How to Make Lobster Bisque

I'm so excited everyone! Today I'm celebrating with some lobster bisque because I'm moving to a new home soon and my current house sold!  Lobster is one of those expensive foods that I like to enjoy every now and then like on New Year's Eve but I thought it was well deserved for something like this! My new house has so much natural light and it's perfect for a photographer and blogger like me! The closing date on my house is November 29th and I have to be moved out of my place that day. The place I'm moving to is super close to the larger grocery store that has everything under the sun you could imagine there if you are having problems finding ingredients. Plus, it's still not too far away from the gym I go to so that is always nice! I stayed in the same zip code but moved to a nicer area. 🙂

Whenever I'm making something like soup, I feel so wasteful buying bags of celery and carrots. It's nice that you can buy only one onion if you want but that isn't the same with celery and carrots. I have found these pre-chopped mirepoix mixes at the grocery store and they are super nice and save time. Do you guys have any helpful tips for not being wasteful when making soup?

Why You Will Love this Soup

This soup has the most flavorful broth and instead of heating up my oven to cook the lobster tails I cooked the lobster tails directly in the soup. Every now and then I'll treat myself to some lobster since it is one of my favorite seafood. If you want to save some money, get some shrimp instead.

Ingredients Needed

• 3 Tbsp. light margarine
• 2 cups of mirepoix, onions, carrots, and celery *see notes*
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 3 Tbsp. tomato paste
• 3 Tbsp. flour
• 3 cups seafood stock
• 12 oz (or more) chopped lobster meat
• 1 tsp.  paprika
• 1 sprig fresh thyme (or ½ tsp. dried thyme)
• ½ cup (or more) 1% milk or  almond milk
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

How to Make Lobster Bisque

1. In a large stockpot, melt the margarine over medium-high heat. Add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic and tomato paste, and saute for 5 minutes or until the onions are cooked and translucent.
2. Sprinkle the mixture with flour, and stir to be sure that it evenly coats the veggies. Saute for 1 minute. Add the seafood stock, paprika,  and thyme then stir to combine. Place the uncooked lobster in the boiling pot and cook for 10 minutes or until the lobster has cooked.
3. Remove the lobster tails and take out the meat. Cook for 20 minutes over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent the bottom from burning. Remove  thyme.
4. Stir in heavy cream, and season if needed with extra salt and pepper. T
5. hen puree the soup using an immersion blender. Or you can transfer the soup in small batches into a traditional blender and blend until smooth.
6. (Always be careful not to fill a blender too full with hot liquids. Add the cooked lobster back into the soup. 
7. Serving Size: 1 ½ cups

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