Best Shrimp Bisque
Creamy shrimp bisque is the soup you have been missing this fall! It's loaded with shrimp and has a bit of a kick compliments of the Creole seasoning.
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter divided
- 24 oz medium raw shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1/2 yellow onion chopped
- 4 ribs celery diced
- 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 3-15 oz cans chicken broth
- 1 tbsp ketchup
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 1/2 tsp Creole seasoning
- 1-11oz can corn drained
- 2 cups half & half
Instructions
- Melt 1 tbsp butter in large skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp, onion, and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp turn pink. Drain excess water from cooking shrimp. Remove from heat and set aside. Coarsely chop shrimp once they have cooled off.
- Melt 4 tbsp butter in dutch oven over medium heat. Stir in flour. Gradually add chicken broth, stirring constantly. Add ketchup, bay leaf, and Creole seasoning and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cook another 5 minutes.
- Add shrimp, onion, and celery mixture and cook another 10 minutes. Discard bay leaf. Stir in half and half and heat through for a couple minutes on low.