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!
Used cooked broccoli and zucchini for my add-ins, included the Parmesan and cooked for 22 minutes and it turned out perfectly! Will definitely be adding this to my bookmarked recipes. Thank you!
Oh that is a delicious combo! I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Can heavy cream be substituted for the milk? I need it to be Keto friendly
Hi Maggie! I’ve never tried it with heavy, but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work! If you try it, let me know how it goes!
Yes! I altered mine to fit the keto lifestyle and it turned out perfectly.
I’ve made this a few times. I live alone and don’t usually have time for breakfast until I get to work so I make this in a shallow square pan and cut it up into serving sizes, wrap them up, and then freeze them. Pop em in the microwave in the morning and you’ve got an awesome healthy breakfast that will make your coworkers jealous 🙂
This was my first quiche recipe. It’s super easy and delish! My husband ate a king’s portion and has requested that I keep the recipe. It’s a winner!
Thank you Melissa! I love that!
Hi there, I’m excited to try this! I have a clarifying question before I do though. With the optional and additional ingredients in the recipients I’m a bit confused, so up to to cups of added ingredients, or am I reading that wrong?
Than you!
Hi Leise! Just 1 cup of additional ingredients. Enjoy!
Amazingly easy
Thank you
You’re so welcome, I’m happy you enjoyed it!
Swiss Cheese, bacon and green onions was my mix…plus I added some dry mustard, paprika, cayenne and garlic powder and a pinch of nutmeg. I sprinkled the top with smpoked paprika. This quiche was nice and firm vs. my more custardy, wet recipe…so I liked that it held its shape. Good ratio of eggs to milk.
Easy and delicious. My first quiche I added broccoli, sautéed onions and bacon. My second I added asparagus, spinach and cilantro. Fantastic flavor.
Looking for a wonderful way to use Spring asparagus and Vidalia spring green onions. Added a chopped tomato, a couple of roasted new potatoes, fresh herbs, cottage cheese, swiss cheese, and ham. A great way to welcome Spring on a cold day in Tennessee. Thank you!
Added half and half
Oh my, that sounds like such a DELICIOUS combination of ingredients! I think I’m going to have to try it too!
Just made this for a neighborhood pi walk and party. I substituted sour cream for the milk because I was out of milk and added cooked bacon. It was easy and delicious.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Donna!