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!
I love this simple recipe! I have used this recipe twice for my family, once was for a Sunday morning breakfast and the other time was for a “breakfast for dinner” meal. I like to add zucchini when I make it.
I love to hear that! It’s one of our faves too!! I think next time I’ll add zucchini as well…yum!
This crustless quiche sounds delicious. One question, can this quiche be cooked on the stove or in the microwave, instead of the oven?
Hi Heidi! No,this recipe is best baked. I think if you cook it in the microwave or on the stove, it will end up being more like scrambled eggs, as these cooking methods will require stirring.
I made this one day last week and the bottom of the crustless quiche was soggy!
Can you tell me if this is baked in a regular 9in pie plate or a deep dish pie plate? Also, I would like to cook this tomorrow to save me some oven time for Easter cooking, what are the recommended reheating instructions?
Hi Jessica!
I baked this in a deep dish plate, but you can also use an 8×8 glass baking dish as well. For cooking, I find that this dish is best made the day of serving. When I do have leftovers, I just microwave them, but they do tend to be a tiny bit watery.
My recipe calls for 1/4 cup of flour. Takes care of the soggy and makes a thin crust on the bottom. I also make it with egg whites and 1 or 2 eggs for color.
Thank for this simple yet delicious crustless recipe. We are in the middle of a two state power outage and had to spend T-giving in a lake cabin that had power. Lucky to have that option but am trying to find ways to use up T-giving ham w/ limited ingredients and cooking utensils compared to my fully-stocked but freezing cold (can you say 28 degrees INSIDE) home kitchen. I can modify this recipe to fit our rather simple cooking situation. Yay!!! Happy family here.
I’m so happy to hear that this recipe is a part of your Thanksgiving this year! I’m sorry to hear about the power loss, but it sounds like you are making the best of it! Enjoy the rest of your weekend at the cabin!