Easy Quiche Recipe
Published Oct 09, 2020
Updated Mar 24, 2025
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Easy Quiche Recipe is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner time. It’s also great for entertaining! You’ll love this simple quiche recipe!
I recently shared videos on my Instagram and Facebook stories of my homemade quiche and a lot of you messaged me to ask for the recipe.
So, I had to suspend other planned recipes and work on this. I think it is the perfect time of the year for some quiche. It is a perfect hearty, comforting meal whether you are having it for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
This Easy Quiche Recipe is to die for! It doesn’t include so many vegetables to overwhelm the kids. It includes a good amount of melty cheese and some meaty chicken sausage. Yum!
But perhaps my favorite part is the golden brown crust. It is savory, flaky and hugs the egg filling well. I think I’m in love… with a quiche.
Just for the record, when I asked my older girl for feedback on this quiche, she said there was one problem: I didn’t make enough!
Mr. N, the CTO (Chief of the Tasting Committee), says I should make four the next time I make some. It is THAT good.
If you don’t know what quiche is all about, no worries; I explain more in the post. Also, watch the video below to see me making a cheese quiche!
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What is Quiche?
A quiche is basically an egg pie. It is made up of a buttery crust and a savory egg custard or filling. It is sometimes referred to as Quiche Lorraine.
Quiche originated in France, although many versions exist today that aren’t quite the same as the ones in France.
Some versions of quiche are mushroom quiche, spinach quiche, crustless quiche, and cheese quiche. This tasty dish can be made with various flavor combinations and customized to include your favorite fillings.
What Goes in Quiche?
The ingredients in a basic quiche recipe are as follows:
1. Pie dough. You need butter, flour, baking powder, salt, and buttermilk (or milk) to make your own pie crust. This combination creates a flaky crust! You could also use store-bought pie dough or a store-bought crust.
2. Eggs. Large eggs at room temperature. Eggs are the heart of quiche.
3. Whole Milk or Heavy Cream. This mixes with quiche to form a creamy custard.
4. Seasonings. Salt and black pepper season the quiche, making it a savory delight.
5. Vegetables. Add any vegetables you like to a quiche. It is a great way to clean out the fridge!
However, be sure to sauté vegetables like onions, bell peppers, spinach mushrooms, zuchinni, etc before adding them to quiche. If they are not sautéed, they will release their juices into the quiche as it cooks, making it soggy. Not good.
I kept it simple and used green onions for this recipe. Green onions don’t need to be sautéed first. You could use sliced leeks as well.
5. Breakfast Meats. Breakfast meats like sausage or smoky bacon add meatiness and texture, creating a delicious quiche.
6. Cheese. Cheese adds great flavor to quiche. I use cheddar cheese for a nice kick of flavor. You could use other kinds of cheese like colby jack cheese, swiss cheese, or pepper jack.
How To Make Quiche
Here is your step-by-step guide for a simple quiche recipe that is beginner-friendly without the need to blind bake:
- 1. Combine flour, butter, baking powder, salt and buttermilk to make the pie dough. Let it chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Letting the dough chill hardens the butter, which makes a flaky crust!
- 2. Whisk together eggs and milk (or cream) in a large bowl to make a creamy egg custard, which is the quiche filling.
- 3. Roll out the dough and place it in a pie pan, adjusting it to take the shape of the pan.
- 4. Fill the pie dish with chopped sausage, shredded cheese and chopped green onions.
- 5. Add the egg mixture to the pie plate.
- 6. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius) for 35-40 minutes until the center sets.
What Makes This An Easy Quiche Recipe
1. No need to blind-bake the pie crust with pie weights or dry beans first. I find that the quiche still turns out great without first blind baking the pie crust, as most recipes call for.
2. No need to sauté vegetables first. I use a good amount of green onions in this recipe, and they don’t need to be cooked first like other vegetables.
3. You could use premade pie crust in a pinch. You may need to adjust the baking time of you choose this option.
What To Serve With Quiche
1. Serve quiche with some sliced avocados for breakfast.
2. Serve quiche with a simple green salad for lunch or dinner.
More Easy Versatile Breakfast Recipes
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Easy Quiche Recipe
Ingredients
Pie Dough
- 1 cup unsalted butter, cold
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (250 grams)
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup buttermilk, cold see Note 1
Quiche Filling
- 4 green onions, chopped substitute with leeks
- 3 oz chicken sausage, diced 1 link
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided sharp cheddar or medium/mild cheddar would work
- 6 eggs, at room temperature
- ¾ cup whole milk use cream for more richness
- ¼-½ teaspoon salt or to taste
- ¼ teaspoon chicken bouillon powder could omit and use more salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Make Dough. Use the shred side of a box grater to shred the cold butter into a large bowl. Add in flour, baking powder and salt. Mix everything to combine with fingertips. Add in cold buttermilk and mix to form a dough. Do not knead the dough. Divide dough into 2 equal portions. Shape each portion into a circle. Wrap the dough in plastic wraps and place in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
- Prepare Filling. In a large bowl whisk together eggs, milk (or cream), salt, pepper and chicken bouillon powder (if using).
- Preheat Oven. Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190 degrees Celsius).
- Roll Out Dough. Remove one half of dough from the fridge and place on a generously floured surface. Roll it out into a large circle about 13 inches in diameter.
- Place Dough Into Pie Pan. Place the dough over a 9-inch pie pan. Arrange the dough to ensure it completely covers the pie pan then trim off the excess around the rim of the pan. Press the dough around the sides so it kind of takes the shape of the pie pan.
- Assemble Quiche. Add the chopped sausage, 3/4 cup of cheese and the green onions to the pie pan. Spread all the ingredients around to ensure that they are well distributed. Pour in the egg mixture then sprinkle the remaining cheese over the egg mixture.
- Bake Quiche. Carefully place the pan in preheated oven and let it bake for about 35-40 minutes until set in the middle.
- Serve. Let it cool for about 5 minutes before slicing and serving.
Thanks a lot ma’am for sharing… Seriously, I love this recipe.
You are so welcome, Bethel.
Mom thanks so much for the recipe…I can’t wait to try it out at home…but please what is the difference between this quiche and pizza?
Hi Odette, Pizza is quite different. Pizza has a crust made with a dough containing yeast and it also contains tomato sauce and cheese. This quiche is basically baked eggs. Hope this helps.
Hi Precious!
This is a perfect Quiche recipe as well as manz great recipes you share. Your explanations are easy and has improved my experience in the kitchen.
Thumbs up Girl. I know many other ladies enjoy your recipes as i do.
Thank you
Thank you so much, girl! So glad the recipes have been useful!