Step by Step Prawn Bisque Soup Recipe with Pictures
Learn how to make prawn bisque soup using prawns, tomato puree, and shellfish nage. Below is a simple procedure for prawn bisque soup recipe with a step by step picture guide.

Cooking Preparation(mise-en-place)
Gather all the prawn bisque ingredients on the preparation table.
- Weigh the butter, flour, fish stock, and whipping cream.
- Prepare the tomato puree.
- Place all cooking utensils, such as a soup ladle and soup pots, nearby.
- Remove the prawn shells and the vein(digestive tract).
How to make prawn bisque soup
Follow these easy steps with pictures to the last one.
Ingredients
- 240ml- Whipping cream
- 2ltrs- Shellfish nage
- 100ml- oil
- 40g- flour
- 150ml- Dry sherry
- 2tbsp- Tomato purée
- 500g- Unshelled prawns
- 60g- Butter
- 300ml- Fish stock
- paprika, pinch
- chives
Nutritional Information
- Energy: 1578kJ
- Cals: 381kcal
- Fat: 31.2g
- Sat fat: 13.0g
- Carb: 8.2g
- Sugar: 4.0g
- Protein: 12.9g
- Fibre: 0.8g
- Sodium: 1.0g
Directions
1. Cook the prawns.
Heat the oil and butter. Cook the prawns for 5 minutes over moderately high heat.

2. Add the flour and tomato puree.
Sprinkle the flour and cook for 3 minutes. Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 2 minutes

3. Bring to a simmer.
Bring the nage up to a simmer.

4. Add in the prawn mix.
Once the tomato purée has been cooked in, slowly add the prawn mix.

5. Simmer.
Once all the stock has been added, boil and simmer for 5 minutes.

6. Sieve.
Sieve and return the shells to the pan, then pound them to extract more flavor and color.

7. Pour over the fish stock.
Pour over the fish stock, bring to the boil, then pass this back to the already passed soup.

8. Add cream and sherry.
Bring to the boil, add the cream and sherry, correct the seasoning.

9. Serve hot.
Serve hot in a soup bowl with chopped chives.
