Grammy's Kitchen · Chili · Just Like Wendy's Chili
One of 163 chili recipes we measured
from www.allrecipes.com
962 cooks on www.allrecipes.com rate it 4.8★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 163.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 14% | 23% |
| fat | 2% | 1% |
| aromatics | 9% | 16% |
| acid | 1% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 122% | 58% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons olive oil |
| 907 g | 2 pounds ground beef |
| 80 g | 2 stalks celery, chopped |
| 150 g | 1 onion, chopped |
| 120 g | 1 green bell pepper, chopped |
| 1191 g | 3 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes |
| 397 g | 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce |
| 284 g | 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chiles (such as RO*TEL) |
| 237 g | 1 cup water |
| 71 g | 2 (1.25 ounce) packages chili seasoning (such as McCormick® Mild Chili Seasoning Mix) |
| 397 g | 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans, undrained |
| 397 g | 1 (14 ounce) can pinto beans, undrained |
| salt and ground black pepper to taste | |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon white vinegar, or more to taste |
Method: 9 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I love this chili! I made some minor alterations: added 2 cans of each bean to be more like Wendy's (as suggested somewhere in the reviews), draining one of each of the cans , I didn't add any water because there was enough liquid without it (I like my chili t” — a cook, 5★
“I have made this recipe 3 times and the last 2 times, I was able to make this taste 98% like Wendy's chili...with a few hacks. 1.I use a can of "Chili beans" instead of just plain kindeys (dump out half of the sauce, as it is high in sodium). 2. Use leftover "” — a cook, 5★