Decadent Seafood Chowder

• 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

1. 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.
2. 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.

butter, garlic, flour, vegetable soup mix, onion flakes, lemon pepper, thyme, saffron, salmon, shrimp, prawns, scallops

Taken from www.allrecipes.com/recipe/241460/decadent-seafood-chowder/ (may not work)