Prawn Bisque Soup Recipe

Prawn bisque is made with several ingredients, including oil, butter, prawns, flour, tomato puree, shellfish nage, fish stock, whipping cream, dry sherry, paprika and chives. It's made through sauteing, simmering, straining, blending, and thickening. Below is a simple procedure for making this amazing prawn bisque recipe.

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Jul 11, 2025 - 17:35 Updated: Jul 14, 2025 - 13:58
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Prawn Bisque Soup Recipe
bowl of prawn bisque soup
Prep Time 15 min
Cook Time 45 min
Serving 8
Difficulty Easy

How to make prawn bisque soup

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. Heat the oil and butter. Cook the prawns for 5 minutes over moderately high heat.
2. Sprinkle the flour and cook for 3 minutes. Add the tomato purée and cook for a further 2 minutes
3. Bring the nage up to a simmer.
4. Once the tomato purée has been cooked in, slowly add the prawn mix.
5. Once all the stock has been added, boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
6. Sieve and return the shells to the pan, then pound them to extract more flavor and color.
7. Pour over the fish stock, bring to the boil, then pass this back to the already passed soup.
8. Bring to the boil, add the cream and sherry, correct the seasoning and serve hot with chopped chives

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