Decadent Seafood Chowder

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons minced garlic
• 1/3 cup flour
• 4 cups half-and-half
• 1 cup dry vegetable soup mix
• 1/2 cup dried onion flakes
• 2 tablespoons lemon pepper
• 1 pinch dried thyme
• 1 pinch saffron
• 1 cup diced salmon
• 1 cup diced halibut
• 1 cup peeled and deveined shrimp
• 1 cup peeled and deveined prawns
• 1 cup scallops

Directions

Melt butter with garlic together in a large pot over medium-high heat. Whisk in flour; cook and stir until mixture makes a paste and is fragrant, about 1 minute. Slowly whisk half-and-half into flour mixture until smooth. Add vegetable soup mix, onion flakes, lemon pepper, thyme, and saffron to half-and-half mixture; cook and stir until mixture thickens, 5 to 10 minutes.

Stir salmon, halibut, shrimp, prawns, and scallops into half-and-half mixture; bring to a simmer, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook, stirring frequently, until seafood is cooked through and chowder is hot, about 30 minutes.