This is an easy tomato bisque recipe from scratch with canned tomatoes on the stove I have made over and over again. My whole family loves it. A simple homemade tomato soup that even the kids ask for.
My friend made this soup years ago when I was not a tomato lover and cringed at the idea of having tomato soup. I tried it and absolutely fell in love with this easy tomato bisque recipe she made!! I have done a few tweaks to it since making it for my family a few times (yes even the kids are in love with it), and here is the recipe. It’s really quite an homemade tomato bisque soup I think. (affiliate links present)
Easy tomato bisque with canned tomatoes
If you’re looking for a warm comfort food during the cooler months, or year round really, you won’t be disappointed with this soup. I rarely cook anything from scratch and many times I don’t because store bought is so similar I cannot justify the time and effort that goes into cooking it.
However, there are a few things like this soup and my easy Crockpot creamy tomato soup that there just is no comparison for!
Tomato Bisque Soup Ingredients
- Butter will make it nice and creamy, you could use a vegan dairy free alternative
- Onion chopped fine is great
- Carrot should be chopped into bits
- Celery diced will add some flavor and texture
- Chicken broth is better than water, or use boullion cube
- Flour will create a roux to thicken it
- Canned whole tomatoes will be made smooth at the end with an immersion blender
- Heavy cream will make it creamy
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Spices
- jarred works if that is what you have
- fresh basil and other herbs are best if you can find them
Variations
If you do not want to add bacon that is of course okay but it gives the soup a lot of added flavor and makes it so you really don’t have to add any or much salt at all since the bacon has enough salt in it. The more veggies you add the thicker / chunkier your tomato soup will be, so that is up to you.
How to Make Creamy Tomato Bisque on Stove
- Heat the garlic in butter inside a large pot over medium heat.
- Stir in the diced onion, bacon, carrot, and celery. Cook and stir until soft and bacon is done but not crispy.
- Stir in the flour and cook to create a rue of sorts.
- Pour in the broth and can of tomatoes and bring to a boil while whisking constantly.
- stirring occasionally may make it overheat
- I have yet to use diced fresh tomatoes so I am not sure how that would alter the overall texture of the soup
- Tie parsley, thyme sprigs and bay leaf together and add to pot if you have them. Lower heat and simmer for 30 minutes on a low boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Remove your herb bundle.
- Then you’re going to want to puree the soup so you can use a immersion blender, or just pour it into your regular blender and puree until smooth.
- It will be thick but you want it to be pretty smooth.
- You can make this ahead of time and transfer it to a slow cooker on warm and it will be good for hours!
- Pair with grilled cheese sandwiches.
Great addition to any brunch or during the holidays when people want something warm and want to eat a bit of this and that all day long.
in pressure cooker
If you would like another similar version of this but cooked in just 15 minutes you should give our Instant Pot tomato basil soup a whirl. We added some tortellini into this one which made it a heartier meal, but fabulous as well.
What is the difference between tomato soup and tomato bisque?
We really enjoy both but they are definitely not the same. Cream of tomato is cooked at a much lower temperature. Bisque is French and is commonly used to describe a highly seasoned and creamy soup made from strained broth of seafood items.
What goes well with tomato bisque soup?
- Garlic pull apart bread with refrigerated biscuits are super easy with garlic butter poured over the top.
- Our 6 ingredient easy roll recipe is more homemade with yeast but simple nontheless.
Try them all and see which one you like best really! Below is a printable recipe card with nutritional information such as calories and saturated fat listed. Just enjoy though my friends.
Easy Tomato Bisque Recipe
Equipment
- 1 pot
Ingredients
- 4 tbs butter
- 2 pieces bacon
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 5 tbs flour
- 5 cups chicken broth
- 1 can whole tomatoes, 28 ounce, peeled tomatoes with liquid
- 3 parsley sprigs, or 1 tsp. dried parsley
- 3 thyme sprigs, or can use 1 tsp. dry thyme out of jar
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup heavy cream
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Heat the butter in a large pot over medium heat. Stir in the diced onion and bacon. Add in your diced carrot, celery and garlic and cook until soft and bacon is done but not crispy. (I do not drain grease, lends a lot of flavor to the soup) Can remove a few pieces of bacon to add to the top if desired.
- Stir in the flour and cook to create a rue of sorts.
- Pour in the broth and can of tomatoes and bring to a boil while whisking constantly.
- Tie parsley, thyme sprigs and bay leaf together and add to pot if you have them. Lower heat and simmer for 30 min. on a low boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- When soup is cool remove and discard herb bundle. Transfer the mixture to a blender or use a hand mixer to blend until pureed and smooth.
- You can use a sieve to strain but I never did and liked the texture. Whisk in the heavy cream and salt to taste. If you have some chopped up bacon still use it to garnish the top!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Delicious! Made it exactly as written, to go with some gruyere grilled cheese sandwiches, it hit the spot perfectly!! Will absolutely make it again.
Oh yeah glad it was a hit
I made this today and couldn’t wait for it to cool so I just warmed up the cream so it wouldn’t curdle. It turned out great! It’s a keeper recipe. Thank you.
Glad you loved it too
Sorry I’m almost done and want to know if I add the cream before or after boiling?