Roasted red pepper bisque with shrimp is dairy free, paleo, Whole 30 compliant, and totally delicious! A spicy bisque with healing, immunity boosting nutrients. Perfect for cold weather or when you’re under the weather! Also a great way to get veggies into your meal. Nourish your family, feed your friends, or enjoy this robust roasted red pepper bisque recipe all to yourself.
I’m really sure many people can justify a thick bisque soup recipe as being “healing,” but I’m going with it because gosh darn it, real food CAN DO wonders. That being said, this roasted red pepper bisque Cotter Creation is brought to you by the letter c… CAPITAL C! A CREAMY soup with spicy shrimp. A Cozy, Comforting, Vitamin C rich, Cold and Cough Curing, Clear your sinuses bowl of COMFORT… that’s also paleo, whole 30 friendly, dairy free, and all the things healthy. Yes yes, but that wasn’t my main focus here, albeit it is a bonus benefit.
The real focus of this red pepper bisque recipe is on the MEGA dose of Vitamin C.
No, really. I’ll explain.
Mr. Cotter, the Kiwi, was sick ALL weekend. Coughing, Cold, Congestion, etc. C where I’m going with this? Bahaha, my puns, sorry, they slip in.
Poor guy. I think life caught up to us one at a time. I got sick right before the move, he got sick after. But at least one of us was healthy enough to take care of each other during, ya know?
Anyway, the red pepper bisque is my HEALING soup (errr bisque?) packed with lean and mean spicy (protein rich) shrimp, that mega dose of Vitamin C red pepper, and creamy coconut MCT fats. Not to mention broth with healing herbs and spices.
Dude, if you are not breathing fresh and cured of all COLD and SICKNESS by the time you finish this soup, then your doomed. I’m kidding. Kinda.
Honest to goodness, this is our healing soup. Creamy, spicy, savory, and a little sweet. But the power of this dish lies beyond the flavors. Get ready to be NERDIFIED (it’s a word, I swear).
Just one red bell pepper contains 169% of the RDA for vitamin C, making it one of the BEST REAL FOOD sources of this nutrient. HOLLAH! Immunity boosting Vitamin C for the win.
Okay here’s where I nerd out a bit. You see, red bell peppers are packed with plant carotenoids (antioxidants). One of them is called luteolin. You knew that though, right? Well you do now. Cause luteolin is pretty badass.
Luteolin and quercetin (another antioxidant in red peppers) are mast cell stabilizing compounds for histamine. Meaning, they can help control the release of it. You know, the histamine that causes inflammation in the body and airways.
Also, side note, roasted red pepper is also badass. Look at this beauty! Just sayin.
Hang with me here. Back to nerd talk and bisque.
So this means Luteolin could alleviate bronchial inflammation. As in periodic “attacks” of coughing, wheezing, congestion. NOW YOU SEE IT?!! YES Vitamin C for Immunity! And Luteolin for reducing inflammation, cough, congestion. Ya’ll, the power of food. I get giddy. It’s A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!
So, get into the kitchen and make a batch of roasted red pepper bisque with shrimp!
Healing Roasted Red Pepper Bisque with Shrimp {Whole 30 friendly, Paleo}
Ingredients
- 1-2 large red bell peppers
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- Salt/pepper (1/4 tsp & to taste)
- 1 shallot or 3/4 c sliced/chopped
- 6-8 oz peeled shrimp (without tail). We buy sizzlefish. See notes for link.
- 1 tbsp water
- 15 oz light coconut milk
- 2 c chicken broth
- 2 tbsp tapioca or potato starch to thicken
- 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 1/4 tsp ground mustard
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes (use less if you don't want as spicy)
- Pinch of ground ginger
- optional 1/4 c BBQ sauce or tangy tomato sauce
- Fresh Cilantro and extra spicy pepper (like jalapeno) to garnish
Instructions
- First roast your red pepper. Preheat oven to 475F.
- Place 1-2 red pepper on baking sheet.
- Roast pepper at 475 F for 10 minutes rotating to each side. About 15-20 minutes total
- Broil last 2-3 minutes. Remove from oven. Cool. Remove skin from peppers and slice off the stem.
In the Soup Pot
- 1 tbsp oil plus your garlic & shallot.
- Sautee on medium until fragrant. Add in the peeled shrimp and water.
- Cook on medium until shrimp are pink and no longer translucent. Should not take more than 5-8 minutes if shrimp are medium size. (for quick option you can use precooked shrimp & add it thawed at end of cooking bisque).
- Add in your salt/pepper. Stir all together.
- Remove shrimp, place in bowl or plate.
- Next add in the coconut milk, broth, seasonings, and starch to the pot. Lightly simmer and mix all together for about 5 minutes. (reduce the amount of red pepper flakes and cayenne for less spicy)
- Place liquid and roasted red pepper in blender or use an inversion hand mixer.
- Blend until creamy. Note If you want it a bit sweeter, add in BBQ sauce before blending
- Add the soup back to stock pot. Bring to light boil. Reduce 10-20 minutes.
- Add shrimp back in last and keep warm until ready to serve.
- Serve and garnish with fresh cilantro and extra peppers if desired i.e. jalapenos.
- Season each bowl with more Salt/pepper and red chili flakes to taste.
Recipe Notes
For shrimp we love wild caught Sizzlefish .
A hand blender will work well but we LOVE using this new vitamix blender for extra creamy soups.
Vegan option just replace the shrimp with tofu or tempeh or leave out.
© Cotter Crunch All images & content are copyright protected. Please do not use any text or images without prior permission.
Did you make this recipe?
Let me know if you try this recipe! I'd love to see it and share it!" Tag me on IG @cottercrunchor hashtag #cottercrunch
Nutrition Per Bowl
I suggest you grab a bowl and filler up! Healing Soup/Bisque to start the week. I think you might need 2 bowls considering it’s post super bowl festivities.
OH MY! Did I bored you? Not to worry, I have this super tasty and easy Roasted Red Pepper Bisque with Shrimp ready for ya! This recipe is gonna rock your world. I mean it’s gonna COMPLETE your life, cure your cold, comfort your soul. Like whoa… Complete with a Capital C!
Favorite healing soup? Ever roasted red pepper?
Cheers yo!
Thanks fore reading! Be sure to stay up to date by signing up for the email newsletter. It's full of gluten free recipes, sports nutrition topics, gut health tips, and more! As a thank you - you also get a FREE copy of my Volume II Healthy Bites ebook. ENJOY and EAT up!
Oh wow, this looks creamy and of course I love the nerdy nutrition!
we nerds gotta stick together! haha
Roasted red pepper is the bomb dot com, I love shrimp, and I love spice. Load me up.
Loading up coming your way. made with No rice. haha
This soup looks so dreamy! I love that you toss humor and nutrition talk into all your posts. I love to geek out and laugh at your puns :). The Hubs has been sick all week too – I should probably make this soup for him! He loves roasted red pepper!
oh good! so glad someone can appreciate the puns. Haha!! Maybe your husband and my husband should hang out and be sick together and we can go do fun things. LOL!
YUM! I want a big bowl of this right NOW! 🙂
Haha – lady, I love ALL your puns! There sure is some nasty bug going around – even here in Atlanta! I’m taking some compooter classes and just about everyone has had a case of the 3 C’s – Coughing, Cold, Congestion – so, am needing this mega dose of Vitamin C soup!
seriously? did we all get the plague once our new president was elected? Haha, kidding. I know, I am bad.
I think this soup would make ANYONE feel better 🙂
for sure!!
Since I’m currently nursing a bit of a cold, I need this soup and all it’s C driven comfort stat!
Also roasted red peppers are glorious.
I usually like spicy foods but this soup is too spicy. Followed your exact recipe and was so disappointed it’s so spicy I didn’t get to taste the rest of the flavor of the soup!
sorry to hear that. I will definitely take notes and adjust in recipe. Thanks
This may be a silly question, but after removing the shrimp from garlic/shallot water do you dump the water or add the coconut milk, broth, etc to the shrimp water?
Hi there! I don’t see where there is water added with the shrimp. All you do is sautee in the pan. Does that make sense? Happy to explain more if needed! No prob!
Oh my goodness, I’m so embarrassed haha! This is a friendly reminder to myself that I can not look up recipes and try to focus while having a two and three year old running around! #momprobs haha
Hi, Sorry, what does the ddd mean in this step?
6. Next ddd in the coconut milk, broth, seasonings…
Oh good catch! That’s supposed to say add