Serves: 5
Total Calories: 610

3/4 cup chopped onion
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup butter
1/2 loaf bread, broken into bread crumbs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon fresh sage, or to taste
1 tablespoon fresh thyme
1 cup chicken broth
5 pork chops (have butcher cut pockets)
1 can cream of celery soup
1/2 can water
10 small mushrooms
1 minced garlic (optional)

Sauté onions and celery in butter until onions are clear. Put bread crumbs in a large bowl and sprinkle with salt, sage, and thyme. Mix in sautéed vegetables and chicken broth. Mix together and stuff into the pork chops. Place stuffed chops into a well-greased 12-inch Dutch oven.

Mix the soup, water, mushrooms, and garlic in a bowl and pour over pork; cover with lid. Put the Dutch oven on hot coals and place more coals on the lid. Bake 90 minutes, turning a quarter turn every 20 minutes. (Or bake in conventional oven at 350° for 20 - 30 minutes.)


Fun Fact: Red Mountain is a set of three peaks in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado, about five miles south of Ouray, Colorado. The mountain gets its name from the reddish iron ore rocks that cover the surface. In the fall of 1968 the film True Grit was filmed in Ouray County, including some scenes in the city of Ouray and the nearby town of Ridgway and, most notably, the interior of the Ouray County Court House.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 5
Total Calories: 610
Calories from Fat: 200

More Recipes from the Best of the Best from the Mountain West Cookbook:
Gourmet Tenderloin with Wine Sauce
Nevada Ranch Woman’s Charcoal Broiled Blue Cheese Steaks
Steak Dinner in a “Pot”
Sirloin Tips of Beef
Grilled T-Bone 240
Marinated Grilled Flank Steak
Steak on the Stick
Pepper Steak
Corned Beef
Roast, Dutch Oven Style
Dutch Oven Pot Roast with Sour Cream and Mushroom Gravy
Gabby's No-Peek Prime Ribber
Taste of the Rockies Casserole
German Cabbage Burgers
Spicy Bean and Beef Pie
Aunt Phoebe’s Goulash
Sloppy Joe Biscuit Bake
Deep-Dish Beef Pie
West Coast Wrangler’s Camp-out Quickie
Hearty Basque-Style Casserole
Shepherd’s Pie
Taco Seasoning Mix
Durango Meatballs
Meatloaf in an Onion
Western Style Barbecue Sauce for a Crowd
Jealous Bourbon BBQ Sauce
Braised Beef Short Ribs
Barbecued Beef Ribs
Silver State Beef Short Ribs
Porky Pineapple Spareribs
Independence Day Barbecue Spareribs
Pork Tenderloin à la Crème
Darned Good Skillet Supper
Pork Chops and Potatoes Bake
Red Mountain Stuffed Pork Chops
Bunkhouse Pork Chops in Ranch Sauce
Skillet Pork Chops
Sweet and Sour Pork
Trailer Treat
All American Marmalade Glazed Ham
Lamb Stew with Garlic and Pinot Noir
Roasted Leg of Lamb with Raspberry Glaze
Garlic and Chili-Rubbed Buffalo Steaks
Ribs Diablo
Elk Enchiladas
Elk Piccata