Since I have had WLS I have really come to love Wendy’s Chili. So much I will eat it almost every day. YUM YUM!!
I looked on the Internet and there is quite a few out there. I found one that to ME taste exactly the same. Especially the 2nd day it really taste so good. I plan to make it again this week for the 2nd time 🙂
Very easy to do
Ingredients:
1-1.5 pounds ground beef, browned and drained
1 large sweet yellow onion, chopped
1 large green bell peppers, chopped
3 celery strips/sections, chopped
1 large tablespoons minced garlic (I use already prepared minced)
1 cans Ranch Style Beans, NOT drained (15 ounce cans)
1 cans dark red kidney beans, NOT drained (15 ounce cans)
1 cans Original Rotel Diced Tomatoes & Green Chili (10 ounce cans)
1 cans stewed tomatoes (15 ounce cans)
2 cans plain tomato sauce (15 ounce cans)
2 packages McCormick Mild Chili Seasoning (1.25 ounce packages)
2 tsp of salt
Pepper to taste
Directions:
Combine all ingredients in a large crock pot / slow cooker on low (INCLUDING ALL THE JUICE I NEVER DRAIN ANY BEANS)
Cook on low for 6-8 hours
Dig in!! I love to add cheese and sour cream in my chili!! YUM!!!
Few notes – my husband loves alot of meat. I used 2.5 lbs for him. He devoured it however that was just too much meat for me.
I prefer to keep it closer to 1 pound.
2nd day is even better!!
Other have said they prefer Pinto beans in theirs. Ranch Style beans could be hard to find but I looked at the top shelf of the beans at my local store. They are beans with other flavorings into it. YUM!!
Both deaf since the age of 3, Chad and Mary Beth enjoy not only raising their little family but photographing together, cooking & crafting as well. Living in Central Florida with their ...
Great to hear from you again.you are so right about having to recharge ones batteries periodically. Looking forward to hearing about your journey
This was very good!! Thanks for sharing!
What if u don’t use crockpot ?
what if you don’t have a crockpot? theres nothing else i can use?
I have looked & looked in the supermarkets, And can not find ranch beans anywhere. I have asked. & nobody knows what they are. The stockers at Meijer or Walmart have no idea.
So sorry about that! I have found it at Walmart and Winn-Dixie and Publix here in the area. Maybe it is a regional thing in Central Florida?
I have found Ranch style beans in Colorado, Nebraska Oklahoma and South Dakota so I don’t believe it is a regional thing. Walmart carried them in those states.
how would it be with ground turkey instead of beef
I found ranch beans at the jewel in wheeling il. Never heard of them before now.
Ranch beans in the west are most likely chili beans…just means canned red beans with light chili flavoring…good substitute, anyway
We are in Calif, Ranch style you can puck up at most all Wal Mart e etc. Patti your right the are a pinto bean with a lite chili sauce no meat in them. No like Hormel chili not a thick sauce more juice in these.
this is the only chili my husband likes now! I have made it several times just like the recipe says, usually I am one to add something or delete something from a recipe,but, not this one. It’s absolutely perfect!