Possible Clues:

• I'd a chicory — mostly translated thus?
• Edible plant, cold, Greek character included in set
• Variety of chicory — I hid a croc (anag)
• Veggie in risotto recipes
• Italian chicory
• Leafy salad ingredient
• Salad ingredient broadcaster eats cold with over half of chips
• A type of chicory with reddish-purple leaves
• Set about foreign character that's caught inside plant
• Receiver takes possession of shabby chic plant