Crustless Quiche
Crustless Quiche
This Crustless Quiche is an easy and versatile recipe that is perfect for breakfast or dinner. Add your favourite quiche ingredients to a simple egg base, and you have a tasty crustless quiche ready in less than 1 hour. A simple and easy meal.
About this recipe:
This Crustless Quiche is like a classic quiche but without the pie crust. Because you’re not making a pastry crust, this recipe is so easy and comes together quickly! And you don’t have to worry about a soggy quiche when there’s no crust!
What readers are saying!
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A great way to use leftovers!
When I don’t know what to have for dinner, the first thing that comes to mind is this great recipe for Crustless Quiche! The great thing about this recipe is that it’s great for using up leftovers. Just add ingredients you have around: leftover ham, or cubed cooked potato, spinach, tomatoes…you name it.
Perfect for special occasions like the holidays!
Because this recipe comes together so easily, and also because it’s SO delicious, it’s a perfect meal for any holiday season! It’s an especially perfect addition to a Christmas morning menu. After about 15 minutes prep work, pop it the oven, and about 45 minutes later breakfast is served! You can even meal prep the night before, then pop it in the oven while you are opening gifts. Serve it with some easy Cinnamon Buns and a fruit salad and you’ve got the best breakfast ever!
Crustless Quiche Recipe Tips & Tricks
- DISH TO USE: This recipe is best baked in a 9-inch pie plate. Sometimes I will also use an 8 × 8 glass baking dish. If I’m doubling the recipe I use a 9 × 13 lasagna pan.
- EGGS: Use large eggs.
- CHEESE: Most types of cheese will work for this: mozzarella, cheddar, marble, Monterey Jack, Swiss cheese, or gruyere cheese
- MILK: You can use 1%, 2%, whole milk, cream, or heavy cream
- QUICHE FILLINGS: Remember it is a TOTAL of 1 cup of additions.
- onions: green onions, shallots, purple, red onion or white onion, or even caramelized onions
- tomatoes: chopped cherry tomatoes or any type of tomato
- mushrooms
- Swiss chard or fresh spinach
- bell pepper
- cooked potatoes and sweet potato
- asparagus
- broccoli
- cooked ham or Canadian bacon
- cooked bacon (make sure to use crispy bacon)
- crumbled cooked sausage (breakfast sausage is great!)
- a couple tablespoons of Parmesan cheese, feta cheese or goat cheese
- LEFTOVERS: Store any leftovers in an airtight container (or cover tightly with a layer of plastic wrap) in the refrigerator. After the quiche has been in the fridge you may notice a little bit of excess moisture, just drain it off.
- FREEZING: You can freeze leftovers. Just place individual slices on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Then put the baking sheet into the freezer and freeze overnight. Once the slices have frozen, transfer them to a ziplock bag and freeze.
- INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS: If you want to make individual portions into crustless mini quiche, don’t miss my post on how to make Easy Egg Bites in a Muffin Tin!
- MAKE AHEAD? I do not recommend making this dish ahead of time. It’s best served immediately.
Favourite Flavour Ideas:
Serving Suggestions:
- For Breakfast: Serve this crustless quiche with some easy Cinnamon Buns and a fruit salad.
- For Dinner: Serve with a green salad and toast.
Crustless Quiche
Ingredients
Crustless Quiche Base:
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup grated cheese
- 2 tbsp parmesan cheese optional
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp ground black pepper
- 1 cup optional ingredients See Below
1 cup Additional Ingredient Ideas:
- cubed cooked ham or crumbled cooked bacon
- crumbled cooked sausage
- chopped broccoli
- chopped tomatoes cherry tomatoes or any kind
- chopped onions or green onions
- chopped spinach
- chopped asparagus
- cooked cubed potato or sweet potato
- mushrooms
- bell pepper
- a couple tablespoons of Parmesan cheese feta cheese or goat cheese
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large bowl whisk together the milk, egg, cheese and salt and pepper.
- Stir in the additional ingredients you are using (should be 1 cup total).
- Pour the quiche mixture into a 9-inch pie pan, and bake uncovered for about 45 minutes. Or until the centre is set, and not jiggly, and the edges are golden brown.
- Serve immediately.
Notes
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- DISH TO USE: This recipe is best baked in a 9-inch pie plate. Sometimes I will also use an 8 × 8 glass baking dish. If I’m doubling the recipe I use a 9 × 13 lasagna pan.
- CHEESE: Most types of cheese will work for this: mozzarella, cheddar, marble, Monterey Jack, Swiss cheese, or gruyere cheese
- MILK: You can use 1%, 2%, whole milk, cream, or heavy cream
- QUICHE FILLINGS: Remember it is a TOTAL of 1 cup of additions.
- LEFTOVERS: Store any leftovers in an airtight container (or cover tightly with a layer of plastic wrap) in the refrigerator. After the quiche has been in the fridge you may notice a little bit of excess moisture, just drain it off.
- FREEZING: You can freeze leftovers. Just place individual slices on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Then put the baking sheet into the freezer and freeze overnight. Once the slices have frozen, transfer them to a ziplock bag and freeze.
- INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS: If you want to make individual portions into crustless mini quiche, don’t miss my post on how to make Easy Egg Bites in a Muffin Tin!MAKE AHEAD? I do not recommend making this dish ahead of time. It’s best served immediately.
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Have a delicious day!
Make ahead dishes on Christmas morning are perfect! Enjoy the rest of your time in Phoenix!
Thanks Mallory! Can’t wait to get home!
Delicious! Love the recipe. Thank you
Thank you Nikky! I’m so happy you enjoyed it!
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So easy! I looked like Martha! (Martha Stewart) for supper tonite.
1 cup milk
1 cup chez
1 cup any variations
1/2 dz eggs
I picked a pepper, tomatoe, potatoe and onion from the garden. Sauteed that w garlic along w bacon and sausage and it looks so pretty in the pie pan!
Sooo My husband and I are trying to be a little healthier and he’s trying to loose some weight. I started making crustless quiches for breakfast a couple of months ago. Have tried many, many recipes and by far this is the best one. I change the ingredients around from week to week. Different meats and vegetables, but basically keep the same recipe. Thanks for the recipe. And…if you haven’t tried Italian sausage with parmesan, peppers and onion you are missing out.
‘Round these parts, we call that an egg casserole — and it looks absolutely delicious. I am still trying to figure out exactly what our Christmas plans are, but if I have any say over it, I’ll have an egg dish a lot like that one and some homemade cinnamon rolls on Christmas morning!
Now that sounds like the perfect combination! I love cinnamon rolls!
This is going to be my go to crustless quiche recipe. 6 eggs is the perfect amount with some leftovers for my husband and I. Heats up nicely. I added peppers, mushrooms, spinach and green onions. Delicious.
Such a great idea in fact, I just had to update my post to include a cinnamon bun recipe! Thanks Sarah!
Added to my Must Make list. I have all of the ingredients on hand. This sounds like the perfect breakfast option.
I hope you love it! Have a great weekend!
Lucky you in Arizona! Hope you’re having a lovely time away from the cold!
This quiche looks lovely! I’m a bit fan of these – with or without crust!
Me too…and they’re my go to recipe when I don’t know what to make for dinner!
Hi Jo-Anna…. I wanted to tell you how much I love your recipe ideas, I have tried several of them. They are very tasty! I am originally from Brazil so I struggle to find healthy but tasty recipes. I can’t wait to try this one! Hugs 🙂 Silvia
Thank you so much Silvia! It makes me so happy to hear that people try and enjoy my recipes…it’s really the best feeling! Thank you so much for taking the time to let me know!
Jo-Anna
I made this for the husband and toddler to eat for breakfast this week and it’s a hit. I loathe rolling out pie crusts, so this was perfect. I also included it in my post on my blog, http://noms4nio.wordpress.com/