This recipe was FANTASTIC! I made this bisque soup then poured the cooled soup into ziplock bag-lined 16oz cups then froze. When completely frozen I removed the soup filled ziplocks from the cup molds and had a dozen servings ready to defrost on a moments notice in my freezer. This recipe is not an easy one but VERY fun to make with a friend (you will probably need help with the cheese cloth straining - it's a slow messy strain). HIGHLY Recommend for taste show and fun challange to prepare. Serves nicely with fresh tomatoe grilled-cheese sandwiches. Thank you!
This is the best seafood bisque recipe I have made yet. You could change the shrimp for crawfish or crab or combine them. Also, the trouble of straining out the shells is well worth the effort--they add so much flavor!
When I peeled my shrimp, I made sure I threw away the feet and only put the big pieces of shell in my pot. This way, they were easier to get out. Also, I used chicken stock instead of seafood, and I added corn at the end so that it's a delicious shrimp corn bisque.
Thanks for a GREAT recipe!
Awesome soup Angel! Whenever we boil shrimp for cocktail, we always save the broth and freeze it. It was nice to have all that pink broth on hand for the soup. The only thing I changed was subbing evaporated skim milk for the cream. With the addition of a big salad and homemade bread, this meal was a great success!
I'm not prone to giving bad reviews. This recipe has WAY too much paprika. I followed the recipe exactly but omitted the alcohol (we don't drink). I think it would have been delicious with 1 t. paprika but 3 T KILLED it. I could hardly taste the beautiful homemade shrimp/onion stock and expensive storebought seafood stock. It could be personal preferrence but start out easy on the spices if you're going to choose this recipe. I guess I prefer a white sauce shrimp bisque as opposed to a more cajun style bisque so I'm pretty sure it's personal preferrence. You should know though before trying it.
this was delicious! it does take a bit of time to prepare but it is worth it. i actually doubled the amount of shrimp and put half into the simmering mixture in step two (in place of omitting the shrimp shells) that way after the whole mixture simmered for 45 minutes, i could throw it all into a blender without having to pick out shrimp shells. the extra shrimp adds a lot of flavor and bulk. after pureeing it in the blender i put it in the fridge overnight, and reheated it the next day. After reheating it,i then added in the cream, spices, and more shrimp. wonderful! dinner party of 12 and everyone loved it!
A miracle. I am a fairly inexperienced cook and throughout the process I thought I had a disaster working. Accidentally used chicken stock rather than the seafood stock. At the end this was the best shrimp bisque that I have ever tasted if I did make it myself. As I was cleaning the kitchen I kept dipping into the leftover bisque. I would highly recommend this recipe.
This is AMAZING! After reading the reviews I mistakenly thought that since it was going involve so much work that I would triple the recipe. All-day ordeal! But I can only imagine what that quantity would have cost with a very similar flavor from the restaurant I always order it from. If it is your first time making it perhaps go the opposite way & reduce the recipe so you'll be prepared for the next time. Also I made one batch on the side with veg stock (Kitchen Basics brand!) for a friend and I couldn't taste a bit of difference in the end. DELICIOUS!...TIP!!!: consider getting a CHEAP mesh strainer if you can find one. Three days later and I'm still trying to pick/brush/spray all of the shrimp shell mixture out of my fine mesh strainer!
Lots of work but worth every minute. I used half and half instead of heavy cream and it was still very flavorful. My only word of caution is to use a mesh strainer--or better yet cheese cloth in the mesh strainer. Don't try to use only cheese cloth to strain because it has a hard time holding up to the thickness of the sauce. Lacking a mesh strainer as an emergency fix I put my cheesecloth into a colander and strained it that way.
This is probably the best recipe I've found on this site. Unbelievable!
