Elegant Seafood Bisque

"This makes a to die for super rich seafood bisque, chocked full of seafood such as shrimp, crab, salmon, clams and cod and is lower carb than most,due to no potatoes. Hint for low carbers: use Wondra "instant flour" and all you will need is about 1 or 2 TBS to thicken. The original recipe was obtained from a local restaurant."
 
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photo by Hope Smith Polk photo by Hope Smith Polk
photo by Hope Smith Polk
photo by Hope Smith Polk photo by Hope Smith Polk
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Ready In:
35mins
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Sauté minced shallots in butter until soft.
  • Add the flour and stir with whisk for 5 minutes on low heat, set aside.
  • Bring one quart of water to a boil and add chicken base, clams, crab, shrimp and whole pieces of salmon and cod.
  • Return to boil, lower heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Strain the stock, reserving the seafood.
  • Stir the shallot mixture into the stock.
  • Add the heavy cream and half and half to the stock, bring to a simmer on low heat and cook until thickened, about 5 minutes.
  • Chunk the salmon and cod and add all of the seafood back into the soup pot.
  • Add the sherry and heat through, no more than 3 minutes.

Questions & Replies

  1. Once this bisque has been made, can I freeze it?
     
  2. How much is a serving
     
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Reviews

  1. This recipe turned out AMAZING!! I would consider myself a level 1 intermediate cook, so I had to figure out what the heck is mince, shallots, and chicken base. Fortunately, with some help at my local health food store I found everything that I needed and followed the directions to the tee. Keep in mind this soup requires a Large pot that can hold at least 4 1/2 quarts (just in case some novice cooks wanted to know). I also added some cayenne pepper and cilantro for a little kick. It was super easy to make and tasted SUPER GOOD!
     
  2. I WISH I could l give this more stars! Brilliancy! Perfect! I want to tell you I did NOT follow this to the tee, because I didn't have all those wonderful ingredients on hand. But I was really craving some seafood bisque. All I had was shrimp and clams. NO scallions.. only YELLOW onions, and I added mushrooms. I didn't even have Half and Half.. I substituted evaporated milk! And for the sherry I did plain white cooking wine.. but let me tell you, this is BY FAR THE BEST recipe I have tasted! Or at least followed in guidelines with. For the person who is considering using this: IF you don't have everything, it's okay! substitute! If your substitute is wonderful, the real recipe is "OH SO MUCH BETTER!"
     
  3. This is the best seafood soup I ever had!!! It's so good that it should come with a warning!!! Very addictive!!! If you love seafood, then you'll definitely love this recipe!!!
     
  4. Absolutely delicious! I followed recipe exactly and could not have turned out any better. It is very rich and does make a lot so be sure you have some warm bodies to feed (impress!!)
     
  5. This is a wonderful bisque. It has tons of flavor. I didn't have shrimp, so I substituted crawfish, used salmon, crab, clams and I used fat free half and half. This is a very forgiving recipe, it is delicious regardless of changes. I will make again. For some reason mine did not thicken well, hopefully I can do it correctly next time. Awesome recipe!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. More seafood, tarragon, saffron.
     

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