Cioppino

Total Time: 8 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 cups fennel, thinly sliced
• 2 leeks, rinsed and thinly sliced ( and pale green parts only)
• 12 ounces small red potatoes, quartered
• 1 (26 ounce) jar marinara sauce
• 15 1/2 ounces chicken broth
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup red wine
• 1 teaspoon fennel seed
• 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
• 24 mussels, cleaned
• 12 sea scallops, halved if very large
• 1 lb halibut fillet, cut into 11/2 inch chunks

Recipe

• 1 mix all the ingredients except seafood in a 5 quart or larger slow-cooker.
• 2 cover and cook on low 7 to 9 hours until vegetables are tender.
• 3 raise heat to high and stir in seafood. cover and cook 20 minutes until mussels open and seafood is cooked.