Original Wendys Chili Recipes

WENDY'S CHILI RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat.
• Place the ground beef in the pot. Press down the beef to form one large patty. Let the bottom brown for 8 to 10 minutes. Use a spatula to break up the beef into bite-size crumbles. Cook until no longer pink. About 5 more minutes.
• Stir in the celery, onion, and green bell pepper and cook until onion is translucent. Should take around 5 minutes.
• Pour in stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes with green chiles, tomato sauce, and water. Break up any large pieces of stewed tomatoes. (You can also run the stewed tomatoes through a food processor before adding if you like.) Stir in chili seasoning.
• Add in the kidney beans and pinto beans. Salt and pepper to your desired taste. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour. Mix vinegar into chili.
• Enjoy!

JUST LIKE WENDY'S® CHILI

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Press ground beef into the hot oil to form one large patty; let the bottom brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Stir and break the ground beef into crumbles and cook until no longer pink, about 5 more minutes.
• Stir celery, onion, and green bell pepper into ground beef and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes; pour in stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes with green chiles, tomato sauce, and water. Break apart large chunks of stewed tomatoes. Stir in chili seasoning.
• Mix kidney beans and pinto beans into chili, season with salt and black pepper, and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour. Mix vinegar into chili.

WENDY'S ORIGINAL CHILI (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Brown beef inches.
• Break meat into tiny pieces.
• Place onion soup and half of cooked beef into a blender and process.
• on high speed.
• Place blended beef with unblended beef into a large saucepan.
• Add remaining ingredients and simmer on low for 20-30 minutes.

WENDY'S CHILI RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat for 1-2 minutes. Add the minced garlic and diced onion. Sauté until the onion is translucent (about 2-3 minutes)
• Add the celery stalks and bell pepper. Sauté for another 2-3 minutes, or until celery has softened.
• Meanwhile, in a separate frying pan, heat the other tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat for 1-2 minutes. Add the ground beef, break apart and cook, stirring occasionally until no pink remains.
• Once ground beef is cooked, drain any liquid from the pan and add the ground beef to your pot with onions, celery and bell peppers.
• Add the stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken broth, chili powder, garlic powder, ground cumin, paprika, kidney beans and black beans to the pot.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Once boiling, reduce to low, add the lid to the pot and allow to simmer for at least 60 minutes.
• After 60 minutes, stir in the white vinegar and salt, pepper to taste.
• Enjoy!

WENDY'S CHILI RECIPE

Steps:

• Brown Ground Chuck. Add all canned items, including juice, into large pot.
• Cook until onion and pepper are tender.
• Serve.
• Freezes nicely!

WENDY'S COPYCAT CHILI

Steps:

• Place ground beef in a large pot over medium-high heat. Stir and break the ground beef into crumbles and cook until no longer pink.
• Drain beef of excess grease.
• Return beef to pot, stir in celery, onion, and green bell pepper into ground beef and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Pour in stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes with green chiles, tomato sauce, and water. Break apart large pieces of stewed tomatoes.
• Stir in chili seasoning.
• Add kidney beans, pinto beans and season with salt and black pepper; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.
• Mix vinegar into chili.
• Ladle into bowls and serve.