This Easy Quiche Recipe starts with a premade pie crust but no one has to know! It’s loaded with ham, cheese, and green onions and is the perfect easy breakfast or dinner!
You can really add anything you want to this easy quiche recipe — other vegetables, different cheeses or seasonings — but ham and cheese is our favorite way to do it up. I don’t know about you, but we love eggs for any meal of the day here. We’ll take any excuse to enjoy them for breakfast, lunch or dinner, and this easy quiche recipe definitely bridges the gap between all three. I love keeping my quiche recipes easy, and serving them up with lovely fruit or a beautiful fresh salad!
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There are so many variations on a classic quiche recipe, but I wanted to keep things super simple this time around. We’re starting with a premade, refrigerated pie crust and filling it with all the good stuff!
You can definitely use a premade, frozen pie crust that has already been pressed into a disposable pan if you want to make this quiche even easier, but I like to roll mine out and bake it in one of my own pie plates. That way no one has to know about the shortcuts we took!
Tips for Making This Easy Quiche Recipe:
- This recipe really couldn’t be any easier — start with a premade pie crust, and fill it with your favorite things, plus some eggs and milk.
- A lot of quiche recipes you will find have precooked ingredients and require an extra pan plus additional prep time. We are using cooked, cubed ham and green onions in this recipe to ensure this easy breakfast quiche recipe comes together as quickly as possible!
- Don’t forget to keep an eye on the quiche as it bakes — you don’t want the crust getting too brown on top as the eggs cook! If necessary, cover the outside ring of the crust with a bit of foil to prevent it from browning further.
- If you aren’t a fan of the traditional pie crust, try making a Puff Pastry Quiche or these Easy Mini Quiche made with wonton wrappers!
Can You Make a Quiche Ahead of Time?
You bet! Once baked, cool the quiche for up to two hours on the counter, and then refrigerate. To reheat, cover the quiche with foil and bake for about at 325F (until just heated). Cooling it before refrigerating helps keep the crust a bit crisper.
How Do You Make a Crustless Quiche:
If you’re looking for a gluten-free alternative, or you’re just not a big fan of crust (hey, we all have our own preferences!), you can absolutely skip the crust and just pour the egg mixture right into the pan to make this into a crustless quiche recipe. It’s that easy!
Just don’t forget to grease the pie plate first because eggs can be tough to get out after they’re cooked!
Since you won’t need to watch the crust for signs of doneness, you will just bake a crustless quiche until the eggs are completely set all through the center.
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Easy Quiche Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 single pie crust unbaked
- 6 large eggs
- ¾ cup milk or cream
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup cubed cooked ham
- 1 ½ cups shredded cheddar cheese divided
- 3 tablespoons sliced green onions
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Unroll pie crust and press into a 9" pie plate, crimping the top edges if desired.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, salt and pepper.
- Sprinkle ham, 1 cup of cheese, and green onions into the pie crust and pour the egg mixture over top. Sprinkle remaining ½ cup cheese on top of egg mixture.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until the center is completely set. Let cool for 5-10 minutes before slicing and serving.
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Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Breakfast
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So easy, great texture, can change up things you add. I used this recipe and added broccoli and cheese it was wonderful!
Very Good recipe…. worthy of five stars. I definitely will try this again. I used bacon instead of ham, but the result was still delicious.
This was super easy. Made with my homemade antiinflamitory almond/coconut flour crust and it was easy and delicious!!! Thank you❤
Made this for a Christmas tea I am hosting. Unfortunately I didn’t read the reviews before that said to cut back on salt. It turned out so salty that I’m going to need to go buy more eggs and milk to try to fix it.
This was a hit! Instead of ham I used some cooked sausage and bacon. Took a bit longer than noted to cook, but no biggie! Just kept checking it every 3-5 minutes and crust was fine and not burnt. Family loved it! Thank you for this!!
Thinking of pre-making one to take camping :)
i ca not wait to try it
Thanks for sharing your recipes. They’ve made cooking breakfast faster and much easier; being disabled using only one hand, it’s great help.
There is NO WAY that with 6 eggs and a 3/4 cup of cream that this will cooked 40.minutes in a 9 inches pie pan. The center was so after an hour still.
It literally took me 95 minutes at 375 to cook this and even still the crust was too hard and brown.
Terrible recipe and if you do your research, a quiche has at minimum of 4 eggs. Six was WAY too many.
I’m sorry it didn’t work out for you. This recipe works perfectly for us as written (and most readers based on reviews) so I can’t say for sure why yours didn’t set.
idk how this happened to you i used 6 eggs and a little extra cream and it was delicious and cooked in 35 mins. beautifully fluffy and cooked through and the crust was delicious. it was an amazing recipe and i will be making it so much more!! perf!!
Followed the recipe exactly and it was fully cooked and delicious for us!
I bake this once a month…same eggs, milk, different meat and veggies. It turns out perfect in 37-40 minutes!
Maybe your oven temperature is off, our old stove had to be recalibrated. This cooked perfect for us in 40 minutes crust and all!
This recipe is awesome. I usually do a lard dough or a coconut dough depends on what I have in the fridge. :)) Then I use this for making mini quiches which are perfect if you have guests.
Looking for an easy veggie cheese quiche.
I made this using a frozen pie crust & coconut milk due to allergy. Then found that when adding more veggies (used zucchini & sweet onions) I needed to cut back ham & cheese portions. Also had some jumbo eggs so cut that too. Added some garlic powder. Next time, I would cut salt even using & 50/50 mix of potassium & sodium chloride. There was plenty in the ham & the cheese – maybe if using carrots or bell peppers original amount would be okay.
This is a very tasty quiche and extremely easy to make. I used a pre-formed pie shell that didn’t have to be shaped and it worked just as well. I’d probably use a little bit less salt next time, but that’s a matter of taste.
The amount of cheese, ham and onions seemed appropriate. Thought the quiche was a bit dry for my taste. Used a 10″ pie pan and followed the recipe exactly…I used an extra 1/2 recipe to fill the 10″ pie plate adequately.
can i use my homemade pie crust
You can use homemade pie crust in this recipe if you prefer.
Can I use a frozen pie crust?
Absolutely.
If using a frozen pie crust, do I thaw the crust before putting in the over? If not, how long should the baking time be? Thanks so much for your help!
If using frozen pie crust it should be thawed, this usually only takes about 15 minutes or so.
This is my go-to for parties at work and for friends – everyone loves it and it’s sooo easy.
Made this the other day, easy to throw together and came out delicious! Wondering on the nutrition information, what is the serving size? Or did I miss it somewhere? Thank you.
So glad you enjoyed it. The serving is 1 slice, ⅙th of the pie.
Refrigerated pie crust??? Does no-one make their own pastry these days? As a teacher you should be passing on these basic skills!!
You can use homemade pie crust in this recipe if you prefer.
Hence the name “Easy Homemade Quiche” if the title was “Homemade Quiche with Homemade Crust ” you may have an argument but since I see that nowhere, you have no good argument. If you could in your crust wisdom,enlighten us, until then zip it up!THANK YOU FOR THE EASY RECIPE BY THE WAY!!! Love everything I’ve ever made off your site!
Great response! I love this recipe, I just have to come back to get the recipe again as my GrandAngels think all paper is theirs to color on LOL
Awesome recipe! So easy to follow. I love that it contains more eggs than other quiche recipes I had found online. It’s also nice that it calls for milk not heavy cream since I don’t typically have that ingredient on-hand. This is by far my favorite quiche recipe, and I’ve made it several times. It always turns out great, even when I add extra cheese. ;) I always make two because one just isn’t enough. Thanks for sharing this recipe!!
Love it! So simple and quick and so delicious.
Super recipe. Great texture and flavor. I added mushrooms as well. Will definitely make again! It’s going in my 2020 cookbook!