Crawfish Shrimp Bisque Food

CRAWFISH BISQUE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large soup pot set over high heat. Crush the crawfish shells and add to the pot, cook for 15 minutes while stirring frequently.
• Add the flour to the pan and stir, then add the garlic, onions, lemongrass, celery, fennel and ginger. Reduce the heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes.
• Add the rice, tomato paste, red pepper flakes, bay leaf and thyme. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes. Add the brandy and cook for several minutes while stirring. Add the stock and the cream, and stir. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring the soup to a boil, then reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Simmer for 25 minutes and then remove from the heat.
• Puree in a blender and strain through fine mesh strainer. Fold the crawfish tails into the bisque and add the lime zest, some salt and pepper and hot sauce. Serve hot.

SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• In saucepan, heat olive oil. Add red pepper and onion; saute on low heat until soft, 15 to 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add shrimp, half-and-half, tomato sauce, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes. Add butter.
• Put 1/2 hot mixture in a blender and carefully process at high speed about 10 to 15 seconds, or until no large pieces remain. Transfer bisque into soup bowls.
• Repeat with remaining mixture. Sprinkle on Parmesan cheese.
• Optional garnishes: herbs and additional shrimp.

CREAMY SHRIMP AND CRAB BISQUE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over a low heat. Stir in flour, salt, white pepper, bouillon granules, and onion. Blend 3/4 cup half-and-half cream into the mixture. Mix in shrimp and crab meat. Turn the temperature to medium heat and continue stirring until the mixture thickens.
• Blend the remaining half-and-half cream and wine into the mixture. Serve and enjoy!

SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in flour until blended. Stir in the water, cream, chili powder, bouillon, cumin and coriander; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. , Cut shrimp into bite-size pieces; add to soup. Simmer 5 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink. Gradually stir 1/2 cup hot soup into sour cream; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Heat through (do not boil). Garnish with cilantro, avocado and additional shrimp if desired.

SHRIMP BISQUE II

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine 3/4 cup butter and flour. Cook, stirring, until flour taste disappears, about 7 minutes. Stir in seafood stock and season with salt and pepper. Simmer 15 minutes, then remove from heat and set aside.
• In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook shrimp shells and onion in 1/4 cup butter until onion is translucent. Stir in garlic, paprika and tomato paste and cook until brown. Stir in brandy and light it on fire. Let it simmer until reduced and thickened. Stir in reserved stock, reduce heat and simmer 45 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh or cheesecloth.
• Return strained mixture to a simmer in the saucepan. Pour in cream.
• Dice shrimp and cook until opaque in a medium skillet over medium heat. Stir into soup and simmer 5 minutes. Season with pepper sauce, Worcestershire and Old Bay. Stir in sherry just before serving.

LOUISIANA CRAWFISH BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large pot over medium heat. Cook and stir chopped onion and green onion in melted butter until softened, about 5 minutes. Add crawfish tails, potato soup, mushroom soup, yellow corn, white corn, and cream cheese; cook and stir until cheese melts completely into mixture. Pour half-and-half into the pot; stir. Season with Creole seasoning, salt, and black pepper. Cook until hot, about 15 minutes.

SPICY COCONUT SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in shrimp shells; cook, stirring, until shells turn pink, 2 minutes. Pour in water and bring to a simmer; cook 20 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in green onions, celery, and jalapeno; cook, stirring, until mixture is slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium low, stir in flour and cook 3 minutes.
• Pour tomato soup into onion mixture; stir to combine. Pour shrimp shell mixture through a mesh strainer into tomato soup mixture. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer.
• Stir coconut milk, red curry paste, and fish sauce into tomato soup mixture, bring to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Stir in shrimp, decrease to heat to low and simmer until shrimp are cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes. Ladle bisque into bowls, place a rice cracker in the middle, and top the cracker with sliced basil.

CRAWFISH OR SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt the butter or margarine in a large saucepan and add the onion, red bell pepper, celery and garlic. Cook gently to soften.
• Stir in dry mustard, cayenne pepper, paprika and flour. Cook for about 3 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
• Pour on the fish stock gradually, stirring until well blended.
• Add the thyme and bay leaf and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for about 5 minutes until thickened, stirring occasionally.
• Add the crawfish (or shrimp) and cook for about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve over rice topped with snipped chives.

CRAWFISH BISQUE

Steps:

• For the crawfish stock: Remove the meat from the crawfish tails and set aside. Place the shells and heads in a large stockpot. Add water to cover. Add the carrot, celery, onion, bay leaves, and thyme sprigs, and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain, reserving the stock.
• For the bisque: Melt the butter in the oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the bell pepper, celery, onion, tomato, and Cajun seasoning and cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the flour and tomato paste and cook until bubbly and beginning to brown, about 2 minutes. Stir in the crawfish stock and sherry and cook until it evaporates, about 1 minute. Stir in the cream and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes, or until the soup begins to thicken.
• Use an immersion blender to puree the soup until smooth. Alternatively, use a standard blender and puree in batches. (Be sure to remove the lid cap to allow steam to escape.) Stir in the reserved crawfish meat and cook until heat through, 5 to 10 minutes.
• Divide the bisque between serving bowls and garnish with parsley, if desired.

CRAWFISH & SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• Combine in a very large pot and heat just to boiling and then simmer covered --
• 4 cans Cambell's cream of potato soup.
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup.
• 1 can cream of celery soup.
• 1 quart chicken broth.
• 2 tablespoons Tony Chachere's.
• Meanwhile, sautee the following vegetables in olive oil --
• 1 large white onion, chopped.
• 1 red bell pepper, chopped.
• 1 green pepper, chopped.
• 2 large stalks celery, chopped.
• 1 heaping tablespoon minced garlic.
• salt & black pepper.
• When the vegetables are soft, add to simmering pot.
• And add 6-8 cups frozen corn.
• Simmer covered for at least two hours --
• Then add --
• 2 pounds Louisiana crawfish tails with fat.
• 2 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled. If very large shrimp, cut into bite size chunks.
• Simmer covered for 15-20 minutes --
• Turn off heat and add 1 pint of 1/2 & 1/2 cream.
• Stir to heat through and serve.

SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• To start, melt 2 tablespoons butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Add shrimp, onion and celery and cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp turn pink.
• Remove from saucepan; set aside.
• Next, melt remaining butter in same saucepan over medium heat.
• Stir in flour.
• Gradually stir in water, ketchup, bouillon, bay leaf, seasoned salt and cayenne pepper.
• Boil, stirring occasionally; reduce heat to low.
• Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
• Add shrimp mixture; cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes.
• Discard bay leaf.
• Stir in evaporated milk and wine.
• Heat through, but PLEASE-- do not boil.
• ENJOY!

SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• Rinse shrimp and set them aside.
• In large saucepan, saute' the onions and apples in the butter or oil for about 10 minutes, until the onions are translucent.
• Sprinkle in the flour and cook, stirring for a minute or two.
• Then stir in the stock or water, lemon juice, lemon peel, curry powder, dill, salt, white pepper, and wine.
• Simmer, covered for about 5 minutes, until the mixture thickens slightly.
• Add the shrimp and half-and-half, and simmer gently until the shrimp turn pink. Be careful not to overcook the shrimp or they will become tough (they don't take long)
• Remove the lemon peel. In a blender or food processor, pureé about one third of the soup and the return it to the pot. Serve and enjoy.

QUICK SHRIMP BISQUE

Steps:

• Melt butter in pan.
• Add onion and garlic and saute until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Add broth and rice and bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 15 minutes.
• Mix in most of shrimp (reserve 6 for garnish).
• Cover and simmer until shrimp is heated through (1-2 minutes).
• Puree soup with shrimp in blender or in pan with hand blender (much easier) Return soup to pan.
• Whisk in tomato paste, cayenne pepper and tarragon.
• Gradually whisk in half/half.
• Bring soup to simmer.
• Garnish with reserved shrimp.