Creamy Tomato Bisque is a cozy and comforting soup made with fresh tomatoes, herbs, garnished with cream. Serve with crunchy croutons or with a crispy, gooey grilled cheese sandwich it makes for a perfect meal!
The First 2-weeks of September took us from extreme heat to a week of cold rainy days. The good part is that we get to stay indoors a lot more and enjoy our favorite soups and chilies. The perfect way to huddle up with the family and enjoy some soul-warming foods.
I am pretty sure most of you have a favorite restaurant that serves the best Tomato Bisque. For me, it is a restaurant called Yard House in New York. I look forward to my hot comforting bowl of soup each time I go there. And here is my healthy take on the delicious restaurant-inspired Tomato bisque soup!
Bisque
So what is bisque? Bisque is a soup made with vegetables or seafood, that is pureed with the addition of cream to get a smooth, velvety texture. More often made with Seafood, I love this fresh and satisfying Creamy Vegetarian Tomato Bisque with crunchy garlic croutons dunked in.
Tomato Bisque is often made using canned tomatoes and is a great option when tomatoes are not in season. I personally love making this soup with vine-grown tomatoes and fish herbs like parsley, basil, and oregano. Although, canned tomatoes can also be used in this recipe instead of fresh.
Variations
- Vegan - use Cashew cream instead of heavy cream. To make cashew cream simply blend ½ cup cashews with ½ cup of water until smooth. To make it nut-free and dairy-free use unsweetened coconut cream. I love Trader Joe's canned coconut cream
- Canned Tomatoes - work equally well in this soup, especially when tomatoes are not in season
- Dried herbs - substitute freeze-dried herbs for the fresh by reducing the quantity in half
Steps
Here is my EASY step by step recipe using Instant Pot Pressure Cooker:
Step 1: Set the Instant Pot to sauté mode and heat oil. Add onion, celery, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, oregano, basil, and parsley cook for a minute until fragrant. Add broth and salt. Mix well. Close the Instant Pot with pressure valve to sealing. Note: I use the Better Than Bouillon Organic Vegetable Base to make the broth. Set the Instant Pot to Manual/Pressure Cook for 8 minutes. Followed by quick release or NPR (photos 1 - 4).
Step 2: Open the Instant Pot, and carefully puree the soup using an immersion blender. Set the Instant Pot to sauté mode. Stir in honey, cream, and pepper. Bring to a gentle boil (photos 5 - 6).
Step 3: Ladle into bowls sprinkle some cayenne pepper for an extra kick. Enjoy hot with crunchy croutons.
Do you enjoy soups? Here are some easy and delicious soup ideas:
- Vegetarian Pasta e Fagioli
- Vegetarian French Onion Soup
- Instant Pot Easy Lasagna Soup
- EASY chicken noodle Soup
- Chicken Tortellini Soup
- Chicken Coriander Soup
- Low Carb Chicken Mulligatawny Soup
- Vegan Coconut Curry Noodle Soup
- Chicken Tortilla Soup
Recipe
Creamy Tomato Bisque
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup onion diced
- ½ cup celery sliced
- 1 cup carrots peeled and sliced
- 3 garlic cloves peeled
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
- 6 tomatoes 2 pounds , quartered or 1 28 oz can of peeled tomatoes
- 1½ cup low sodium broth Note: I use the Better Than Bouillon Organic Vegetable Base
- 1½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon honey optional
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper or to taste
- ½ cup heavy cream
Instructions
- Set the Instant Pot to saute mode and heat oil. Add onion, celery, garlic, carrots, tomatoes, oregano, basil and parsley cook for a minute until fragrant.
- Add broth and salt. Mix well. Close the Instant Pot with pressure valve to sealing.
- Pressure Cook for 8 minutes. Followed by quick release or natural pressure release.
- Open the Instant Pot, and carefully puree the soup using an immersion blender.
- Set the Instant Pot to Saute mode. Stir in honey, cream and pepper. Laddle into bowls, sprinkle some cayenne pepper for an extra kick. Enjoy hot with crunchy croutons.
Video
Notes
- Vegan variation: Substitute heavy cream with coconut cream, cashew cream, or corn slurry (2 tablespoons corn starch mixed in ¼ cup of water
- You can use dried herbs instead of fresh in this recipe. Just reduce the amount of herbs in half.
Nutrition
Creamy Tomato Bisque Instant Pot ACE Blender Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup onion diced
- ½ cup celery sliced
- 1 cup carrots peeled and sliced
- 3 garlic cloves peeled
- 1 tablespoon fresh oregano chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh basil chopped
- 6 to matoes 2 pounds quartered or 1 28 oz can of peeled tomatoes
- 1-½ cup reduced-sodium broth Note: I use the Better Than Bouillon Organic Vegetable Base
- 1 ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon honey optional
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper or to taste
- ½ cup cashews
Instructions
- Add all the Ingredients to the Instant Pot ACE blender. Press the soup button 2 times.
- Laddle into bowls, sprinkle some cayenne pepper for an extra kick. Enjoy hot with crunchy croutons.
Notes
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Manisha Ghodke says
So easy and quick ! Thank you Archana for this wonderful recipe! Love all your recipes!!
Mara says
How long does this soup stay good for?
Archana says
upto 5 days refrigerated.
Kishori says
I tried this method and it was very very tasty. Thanks Archana
Heather says
Followed the recipe as written! Easy and delicious...adding this in our rotation!
Denisha says
Love love this recipe super quick and has become my favorite for snow days ..