How To Eat Chicory Leaves. Grilling softens the outer leaves while leaving the inner leaves crisp. When ground the chicory root is used as a coffee-type drink.
Do halve or quarter the heads of chicory when grilling them. The young leaves are edible in salads as are the aforementioned blossoms. To skillet add white parts of chicories and saut.
Chicory works best in composed salads rather than tossed with other softer leaves.
Do halve or quarter the heads of chicory when grilling them. The flower buds can be pickled and the roots boiled and eaten though that may take several changes of water. The flower buds can be pickled and the open blooms added to salads. Chicory in the garden is usually witloof or radicchio.