Recipe: REC: Karl's Cajun Dirty Rice

I found this recipe on Karl's website, and like it because
its so simple (very much more so than some recipes I've
seen!) Because there's not a lot in it, the flavors really
come through. Its easier to use Zatarain's, but its sooo
much more rewarding to fix it this way!

Karl Zerangue's Cajun Dirty Rice

1 lb. ground pork (I usually substitute turkey here - v)
1 lb. ground beef
1 large bell pepper (I prefer red - v)
1 medium onion
5 - 6 peeled cloves of garlic
1 or 2 fresh, green cayenne peppers (if available)
1 tsp. salt (use to own taste)
1 tsp. red pepper (use to own taste -- balance with fresh pepper above)
2 cans mushroom steak sauce (NOT soup, usual brand I find here is Dawn's;
1 can = about 4-6 oz.)
3-4 cups cooked rice, or whatever you usually make as a meal

The Dressing Mix:
Pan fry the ground meat well until all of the meat is well done. Put bell
pepper, onion and garlic into food processor and "nearly" liquify it, then
add this to the meat. The pepper/onion/garlic should sizzle as you stir it
well into the the meat. When the sizzling fades, add the mushroom steak
sauce and a little water and allow the entire dressing mix to simmer for at
least a half hour.

****I like Dirty Rice with creamed corn (scraped off the cob and into the pan, with a bit of milk, some salt and pepper, and just a little sugar - or, out of a can if fresh corn isn't available!), garlic toast, and applesauce.

Enjoy!
Val