Wendys Chili Recipe

You should certainly give this copycat Wendys Chili Recipe a try if you're a fan of Wendys chili.

I'm really surprised that it contains cocoa powder and brown sugar and very little chili powder.

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A friend gave the recipe to me and she swears that it is THE recipe for making Wendys Chili.

Wendys Chili Recipe

1 1/2 pounds ground beef
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 can onion soup -- 10 3/4 oz
2 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons cocoa
2 cans kidney beans – undrained
6 teaspoons tomato paste
15 teaspoons tomato sauce
2 teaspoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon vinegar
6 cups v8 juice

Brown the ground beef in the vegetable oil. Break the beef into tiny rice size pieces.

Place the onion soup and half of the cooked beef into a blender and process on high speed until it resembles cement mortar.

Combine the blended beef with the unblended beef into 2-1/2 qt saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer until flavors are blended.

This Wendys Chili Recipe should serve 6 to 8 people.

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