{"id":1046,"date":"2021-05-17T17:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestcamping.com\/blog\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2021-05-01T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2021-05-01T21:50:23","slug":"twin-lakes-pork-and-mushroom-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forestcamping.com\/dow\/suzi\/twin-lakes-pork-and-mushroom-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin Lakes&#8217; Pork and Mushroom Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The chefs on television show &#8220;Chopped&#8221; have nothing on me when it comes to developing a recipe from unknown items.&nbsp; I don\u2019t think I\u2019m unusual in that defrosting a freezer isn\u2019t a favorite activity.&nbsp; Therefore, my motorhome&#8217;s freezer can tend to get deeply encased in ice before I defrost it.&nbsp; It is rather satisfying once this nasty task is accomplished and fun, in a totally weird way, to discover little surprises buried way in the back.&nbsp; This recipe is the result of a couple of surprises I found wrapped in ice the other day.<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nTwin Lakes Pork and Mushroom<\/strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1047\" title=\"Pork and Mushrooms for dinner\" src=\"http:\/\/www.forestcamping.com\/dow\/suzi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/10-17-receipe-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pork and Mushrooms for dinner\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\">Serves 2<\/h3>\n<p>2 pork chops, well trimmed (to remove the freezer burn)<br \/>\n\u00bd cup sliced mushrooms<br \/>\n\u00bd cup red wine or chicken broth<br \/>\n1 can cream of mushroom soup<br \/>\n1 bay leaf, optional<\/p>\n<p>Heat a skillet.&nbsp; Season the chops with salt and pepper.&nbsp; Drop chops in the hot skillet to quickly sear both sides.&nbsp; Remove chops and place in a crock pot.&nbsp; Add sliced mushrooms to hot skillet and saute.&nbsp; Deglaze the skillet with wine, don\u2019t remove mushrooms, and let the wine cook down by half.&nbsp; Pour the mushroom and wine mixture over the chops and then pour soup over the whole thing.&nbsp; Put a cover on the crockpot and set it on low.&nbsp; Allow to cook 4 to 6 hours.&nbsp; As you can see from the photo I served it with rice and sweet peas.<\/p>\n<h2>Quick trick<\/h2>\n<p>I use Minute Rice when we are camping so in the one cup of water I&#8217;ll add 2\/3 cup of frozen peas and bring the water to a boil.&nbsp; Once water is boiling, add the rice, give it a quick stir, cover with a lid, and set off the flame.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.forestcamping.com\/dow\/suzi\/twin-lakes-pork-and-mushroom-recipe\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 237346;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chefs on television show &#8220;Chopped&#8221; have nothing on me when it comes to developing a recipe from unknown items.&nbsp; I don\u2019t think I\u2019m unusual in that defrosting a freezer isn\u2019t a favorite activity.&nbsp; Therefore, my motorhome&#8217;s freezer can tend to get deeply encased in ice before I defrost it.&nbsp; It is rather satisfying once  &nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forestcamping.com\/dow\/suzi\/twin-lakes-pork-and-mushroom-recipe\/\">Read More >><\/a><\/p>\n<script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 237346;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts with Thumbnails\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,9],"tags":[51,99,77,83,15],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maindish","category-recipes","category-suzis-blog","tag-camping","tag-dinner","tag-national-forest-campgrounds","tag-httpforestcamping-comrecipe","tag-recipes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Twin Lakes&#039; Pork and Mushroom Recipe - Camping With Suzi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Long before there was the Chopped show on TV, camping cooks were creating delicious meals for their family with what was on hand. 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