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Curried Turkey Endive Salad Bites

Prep Time40 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time45 minutes
Servings: 30

Ingredients

Pickled Red Onion

  • 1 cup rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp dried cranberries
  • 1/2 tsp allspice whole
  • 1 small red onion sliced thin
  • 3 cups boiling water

Curried Turkey Endive Salad

  • 30 Belgian endive leaves approx. four endive bulbs
  • 1 1/2 tbsp turmeric
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp coriander
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 tsp cumin
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 lb ground turkey
  • 3/4 tsp kosher salt

Equipment & Utensils

  • Air tight/sealable container
  • Large colander
  • Large bowl
  • Large two-pronged fork
  • Large skillet
  • 1 or 2 large plates / platters

Instructions

Pickled Red Onion

  • Cut off base of endive bulbs and peel away the larger endive leaves. Save the center leaves for another dish.
  • Place in colander and rinse with cold water then allow to drain.
  • Pour rice vinegar, sugar and salt into sealable container.
  • Stir until salt and sugar dissolves.
  • Add cranberries and allspice
  • Place onion slices into a colander then pour boilng water over onions to blanch them.
  • Allow to drain then drop onion slices into sealable container with pickling solution, stir up to combine and seal.
  • Let onion slices sit in pickling solution for at least 30 minutes but ideally for 2 hours.

    Curried Turkey Endive Salad Bites

    • Shake of excess water from endive leaves,. Dab with a paper towel if needed.
    • Place endives leaves on a plates or platters in a decorative shape or shapes.
    • Combine turmeric, garlic, coriander, salt, cayenne, and cumin in a small bowl.
    • Whisk up to make sure the ingredients are completely combined.
    • Place turkey into large bowl then pour spices over turkey.
    • Combine thoroughly using a large two-pronged fork to mix ingredient thoroughly.
    • Heat oil in skillet on high until very hot, then add seasoned turkey to skillet.
    • Cook while continuously turning over to make sure all parts of the ground turkey is cooked.
    • As soon as turkey forms into small clumps remove from heat - do not over cook.
    • Season with kosher salt to taste (approx. 3/4 tsp salt)
    • Use a small spoon to scoop cooked turkey into endive leaves.
    • Top with pickled onions and serve.

    Notes

    When cooking ground turkey, you want to keep the fluid in the meat, so that it does not dry out.