Chili recipe- does this sound good?

I've never made chili before, but I'm gonna try it tomorrow. I adapted this recipe slightly from one I found that was supposed to be a copycat for Wendy's chili, which DH loves. Does it sound good?

(as a side note, the reason the pork sausage is in there is because it is SOOO good and I need to use it before it goes bad lol)


1.5 lb ground beef
.5 lb ground pork sausage
29-ounce can tomato sauce
29-ounce can kidney beans
29-ounce can pinto bean
1 cup diced onion
1/2 cup diced anaheim pepper
1/4 cup diced celery
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
2 cups water
cumin, chili powder, pepper, salt to season


So if any of you are experienced in the chili making, have any suggestions? Something to add or change?

It sounds delicious. Minus the celery.

Sounds about like my chili, except for the pinto beans.

Sounds good to me I just add a ton of veggies like mushroom zucchini peppers but it sounds yummy I love too make chili

add chili pepper and you're golden! **Edit, now i see you have that

Mushrooms, green pepper I sometimes use if I got them. I have used pinto beans, they are pretty unnoticable, just dont do navy beans!

I'm glad it sounds good!

I wish I'd thought about getting more veggies when we were at the store lol

I'm not sold on the pinto beans yet, but DH insists they are important. I'll be dicing the celery up really small bc he swears he doesn't like it but I cook with it ALL the time lol

Quoting Shannonsfirst:" add chili pepper and you're golden! Mushrooms, green pepper I sometimes use if I got them. I have used pinto beans, they are pretty unnoticable, just dont do navy beans!"

Isn't an anaheim pepper a chili pepper? Or should I have gotten like a red pepper?

<blockquote><b>Quoting Chuck Bass:</b>" I'm glad it sounds good! I wish I'd thought about getting more veggies when we were at the store lol ... [snip!] ... are important. I'll be dicing the celery up really small bc he swears he doesn't like it but I cook with it ALL the time lol"</blockquote>




You can always change up the beans to any you like I use three types of beans in mine

I always use 2 lbs of ground beef (diced green bell peppers and onions mixed in the meat while cooking)
6 cans of chili beans
2 cans of diced tomatoes
1 package of chili mix