Crab & Shrimp Seafood Bisque

🤫😋🤤 Crab & Shrimp Seafood Bisque

Ingredients

• 250 g (½ lb) shrimp, peeled & deveined
• 250 g (½ lb) crab meat
• 2 tbsp butter
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
• 3 cups seafood stock (or chicken stock)
• 1 cup heavy cream
• ½ cup milk
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• ½ tsp paprika
• ¼ tsp cayenne pepper (optional)
• Salt & black pepper to taste
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Fresh parsley (for garnish)

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Instructions

1. Cook shrimp
   • Heat olive oil in a pot, add shrimp, cook 1–2 minutes per side.
   • Remove and chop roughly. Set aside.
2. Make the base
   • In the same pot, melt butter.
   • Add onion and cook until soft.
   • Add garlic and cook 30 seconds.
3. Thicken
   • Stir in flour and cook 1 minute (don’t brown).
   • Slowly whisk in seafood stock.
4. Build flavor
   • Add tomato paste, paprika, cayenne, salt, and pepper.
   • Simmer 10 minutes.
5. Make it creamy
   • Add cream and milk, stir gently.
   • Add shrimp and crab meat.
6. Finish
   • Simmer 5 more minutes (do not boil).
   • Adjust seasoning.

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Serve With

• Crusty bread 🥖
• Garlic toast
• Crackers

✨ Silky, rich, and luxurious — restaurant-style bisque made at home.
If you want, I can also give you a lobster version, slow cooker version, or extra-thick creamy version 😍