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Crustless Spinach Quiche
What do you do when you have plenty of eggs and cheese along with a bunch of vegetables you are trying to use up? My favorite solution is to turn them into crustless quiche. I am fully aware that people think of quiche as a standalone brunch/breakfast item, but in my home, we treat is an one of the many dishes to enjoy with steamed white rice. Weird, but still totally delicious. Let me share with you this super easy yet super delicious crustless spinach quiche recipe.
First you need eggs and cheese(s)
To be honest, you don’t need an exacting ingredients to make a wonderful quiche. So long as you have some eggs and cheese(s) as your base, you can throw in whatever you have at home to make a quiche. For this recipe, I use Monterey Jack because that’s what I have. Cheddar is also another great cheese for quiche. If you have a bit of parmesan (the good stuff), go ahead and add 1/4 cup to make a dope level quiche.
Then the rest of the ingredients
For quiche, I usually pick my star vegetable, such as spinach, broccoli, kale, etc. Next I pick several supporting casts, typically onion, mushroom, carrot, and/or bell pepper. To make it kids friendly, or more carnivore friendly, I add sausage, ham, or bacon. If I just stick to these simple rules, more often than not, my quiche will come out wonderfully delicious. Whatever you pick, it is important to sauté these ingredients. Let them cool, then add to the egg and cheese(s) to make your very own quiche mixture.
Can I add crust?
Yes, you can! If you want, you can definitely make a typical quiche with crust. But I won’t go into that in this recipe. Needless to say, if you have your favorite crust recipe for your quiches, you know what to do anyway :)
Let's bake the quiche
Crust or no, once you have your quiche mixture, it is time to preheat the oven to 180 Celsius (350 Fahrenheit). I don’t have a dedicated quiche dish, so I just use my 9" pie plate for my quiches. Make sure to grease the pan before pouring the quiche mixture. This recipe fills the 9" pie plate to the brim, so if you are going for a typical quiche with crust, it most likely will overflow. For a crustless quiche, the amount is just perfect. Bake until the center is set, typically around 45 minutes. Remove from the oven and let it cool slightly. It is best when warm, though it is still mighty delicious even at room temperature. So if you are bringing food for pot luck, quiche is a good candidate.
Crustless Spinach Quiche
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon oil
- 1/2 onion, diced (~ 1 cup)
- 1 red bell pepper, diced (~ 1 cup)
- 1 cup diced sausage (or ham)
- 300 gram fresh baby spinach (~ 10 ounce), washed and drained
- 5 eggs, lightly beaten
- 300 gram shredded Monterey Jack cheese (~ 3 cup)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet/wok over medium high heat. Sauté onion and red bell pepper until onion is translucent. Add sausage/ham and cook for 1 minute.
- Add spinach, cover the skillet/wok, and cook for 2 minutes. Remove the lid, and the spinach should be fully wilted at this time, cook a bit longer if not.
- Transfer the cooked ingredient to a mixing bowl and chill in the fridge to cool.
- Preheat oven to 180 Celsius (350 Fahrenheit). Once the oven reaches the desired temperature, grease a 9" pie plate or quiche dish.
- In a mixing bowl, combine lightly beaten egg, shredded cheese, and ground pepper. Add the cooked vegetables and sausage/ham to the egg mixture and fold really well. Pour this into pie plate/quiche dish.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 45 minutes, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
Comments
Quiches are a surprisingly no-fail dish. Unless you are trying to replicate a VERY SPECIFIC quiche you had at one restaurant, it's sort of a free for all, you know? Now, I have my go-to recipe that I've already got scribbled in a notebook- same for the crust, but I figured I'd been making so many Daily Cooking Quest recipes, may as well give this one a shot?
I'll be honest, I eye-ball a lot of recipes. I shouldn't. But I do. And this is a recipe you can get away with- and you've got a ready breakfast for a week! (Or a crowd for one day, hahahah) This is the ideal BASE RECIPE for a big, easy, egg dish (when you're too lazy to make a crust).
I ate it anytime I felt like, but I never thought to have it with rice on the side, but that's not a bad idea since it's lacking the pastry crust carbs! (I'm a huge fan of gyeranjjim, the korean egg thing, so maybe it's time to open my mind? hahahahaha)
Totally agree that it is almost impossible to fail at making a quiche unless you try really really hard and actually aim for failure. That said, my family prefers the crustless version because we are Asians, and even when I make the extra effort to bake this into a proper quiche, they'll all be like, can you please make it next time without the crust please?, LOL.
We love making this for a sunny afternoon eating outside.
I love how simple this is! and how adaptable! definitely a new go to dish for me.
This would be the perfect addition to a weekend brunch menu! Looks delicious. :)
I loved being able to do a clean sweep of the fridge and getting such a delicous meal out of it. A total recipe win for us!
Anita, this is very tasty! I used ground peppercorn instead of white pepper and added Pakko bread crumbs on top, about 20 minutes into the baking time, then continue baking it for another 25 minutes.
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