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Chili like Wendy's®
Quick and easy recipe takes under an
hour to reproduce that famous chili.

Submitted By: Chad Kuhlman
Prep. Time: 0:45
Serves: 4-6

2 Tbls. vegetable oil
1 1/2 - 2 lbs. ground chuck
10 oz. can French onion soup
21 oz. can red kidney beans - un-drained
8 oz. can tomato sauce
6 oz. can tomato paste
1 Tbls. chili powder
2 tsp. ground cumin
1/2 tsp. black pepper
3 drops Tabasco
® Sauce


-In a large pot over medium-high heat, brown the beef in the oil, breaking up as it cooks; set aside.
-Puree soup in a blender; pour over beef.
-Stir remaining ingredients into pot.
-Simmer over low heat, stirring occasionally, for at least 30 minutes.

Make It A Meal: Serve with Corn Muffins and a Thick Chocolate Milkshake like Wendy's® Frosty®.

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13 Visitor Comments About This Recipe Submit Yours Below!
  • Tried the recipe and did not like it. Tasted nothing like Wendy's chili. Sorry

  • My husband loves Wendy's chili. I made this one night, not letting him know where I got the recipe. I added onions and cheddar cheese on top the way he orders it. He said "this taste just like Wendy's, oh wait! I mean better". I said "no, that's what it's supposed to taste like". He said I could make it anytime. I'm making it again for company this time. It's not exactly, but really close. The longer you let it simmer, the better. Thanks

  • I've made this recipe for the last 12 years and love it! It really does taste like Wendys' chili!

  • This isn't anything like Wendys chili. I knew this as soon as I saw that your recipe only calls for kidney beans. Wendi's chili has two different beans in it, almost looks like they put in the bean found in Van Camp's Pork and Beans. The rest of the recipe you claim to be a clone is a standard chili recipe.

  • We tried this today for dinner along with the corn muffins. Both were delicious. The chili is remarkably close to Wendy's recipe. My kids loved it!!!

  • Hi I worked at wendys for 2 years. They use red kidney beans and pink then onions, green peppers. Leftovers of the hamburger from the prior day and tomato sauce and cans of chunked tomatos and chili powder. They dont use tobasco sauce.

  • I made the recipe for Chili like Wendy's, this is the best chili I ever made. Thank you.

  • I've been making this chili for almost six months now and my kids LOVE it. My son who does not like chili looks forward to me making this now because he really likes it.

  • I'm not a big fan of Chili, but this was great! easy to make and so tasty. My family ate it up. Thanks!

  • I made this recipe but i added pink and red kidney beans and a green pepper to this recipe and it made it more like wendys chili this is a great recipe and my husband just loves it thanks

  • I was excited to find this recipe because my husband and I both love Wendy's chili. However, never of us enjoyed it--didn't taste like Wendy's chili at all to us!

  • Oh My!!! This is SO like Wendys and I really like their chili. I did add a jar of my home can tomatoes with onions and bell pepper because that is also in Wendy's chili. I still liked the hot sauce in it. Yes I will add more beans next time will try the pink beans other commenter say.

  • I have made this recipe many times. It's the only chili recipe my husband wants me to make anymore. Everyone has a different idea about what chili should be like, but this recipe offers everything my husband insists on having in his chili--no chunks of tomatoes, no large pieces of onion, and not a thin or watery chili. This is a nice thick chili, and it's super quick to throw together. Having said that, I must also add that I recently had some Wendy's chili, and this recipe isn't it. But it is a very good and extrememly easy chili recipe that we have really enjoyed--many times!

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