Slow-Cooker Shrimp Pilau

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons Unsalted butter
• 1 large Sweet onion sliced
• 1 cup ham diced
• 2 mdium yellow bell peppers diced
• 1 cup basmati rice rinced well under cold water and drained
• 4 Bay leaves
• 5 sprigs Fresh Thyme
• 1 1/2 cups shrimp or seafood stock
• 1/2 cup bottled clam juice
• 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 scalions sliced
• 1/2 cup Cherry tomatoes
• hot sauce, for serving