Grammy's Kitchen · Chili · Copycat Wendy's Chili
One of 163 chili recipes we measured
from www.eatingwell.com
It ranks #4 of 163 for tenderness among the chili recipes we compared. 5 cooks on www.eatingwell.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 163.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 80% | 23% |
| fat | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 29% | 16% |
| salt | 253% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 29% | 58% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 14 g | 1 tablespoon canola oil |
| 150 g | 1 large yellow onion, chopped |
| 120 g | 1 small green bell pepper, chopped |
| 80 g | 2 medium stalks celery, chopped |
| 680 g | 1.5 pounds 90%-lean ground beef |
| 33 g | 2 tablespoons tomato paste |
| 16 g | 2 tablespoons chili powder |
| 7 g | 1 tablespoon ground cumin |
| 6 g | 2 teaspoons garlic powder |
| 7 g | 2 teaspoons onion powder |
| 360 g | 1.5 cups unsalted chicken broth |
| 454 g | 2 (8 ounce) cans no-salt-added tomato sauce |
| 425 g | 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added dark kidney beans, rinsed |
| 425 g | 1 (15-ounce) can no-salt-added pink or pinto beans, rinsed |
| 411 g | 1 (14.5 ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained |
| 3 g | 0.5 teaspoon salt |
| 184 g | 0.75 cup whole-milk plain strained (Greek-style) yogurt (optional) |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.eatingwell.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“This tastes so close to Wendy's chili and is dead easy to make. I like my chili on the spicy side, so I'd probably add some cayenne pepper.” — a cook, 5★
“Hearty chili that's a perfect dupe for the classic Wendy's chili. I loved the tomato sauce base. It made the chili smooth and saucy.” — a cook, 5★