Wendys Copycat Chili Recipe is the perfect dinner for a cold winter night! This make at-home copy cat recipe is easy to put together and super filling.
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Wendys Copycat Chili Recipe
The perfect meal on these crazy cold Spokane nights. I am not sure how you are feeling about winter but I am already on a countdown to spring......dreaming of tulips, daffodils, green grass, and leaves on the trees. OK, Enough warm weather dreaming.
At least the chilly weather is perfect for crock pot recipes, chili, and snack food!
This recipe can easily be spiced up a bit if you like spicier chili!
Wendys Copycat Chili Recipe
Ingredients
- Ground Beef
- Medium Yellow Onion
- Celery Stalk
- Pablano or Hatch Chilies
- Tomato Sauce
- Diced Tomatoes
- Kidney Beans
- Pinto Beans
- Cumin
- Chili Powder
- Black Pepper
- Salt
- Water
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Wendys Copycat Chili Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Ground Beef
- ½ Yellow Onion Medium, diced
- 1 Celery Stalk diced
- ¼ Cup Pablano or Hatch Chilies roasted, skin removed and diced
- 14.5 Oz tomato sauce
- 14.5 Oz Diced Tomatoes
- 14.5 Oz Kidney Beans drained not rinsed
- 14.5 Oz Pinto Beans drained not rinsed
- 2 Tsp Cumin
- 2 Tbsp. Chili Powder
- 1 Tsp Black Pepper
- 1 Tsp Salt
- Water
Instructions
- In a Dutch oven over medium heat brown the Ground Beef, drain and reserve 1 Tbsp. of drippings in the pot.
- Add the Onion, Celery and Chilies to the pot and cook over medium heat until the Onions start to turn translucent.
- Add the Beef. Tomato sauce, Diced Tomatoes, Kidney and Pinto beans, Cumin, Chili Powder, Black Pepper, Salt and 1 Cup water. Bring to a simmer, cover and let cook 2 ½ - 3 hours.
- Serve hot.Add water as necessary to maintain desired consistency.
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Recipe originally shared on January 14, 2015. Updated October 2020.
diane
My husband LOVES chili. We have been to wendy's but I don't think we have actually tried the chili there! LOoks delicious!
Jenn
Oh my husband is going to love this recipe! He loves their chili so much. Ill be trying it out over the weekend.
valmg
We're big chili fans. Wendy's chili is something my oldest really enjoys as a treat.
Elaina
Oh I love Chili! Especially this time of year. Thanks for the recipe!
Patty
I am not a chili eater - we don't like beans here. Although Wendy's must make good chili because a lot of people want to recreate it.