Crab Salad with orzo

A spicy dressing mixes perfectly with cool crab meat, tomatoes, and peppers.

1½ cups orzo pasta, uncooked
1 lb crabmeat, cooked
4 Roma tomatoes, chopped
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1 medium red bell pepper, diced
1 medium green bell pepper, diced
3 green onions, chopped
½ cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
3 Tbsp. chili sauce
1 Tbsp. lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1 tsp. sea salt
½ tsp. black pepper, freshly cracked
3 drops hot pepper sauce

Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to a boil. Add orzo, and cook 11 minutes, or until al dente. Drain, and place in the refrigerator about 1 hour, until chilled.

In a large bowl, toss together orzo, crabmeat, tomatoes, carrot, red bell pepper, green bell pepper, and green onions.

In a small bowl, blend mayonnaise, chili sauce, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and hot pepper sauce. Pour over the orzo mixture, and toss to coat.

Makes 6 servings.