Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe

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January 29, 2016 By Jill 28 Comments

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Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe tastes just like you picked up your order from Wendy’s. In under 30 minutes and without leaving the house, you can have Wendy’s Chili.

Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili

This is a very good Copycat version of Wendy’s Chili, that I found on line a few years ago. I have converted it for the Pressure Cooker.

Wendy’s Chili is more like a Chili Soup, so please don’t be surprised that this Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe will have a lot of liquid in your finished soup/chili.

If you like the taste, but prefer less liquid, just simmer out the liquid for a bit. However, then it is not just like Wendy’s Chili. It’s your Chili, do as you please. 🙂

Cast of Ingredients for Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe

Hey, are you making fun of my onions? Those were grown in my garden and picked, just now, for this recipe! Those tomatoes are from our garden too. They are kind of small, so I used three instead of two large. 🙂

This recipe is very simple and is basically all canned stuff.

For a competition chili recipe, try my Pressure Cooker Competion Chili con Carne or my Tex Mex Turkey Chili. For a pub style chili, try this Sweet & Spicy Beef, Bison & Beer Chili.

Dice up Onions and Celery

Dice up some onions and celery.

Brown the Beef

Select Sauté or Browning on your Pressure Cooker and allow to fully heat. To make a stainless steel pot non stick, you need to heat the pot first, before adding a fat. This will help to prevent the food from sticking to your pot.

You can see that I used pretty lean ground chuck. Therefore, after the pot was very hot, I drizzled in a bit of Olive Oil to the Pressure Cooker cooking pot and then added the beef. Mix the beef around with your Spatula, making sure to break it up into little pieces.

Drain any excess oil. Break up the Beef

Drain any oil from the pot. Continue to break up the beef with your Spatula, until it is in little pieces, like you see above. The super broken up meat is key to this Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe.

Add Diced Onion and Celery

Add in your diced onion and celery and sauté it for a couple of minutes.

Only slightly sauté the onions and celery

You only need a slight sauté on the celery and onions. Just enough were they start to wilt.

Dice up the tomatoes

Dice up the tomatoes. Don’t these look pretty? They were just picked from our garden! Fresh tomatoes are so delicious. I like to slice a tomato and put it on my bagel, for breakfast. Yummy!

Combine the Seasonings

I like to combine the seasonings in a Little Ramekin, so that when I am ready to add them, they are all measured and ready to go. Note, if you measure and add each seasoning to the hot pot, you risk steam getting into the jar with the seasoning.

Add in the rest of the ingredients

Have all the cans and everything ready in advance. After the celery and onions are a bit wilted, add in the rest of the ingredients. Don’t drain the beans, just add them in, liquid and all. Remember, Wendy’s Chili is a very liquidy chili.

Did you know that many doctors recommend Wendy’s Chili, when bariatric patients are able to start on soft food? Interesting, huh?

Add in Fresh Water

Add in some fresh water. I used 1.5 cups of water for this recipe. If you want to add a bit less, that’s fine. I like to use the full amount and then simmer for a couple of minutes after the pressure has released.

Literally a couple of minutes and then turn off the pot. Wendy’s Chili is like a Chili Soup, so if you are doing this recipe, I assume you want it to be just like Wendy’s Chili.

For a really good everyday chili, try my Pressure Cooker Competition Chili Con Carne. It’s my favorite chili. I know Texans don’t like beans in their chili, but we love this Pressure Cooker Tex-Mex Chili with Beans. I named it so, even though beans are taboo in Texas. I am a rebel, you know.

Looks just like Wendy’s Chili

This looks just like Wendy’s Chili. I did not drain the liquid before taking a picture. I just put my ladle in the pot and scooped up some for the picture. It looks like a Chili Soup and it is yummy!

Again, if you want this less watery, just simmer it. Be careful, as it will cook down fast and thicken as it cools.

Ready for the Freezer in Reditainers Extreme Freezer Containers

This makes a lot and freezes really well. We have enough for several more meals. Labeled and all ready for the freezer. These Reditainer Extreme Freezer Containers are wonderful, BPA free and cheap!

Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy’s Chili Recipe

Grate up some cheese and top with Homemade Greek Yogurt (in lieu of sour cream).

Enjoy!

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Pressure Cooker Copycat Wendy's Chili Recipe

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

30 mins

A chili recipe that tastes like Wendy's Chili.

Author: Jill

Recipe type: Main Course

Cuisine: Fast Food

Serves: 4 servings

Ingredients

1 pound Ground Beef or Ground Turkey
1 14.5 oz can Tomato Sauce
1 14.5 oz can Kidney beans, with liquid
1 14.5 oz can Pinto Beans, with liquid
½ cup Onion, diced
4 oz can diced Green Chilies
¼ cup Celery, diced
2 medium tomatoes, diced
1 teaspoon Cumin Powder
2 Tablespoons Chili Powder
1 teaspoon Black Pepper
2 teaspoons Sea Salt
1.5 cups Fresh Water

Instructions

Chop vegetables, combine spices and open all cans, as this moves fast.
Select Sauté or Browning on your Pressure Cooker and allow to heat.
Add a drizzle of Olive Oil.
Break up the ground beef as you go and then drain off any excess fat.
Break up the beef until it is totally crumbled.
Add the celery and onions and sauté for about two minutes.
Add the rest of the ingredients.
Lock on Lid and close Pressure Release Valve.
Cook on High Pressure for 20 minutes.
When Beep is heard, allow a full Natural Pressure Release.
If desired, simmer for two minutes to reduce come of the liquid.
Top with Grated Cheese.

Notes

Wendy's Chili is more like a Chili Soup, so please don't be surprised that there will be a lot of liquid in your finished soup.

If you like the taste, but prefer less liquid, just simmer out the liquid for a bit. It's your Chili, do as you please. 🙂