Dinosaur Bar-B-Que is a small chain of BBQ restaurants in the northeast, and now, also in Chicago. If these dinosaur-style BBQ beans are any indication of how good their food is, it’s a place well worth visiting. These beans are crazy good, thanks mostly to the barbecue sauce and my favorite, crumbled cooked Italian sausage.

Italian Sausage Adds So Much Flavor
I recently started adding Italian sausage to my chili recipes. The Italian sausage adds a fantastic flavor and texture to the chili, just like it does to these dinosaur-style BBQ beans. You can use spicy sausage to kick things up even more. Of course, you can also add leftover chopped, cubed shredded pulled pork or smoked brisket (yum!).
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Also try my quick-fix BBQ beans.
Dinosaur-Style BBQ Beans
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- ½ large sweet onion chopped
- ¾ cup green bell pepper chopped
- pinch kosher salt
- pinch ground black pepper
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 pound Italian sausage bulk, not links
- 2 28 ounce baked beans
- ¾ cup your favorite BBQ sauce
- 1 tablespoon Creole mustard or Spicy Brown
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon Creole seasoning
- 1 tablespoon molasses
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Add the onion and bell pepper along with a pinch each of salt and pepper.
- Cook until soft.
- Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Crumble the sausage into the pan and cook until done.
- Drain any excess fat.
- Add the beans and stir.
- Reduce heat to low.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- Stir and simmer for 5 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional values are approximate.
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