Slow-Cooker Fish Chowder

Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 240 min
Servings: 9
Yield: 9 servings

Description

A creamy chowder full of shrimp, scallops, and chunks of halibut gets hearty flavor and a touch of sweetness from sweet corn, potatoes, and bacon.

Ingredients

4 slices bacon, chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 cups chicken stock
3 stalks celery, diced
2 large potatoes, diced
2 large carrots, diced
1 cup fresh corn kernels
ground black pepper to taste
1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 cup scallops
1 cup uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 pound halibut, cut into bite-size pieces
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk

Directions

1 Cook and stir bacon in a skillet over medium heat until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Drain excess grease. Add onion and garlic to bacon; cook and stir until onion translucent, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker.
2 Add chicken stock to slow cooker. Stir in celery, potatoes, carrots, and corn; season with black pepper and red pepper flakes. Cover slow cooker.
3 Cook on High for 3 hours.
4 Stir scallops, shrimp, and halibut into slow cooker; cook 1 hour more. Stir in evaporated milk until thoroughly heated; serve.