19 Reviews of Wendy's Chili Clone

From: rhondalynne

On Sep 1, 2006

So easy and quick to make! and tasty too!!! I used 2 16 oz cans of kidney beans instead of 21 oz, and I didn't have tomato sauce so I used a 16 oz can of diced tomatoes, undrained. Everyone loved it! This is my chili recipe from now on!

From: Mole

On Apr 10, 2005

I was skeptical about using canned French Onion soup, but was very pleased with the results of this chili. I did not have tomato paste, so I used crushed tomatoes w/ puree, and it was great. I loved the cumin flavor, but did substitute Cayenne pepper for the black pepper, and also added a touch more chili powder as well as a TBS of salt (liquid from the tomatoes probably diluted it a bit). Keeper recipe. I'll make this when I don't have 4 hours to simmer my other recipe.

From: jellyko

On Sep 4, 2006

First let me say this is a great recipe...most of us sometime tweak things for own preference or with what we have on hand and I did just that. I used 2 lb gr. beef and did not puree the onion soup. instead of kidney beans I used a mix of chili bean and no beans chili. all else same. simmered a while and froze half. served with toasted cheese. thanks for a quick flexible recipe. oh so good!

From: Chef #323143

On Nov 14, 2006

My church was having a Chili contest and I was asked to enter it b/c not many people had entered the contest, so I did. My husband said, have you ever made chili before and I said no and he started laughing. I was looking for a recipe and found this one and made it for the contest and out of 7 entries I won First Place and everyone loved it!!!!!! Great Recipe to make!!!!!!!!

From: xidmary

On Feb 4, 2007

A very quick and easy recipe. Also very good! I did not puree the soup and don't think it made any difference. I used just 1 pound of ground beef and doubled the amount of beans. A keeper! Thanks

From: gracefire

On Dec 5, 2006

A keeper! Simple ingredients, quick to make, and DELICIOUS. No need to puree the French onion soup...it all blended together just fine. Perfect for a chilly December night! Thanks! My chili hunt is over.

From: just Stacey

On Feb 19, 2007

Wow! This chili is great! I wouldn't change a thing! (I took everyone's advice and didn't puree the onion soup..came out perfect.) Thanks for sharing this recipe.

From: jovigirl

On Apr 20, 2005

What a nice twist on chili. I'm going to try the crushed tomatoes next time and maybe a little bit of bell pepper. I love the french onion soup in it!! Thanks!

From: mamadelogan

On Nov 21, 2009

Not Wendy's chili but good. I believe that Wendy's chili has peppers in it and is a lot more soupy. This chili was thick, more like for topping hot dogs. I added more seasoning and some chicken bullion. This is easy and tasty, its a keeper. Thanks for posting!

From: karen in tbay

On Mar 8, 2007

we did this recipe along with 2 others and I forgot to write down my comments so reviewing as a tried recipe