just like wendy's® chili

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 pounds ground beef
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 3 (14 ounce) cans stewed tomatoes
• 1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chiles (such as ro*tel)
• 1 (14 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup water
• 2 (1.25 ounce) packages chili seasoning (such as mccormick® mild chili seasoning mix)
• 1 (14 ounce) can kidney beans, undrained
• 1 (14 ounce) can pinto beans, undrained
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon white vinegar, or more to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. press ground beef into the hot oil to form one large patty; let the bottom brown, 8 to 10 minutes. stir and break the ground beef into crumbles and cook until no longer pink, about 5 more minutes.
• stir celery, onion, and green bell pepper into ground beef and cook until onion is translucent, about 5 minutes; pour in stewed tomatoes, diced tomatoes with green chiles, tomato sauce, and water. break apart large chunks of stewed tomatoes. stir in chili seasoning.
• mix kidney beans and pinto beans into chili, season with salt and black pepper, and bring to a boil. reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 hour. mix vinegar into chili.