmeat and parsley to the pasta with a sprinkling of sea salt, as well as the optional squeeze of lemon.

The recipe received high reviews from home cooks who praised it in the comments section of the recipe. One person wrote: "Great recipe. Simple and delicious. I like to fry some breadcrumbs with some garlic to sprinkle on top for some extra texture."

Another said: "My absolute favourite recipe ever, we eat this at least once a week, it is so fresh tasting. Very quick and easy to make too."

A third shared: "As if this recipe is not tasty enough, I added a couple of off the vine tomatoes for a twist, worked well."