What are the ingrediants in Wendy's chili?

Question

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Answer 1

Ground Beef, Chili Base (tomatoes, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), Chili Seasoning (maltodextrin, tomato powder, salt, modified corn starch, chili pepper, sugar, onion, spices, dextrose, garlic, soybean oil, xanthan gum, citric acid, autolyzed yeast extract, extracts of paprika, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, artificial flavors, silicon dioxide [anti-caking agent]), Kidney Beans (kidney beans, water, sugar, corn syrup, salt, natural flavorings, onion powder, calcium chloride, disodium EDTA [flavor protector]), Chili Beans (beans, water, sugar, corn syrup, salt, natural flavorings, onion, calcium chloride), Vegetable Mix (onions, celery, peppers).

Answer 2

Here are a couple of 'clone' recipes for Wendy's chili

Wendy's Chili recipe Version 1

Ingredients :

2 lb ground beef
1 x 29 oz can tomato sauce
1 x 29 oz can kidney beans (with liquid)
1 x 29 oz can pinto beans (with liquid)
1 cup diced onion (1 medium onion)
½ cup diced green chili (2 chilies)
¼ cup diced celery (1 stalk)
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
2 tspn cumin powder
3 tbsp chili powder
1 ½ tspn black pepper
2 tspn salt
2 cups water

Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium heat; drain off the fat.
Using a fork, crumble the cooked beef into pea-size pieces.
In a large pot, combine the beef plus all the remaining ingredients, and bring to a simmer over low heat.
Cook, stirring every 15 minutes, for 2 to 3 hours.

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Wendy's Chili recipe Version 2


Ingredients :

1 ½ lb ground beef
2 tspn vegetable oil
1 x 10¾ oz can onion soup
2 tspn chili powder
2 tspn ground cumin
½ tspn pepper
2 tspn cocoa
2 cans kidney beans, undrained
6 tspn tomato paste
15 tspn tomato sauce
2 tspn brown sugar
1 tspn vinegar
6 cups v8 juice

Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

Brown beef in oil. Break meat into tiny rice size pieces.
Place onion soup and half of cooked beef into a blender and process on high speed until it resembles cement mortar. Place with unblended beef into 2-½ qt saucepan.
Add remaining ingredients and simmer until flavors are blended.