Name: Just Like Wendy’s Chili Recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 35 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 lbs Ground Beef; 2 stalks celery; 1 onion chopped; 1 green bell pepper; 42 oz stewed tomatoes; 10 oz tomatoes with green chiles; 14 oz tomato sauce; 1 cup water; 3.50 oz chili seasoning; 14 oz kidney beans; 14 oz pinto beans; Salt and ground black pepper; 1 tbsp white vinegar

How To Make Just Like Wendy’s Chili

A bowl of chili should not only be about the spice level. It should have umami, and a tasty mix of chili peppers – like this chili recipe from Wendy’s.

Preparation: 15 minutes

Cooking: 1 hour 20 minutes

Total: 1 hour 35 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

2tbspolive oil
2lbsGround Beef
2stalkscelerychopped
1onionchopped
1green bell pepperchopped
42ozstewed tomatoes
10oztomatoes with green chilesdiced
14oztomato sauce
1cupwater
3.50ozchili seasoning
14ozkidney beansundrained
14ozpinto beansundrained
salt and ground black pepperto taste
1tbspwhite vinegaror more to taste

Instructions

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 for about 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. 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.