This creamy and easy tomato bisque soup recipe is extremely fast, affordable and delicious.
The ingredients for this easy tomato bisque recipe are so simple that you might think it's too good to be true but, it's one of my favorite recipes!
There are only 5 ingredients in this easy tomato soup recipe: butter, salt, can of whole tomatoes, heavy whipping cream, and onions.
What To Eat With Easy Tomato Soup / Bisque
This easy tomato bisque recipe would go great with a grilled cheese sandwich. Other ideas are:
- Buttery Toast
- Add a little macaroni (shout out to my mom)
- Serve it over a heaping bowl of spaghetti with some Parmesan or other cheese
- Favorite green salad to make it a wee healthier.
- A side of peas to make for an easy and fast dinner with some added veggies.
Comfort food to the max and a staple soup in our house. Add a little fresh basil to this creamy tomato bisque if you've got it.
What is the difference between bisque and soup?
Bisque is a traditional French soup made out of shellfish (crab, lobster, shrimp). It also incorporates heavy cream. Nowadays, bisque is any smooth cream based soup.
Soup is generally made with a broth base, instead of heavy whipping cream. So tomato soup would be less creamy and less thick.
Dairy and Non Dairy Alternatives for Simple Tomato Bisque:
Why is heavy whipping cream used instead of milk or half and half in soups or bisques? It's because the fat content is so high that it prevents the bisque from curdling when cooking. It also freezes and defrosts better.
In a pinch, use a lighter dairy alternative for this easy tomato bisque recipe. It will not be as rich, and it may separate/curdle when cooking but it will still be good.
TIP: Vegans can use soy or coconut creamer instead of heavy whipping cream and a non-dairy substitute instead of butter for tomato bisque.
Easy Tomato Bisque Soup Recipe FAQS:
Bisque is traditionally a thick creamy seafood soup. In general, bisque is thicker and is also made with a milk product. Heavy whipping cream does two things: makes all bisque / soup thicker and also makes it creamy and silky.
Mostly the reason would be that milk or light cream was used instead of heavy whipping cream. The lower the fat content = the higher the possibilities of milk curdling, so use heavy whipping cream. But also, it could be because the heat was too high when adding the cream. Try lowering or removing the tomato soup from the heat and then stirring in the cream.
First, just make it yourself with this super easy tomato bisque recipe! Try adding heavy whipping cream to a canned tomato bisque if it doesn't taste good as is.
Serving Suggestion
Serve this creamy and easy Tomato Bisque recipe with something that has a little more bulk to round out your meal like Latkas , fried bread, or roasted butternut squash, or you can pair it with something completely different like pickled shrimp (YES!! 2 of my favs together!).
You May Also Like
If you like this easy Tomato Bisque, then you may also like one of these creamy soup / bisque recipes:
Things In My Kitchen:
- Immersion blender - affordable, fast, and has little clean up.
- Professional blender - I love my low profile Vitamix blender but this Ninja is almost as good and tons cheaper.
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Easy Creamy Tomato Bisque
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This thick and creamy tomato bisque (soup) recipe is extremely easy, fast, affordable and delicious. The ingredients are so simple that you might think it's too good to be true.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Soup
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: International
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1 cup (~ 1 small) onion, diced
- 56 ounces (2 cans) WHOLE canned Tomatoes with juices
- ⅔ cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp salt
Instructions
- Bring a pot to medium high heat and add butter and onions.
- Reduce heat to medium low and cook covered until onions are soft and translucent (not brown or caramelized) ~ 7 minutes.
- Add whole canned tomatoes with juices and salt.
- Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer covered ~ 30 minutes.
- Remove from heat and Immersion blend (you can also food process or put it in the blender).
- Mix in heavy cream. Rewarm soup on low if needed.
- Add salt to taste. Add cream to taste if you want it richer and more velvety.
- Serve with grilled cheese sandwiches or buttery toast. The grilled cheese in the pictures is a mixture of a bunch of left over cheese that we had including blue cheese (YUM!). Happy Eating! Beckie
Notes
- Why is heavy whipping cream used instead of milk or half and half in soups or bisques? It's because the fat content is so high that it prevents it from curdling when cooking. It also freezes and defrosts better.
- In a pinch, use a lighter dairy. It will not be as rich and it may separate/curdle when cooking but it will still be good.
- Vegans can use soy or coconut creamer instead of heavy whipping cream and a non-dairy substitute instead of butter.
Qassim Hasham says
explain me about cream
beckie says
Hi Qassim, Cream is the fat rich portion of milk (cow/dairy for this recipe). It's generally 36% or higher fat content. You could also substitute light whipping cream or half and half but they will have a lower fat content and be less rich.
Deb says
Hi Beckie, I noticed a red onion in the photo above. Does it matter what type of onion used-sweet, white or red?
I’m excited to try this! My son is an extremely picky eater, but he loves to dunk his grilled cheese in yummy tomato soup. 🙂
Beckie Hemmerling says
Hi Deb, It doesn't matter what kind of onion. I usually use white, but don't always have it. I've made this soup with shallots, sweet, yellow, white, and red onion and have never been able to tell the difference. This is an easy recipe so I hope your son loves it. Add a little more cream, I feel like kids especially like that (and adults too)! Thank you for the comment. - Beckie