Zesty Tomato Crab Bisque Recipes

EASY TOMATO CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• Dice ALL your vegetables and set aside.
• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat.
• Add the onions, peppers and carrots to the pot. Cook for about 15 minutes until soft.
• Add the vermouth and cook for about 2 minutes to evaporate.
• Add the flour and cook for about 2 minutes.
• Add the broth, tomatoes and seasonings. Stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil, reduce and simmer for about 45 minutes. You really want to establish intense flavour.
• Remove the pot from the stove. Add the canned milk and stir to combine. Using an immersion blender puree the soup until silky smooth. You can also pour the contents into a blender and blitz and then return the soup to the pot.
• Return the pureed soup to the pot. Add the crab meat and heat through. About 15 minutes.
• Dinner is ready. ENJOY!
• Heat the olive oil in a pan. Saute the onions, carrots, and peppers for about 15 minutes.
• Add the vermouth and cook for 2 minutes.
• Add the flour and cook for 2 minutes.
• Place this mixture into the slow cooker.
• Add the tomatoes, broth, and seasonings.
• Stir and cover. Cook on HIGH for 4 hours or LOW for 6 hours.
• Once cooked, add the canned milk and stir.
• Using an immersion blender, puree until smooth. (Alternatively, you can pour into a blender, blitz, and return to the slow cooker).
• Add the crab meat. Cover and heat for about 30 minutes.

BLUSHING TOMATO CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• roasting: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 375ºF. Place everything listed under 'roasting' on a large sheet pan. Sprinkle with a big pinch of salt and pepper and toss everything using your hands. Let roast for 1 hour if you have time you can also do this on 350ºF for 1 ½ hours. Check on the ingredients halfway through and toss.
• blend: Transfer the veggies along with any juices to a large pot along with the seafood stock, Worcestershire, 2 tablespoons pesto, cayenne, paprika, and old bay and blend it all using an immersion blender.
• finish: Place the stockpot over medium-high heat and allow the soup to reach a simmer, reduce the heat and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add the cream and allow the soup to come back to a simmer. Taste and adjust with salt and pepper as desired. You can also add the last tablespoon of pesto if you'd like. Add the crab meat and let it heat through for about 5 minutes. Serve in bowls topped with additional crab meat and chopped chives if desired.

ZESTY TOMATO-CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In 3-quart saucepan, heat soup and chilies to boiling over medium heat. Reduce heat to low; beat in whipping cream and seasoning with whisk until blended. Cook just until hot (do not boil). Stir in crabmeat.
• Ladle soup into individual small mugs or demitasse cups. Top each serving with thyme.

HOW TO MAKE TOMATO BISQUE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and celery with a pinch of salt until onion is translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Pour chicken broth and tomatoes into onion mixture. Bring to a simmer and season with paprika, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Turn heat to low and stir rice into soup; skim foam occasionally and simmer until rice and vegetables are very tender, 35 to 45 minutes. Add sugar.
• Blend soup with an immersion blender in the pot until smooth. Whisk 1/2 cup cream into soup and adjust levels of salt, cayenne pepper, black pepper, and sugar. If soup is too thick, add more broth; if soup is too thin, cook, stirring often, until reduced and slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Ladle into warmed bowls; garnish each bowl with a drizzle of cream and top with about 1 teaspoon chopped basil.

SPICY TOMATO BISQUE WITH GRILLED BRIE TOAST

Steps:

• Preheat the oven or a toaster oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spread the Brie cheese onto two slices of bread, and top with remaining slices. Place on a baking sheet and toast in the oven for about 8 minutes, turning once halfway through. Cut in half, and set aside.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together the tomato puree, red pepper flakes, black pepper, basil, and sugar. Bring to a simmer, and cook for 10 minutes.
• Whisk in the cream cheese until well blended, then stir in the milk. Heat through without bringing to a boil. Stir in the fresh basil, and remove from the heat.
• To serve, place each sandwich half into a separate bowl. Ladle soup over each one into the bowl. Serve immediately.

SPICY SEAFOOD BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and celery in butter until tender. Add the broth, tomato juice, tomatoes, Worcestershire sauce and seasonings; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes., Discard bay leaf. Add pasta to the soup; cook, uncovered, until pasta is tender. Add shrimp and crab; simmer 5 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink.

CRAB TOMATO BISQUE

Steps:

• melt butter in a heavy saucepan.
• add 3/4 of the crabmeat, 1/3 c basil, and garlic.
• saute 2 minutes.
• stir in flour, stir for 2 minutes.
• add clam-tomato juice, cream, ketchup, clam juice, old bay and pepper sauce reduce heat to low, simmer for 10 minutes.
• puree soup with an immersion blender (or pour into blender in batches and then return to the pot) add water and lemon juice, simmer.
• season to taste with salt& pepper.
• pour into 6 bowls, garnish with remaining crab and basil.

SPICY TOMATO BISQUE

Steps:

• Combine tomatoes and broth; bring to a boil and reduce to simmer.
• In the meantime, fry bacon until crisp, remove and reserve.
• Add olive oil, onions, celery, peppers and carrots to pan and sauté until tender; add garlic and sauté 2 minutes; add flour and cook 3 minutes, then puree mixture and add 3 cups of tomato mixture and puree until smooth.
• Incorporate 1 ladle of puree into tomato mixture at a time, add bacon, then puree entire soup.
• Add basil, thyme, and bay leaves and simmer 30 minutes, then remove bay leaf and thyme. Add milk and cream and season to taste.
• Use Tony Chacheres instead of salt if you like things spicy.

CRAB BISQUE IN A PINCH

Steps:

• Combine green onion, butter, and 1/4 teaspoon seafood seasoning in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until onion is slightly softened, 2 minutes.
• Stir tomato soup into saucepan; increase heat to medium and bring to a simmer. Stir in cayenne pepper and reduce heat to medium-low. Stir in crabmeat; cook, stirring occasionally, until crab is cooked through, 5 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and black pepper to taste. Remove from heat.
• Whisk cream with a pinch of seafood seasoning until light and frothy, about 30 seconds. Ladle bisque into bowls and stir in a teaspoon of frothy cream.