Slow-Cooker Fish Chowder

Ingredients

• 4 stripss 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
• 0.5 teaspoons red pepper flakes , or to taste
• 1 cup scallops
• 1 cup uncooked medium shrimp , peeled and deveined
• halibut , cut into bite-size pieces
• 1 can evaporated milk , 12 ounce

Instructions

1. 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. 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. 3

   Cook on High for 3 hours.

4. 4

   Stir scallops, shrimp, and halibut into slow cooker; cook 1 hour more. Stir in evaporated milk until thoroughly heated; serve.