Turkey Waldorf Salad

Name: Turkey Waldorf Salad
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons mayonnaise; 1/4 cup plain yogurt; 1 teaspoon curry powder; 1/2 teaspoon lightly toasted cumin seeds, ground; 1/2 teaspoon honey; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; Salt to taste; 2 tablespoons walnut oil or grapeseed oil, or 1 tablespoon each; 2 cups diced or shredded turkey; 1 tart apple, such as a Granny Smiith, diced; 1 1/2 cups diced celery; 1/4 cup raisins; 1/3 cup chopped walnuts; 2 cups chopped radicchio or endive

By Martha Rose Shulman

Updated Nov. 7, 2022

Turkey Waldorf Salad — Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times

Total Time: 10 minutes
Rating: 5(195)
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This is not your classic Waldorf salad, which is traditionally a mélange of apples, celery, raisins, walnuts and grapes in a thick mayonnaise-based dressing. Here, the dressing, thinned out and lightened with yogurt, is spiced with curry and cumin, and the salad mix includes a generous amount of chopped radicchio or endive, which bring a bitter dimension into the mix. This salad is also an excellent home for leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

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Ingredients

Yield:6 servings

For the Dressing

3tablespoons mayonnaise
¼cup plain yogurt
1teaspoon curry powder
½teaspoon lightly toasted cumin seeds, ground
½teaspoon honey
2tablespoons lemon juice
Salt to taste
2tablespoons walnut oil or grapeseed oil, or 1 tablespoon each

For the Salad

2cups diced or shredded turkey
1tart apple, such as a Granny Smiith, diced
1½cups diced celery
¼cup raisins
⅓cup chopped walnuts
2cups chopped radicchio or endive

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Preparation

Step 1
In a bowl or measuring cup, whisk together mayonnaise, yogurt, curry powder, cumin, honey, lemon juice, salt and oil.
Step 2
In a large salad bowl combine turkey, apples, celery, raisins, walnuts and radicchio or endive. Add dressing, toss together, and serve.

Tip

Advance preparation: This keeps well for a couple of days in the refrigerator but the lettuce will not retain its crisp texture.

Ratings

5 out of 5

195 user ratings

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Comments

SonomaSMB7 years ago

This is a wonderful winter salad, hearty & rich but with nice bright flavors.
I skip the mayo & use only yogurt - the walnut oil gives the dressing a very silky texture. I also sub maple syrup for honey and dried cranberries for raisins.
If you're making this as a main course, the recipe as written only makes 3-4 servings, not 6.

Susan in Florida7 years ago

Needed to feed a crowd so I added 3 cups of cooked and drained ziti. Doubled the curry spices and salted to taste. Used all macadamia oil. Fresh Meyer lemon juice, which is not as tart. Added rough chopped pickled onions. This was delicious. Great recipe that can be altered to what's available in the kitchen.

Gillian7 years ago

I really liked the flavours but found the walnut oil too much, too heavy, too walnutty. I'll make this salad again for sure but I'll cut down on the oil.

peter7 months ago

This is what to do with your leftover Thanksgiving turkey! Radicchio is great and it’s firm enough to handle the turkey & apples. I would have used more dressing than recipe specifies. Added grapes because we had some.

Susan A3 years ago

I didn't have curry or cumin so I added za'atar seasoning. Really yummy dressing. Great way to use turkey leftovers.

watson3 years ago

Substituted grapes for apples. skipped the mayo. Add Craisins. We liked it.

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