These stuffed endive spears turned my kids into endive fans within a couple of bites. Teriyaki, ground turkey and baby corn all add up to a winning recipe!
Within minutes of walking in the door after school, my kids are asking, “What’s for dinner?” (Talk about pressure!) If the answer involves any combination of teriyaki sauce, edamame or baby corn, I am greeted with a loud, “Yes!” and a couple of fist pumps. Typically these ingredients are combined to make Baked Teriyaki Turkey Meatballs, but I thought I’d try something a little different this time. It was time to introduce the fist-pumpers to endive.
I feel pretty lucky because my boys are very good vegetable eaters. That is, unless we’re talking about vegetables with leaves…lettuce, spinach, endive. So, my expectation weren’t high for this little experiment. My kids saw me cook with endive when I prepared French Onion & Endive Soup with Pancetta and Rice Noodle Salad with Endive, Shrimp & Soy-Ginger Sauce, but those dishes weren’t enough to make them permanent passengers on the endive train.
I started with some ground turkey which I mixed with edamame, a homemade teriyaki sauce and baby corn. The baby corn gets my kids every time. Hook, line and sinker. I piled the fresh endive leaves in front of the boys and let them at it. This was the real test.
What did the boys think? I think the pictures speak for themselves, but I’ll tell you that they adored the crunchy leaves filled with all of their favorite ingredients. My husband was out of town when I made this for the boys. My 7-year old said, “Mum, I think we should save some of the leftovers for Dad so he can taste this. He’s really going to like it!” The endive train has left the station, with a couple of new passengers.
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The stuffed endive recipe:
The sauce:
In a small saucepan, combine rice vinegar, brown sugar, water, soya sauce, 1/4 cup canola oil, flour, ginger and garlic.. Whisk the sauce together and place over medium heat. Simmer until the sauce is slightly thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Keep warm.
The turkey:
Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey and cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until turkey is cooked through. Pour off any drippings.
Cook the edamame according to package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water and shell the edamame, discarding the pods.
Stir the edamame, water chesnuts, baby corn and red bell pepper into the cooked ground turkey. Reduce heat to medium and cook until everything heated through.
Pour about 3/4 of the teriyaki sauce over the turkey mixture and stir to combine. Taste and add additional sauce, if desired.
Serve the turkey mixture with the Belgian endive. Allow everyone to scoop the turkey mixture into the endive spears. Eat with your hands!
Other kid-friendly endive recipes:
La Fuji Mama’s Ham & Cheese Endive Nachos
All Day I Dream About Food’s Turkey Taco Endive Boats
Endive Spears Stuffed with Teriyaki Turkey, Edamame & Baby Corn {Giveaway}
Ingredients
Sauce:
- 1/3 cup rice vinegar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/4 cup soya sauce
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh ginger
- 2 minced garlic cloves
Turkey:
- 1 1/4 pounds lean ground turkey
- 1 package edamame
- 3 ounces sliced water chesnuts finely diced
- 8 ounces baby corn cut lengthwise, then cut into thirds
- 1/2 red bell pepper diced
- 4 heads Belgian endive leaves separated
Instructions
Sauce:
- In a small saucepan, combine rice vinegar, brown sugar, water, soya sauce, ¼ cup canola oil, flour, ginger and garlic.. Whisk the sauce together and place over medium heat. Simmer until the sauce is slightly thickened, 8 to 10 minutes. Keep warm.
Turkey:
- Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground turkey and cook, crumbling with a wooden spoon, until turkey is cooked through.
- Cook the edamame according to package instructions. Drain, rinse with cold water and shell the edamame, discarding the pods.
- Stir the edamame, water chesnuts, baby corn and red bell pepper into the cooked ground turkey. Reduce heat to medium and cook until everything heated through.
- Pour about ¾ of the teriyaki sauce over the turkey mixture and stir to combine. Taste and add additional sauce, if desired.
- Serve the turkey mixture with the Belgian endive. Allow everyone to scoop the turkey mixture into the endive spears. Eat with your hands!
Nutrition
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by Discover Endive, who also provided endive to me and for the giveaway. All opinions are my own. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.
Bianca @ Sweet Dreaming
That looks so fun and delicious!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
So much good stuff in here. I love it!
Kel
Neat! I have never bought endive before.
Rachael
I would be so happy with a years supply of endive, it would really get my creative juices flowing in the kitchen!
Chris
Yum!
Jess
This recipe looks great! I’m actually planning to make an endive boat for my graduation party in a few weeks – it’ll only be my 2nd time working with endive but I’m excited!
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Allison C
Endive AND edamame…YUM. Might try to make a veggie version with tofu.
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love those little endive boats!
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Jennifer
This looks fantastic! I’m always looking for ways too use endives in cooking.
Kari
What a cool giveaway! This recipe looks great and I’ll have to remember to try the baby corn with my 3-year-old.
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Amy Tong
I love endive and they are so versatile! 🙂 Can’t wait to recipe your recipe…it looks divine.
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Valerie B
Great idea for using endive. Wish we had it in our store.
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Margie M.
I can’t wait to try this for my family. I’m trying to get us all to eat healthier and this looks like a winning recipe. Thank you.
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I absolutely love endive!!! I really, really hope I win this. Yum!
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I need to make this…!
Brian @ A Thought For Food
Oh man… a year’s supply of endive? Sounds good to me! I’d definitely be making a few batches of a vegetarian version of this dish!
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I know I love vegetables when the prospect of shipments of produce get me super excited. How awesome!
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Keshakeke
I have neve r had Endive, but your recipe sure looks delicious!
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Athena R
I have never tried endive, but I sure would love to.
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Kim
Happy Monday. Neat giveaway
jacquie
i’m ashamed to admit this but i have never had endive and would love a change to try it.
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jacquie
already a subscriber but it’s under another email that i’m going to lose at the end of week so i’m sending to this one also just in case i should be so lucky as to picked……
Michelle
I don’t use endive often, but with a year’s supply I could get creative.
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This sounds awesome!
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Marina {YummyMummyKitchen.com}
I love endive – the spears are so fun! This recipe looks fabulous!
jane
i never had endive before
sara
My husband and I love endive!
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Barbara
Love, love, love endive! Oh the things I could do with this beautiful veg!
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Sarah L
This recipe looks great! I recently tried endive and I loved it.
Andrea M
I think this is my favorite giveaway i’ve ever seen – who would not love fresh produce delivered?! Woo!
Sarah H.P.
I’ve always wanted to try endive, so this would be the perfect giveaway to bring home!! Your recipe sounds delicious!
Krysten Oliphant
This is a really creative way to eat “nachos”, “tacos” or anything else that would normally have a carb-loaded shell! Thanks!
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Cindy @ Once Upon a Loaf
I want to get on the endive train!! And put the whole fam on it, too. This looks fantastic and like it won’t hang around like a rock all night when I have an early run the next morning. Btw, I turned a runner I’m starting to coach again after a layoff onto CC to help her wake up her healthy dinner routine. She’s a half-marathoner and she’s really going to appreciate your creativity, like I do. 🙂
Shawn @ I Wash...You Dry
Those look fabulous!! Baby corn gets me every time too! 😉
Lynne
I like Discover Endive on facebook – it is so true – put food in a container/boat, and kids will eat it!
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I already like Cookin’ Canuck on facebook. Thanks for the chance to win!
steve
would love to try endive…i see them used all the time on tv
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I love endive–it can be so simple and elegant for a low carb appetizer.
Nevine @ Tableya
I love anything that involves a dipping/scooping and my husband and I are trying to eat better. I’m making this soon:)