Chile-Egg Puff

Submitted by Hey Jude

"This is a great brunch/lunch or dinner recipe that I adapted from Sunset Favorite Recipes II. This serves 8, to make it serve 4 halve the ingredients and baking in an 8x8 pan."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 10 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups small curd cottage cheese
• 4 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1⁄2 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 2 (4 ounce) cans diced green chilies, drained
• butter

directions

1. In a large bowl, beat eggs until light and lemon colored.
2. Add flour, baking powder, salt, cottage cheese, jack cheese, and the 1/2 C.
3. butter; mix until smooth.
4. Stir in chiles.
5. Pour egg mixture into a well-buttered 9x13-inch baking dish.
6. Bake, uncovered, in a 350 oven for about 35 minutes or until top is browned and center appears firm.
7. Serve immediately.

Reviews

[cooking_geek]

I took this to a breakfast potlock our office had and it was a hit!

 

[Sheynath]

Very nice breakfast treat. I subbed rice flour in order to make this gluten-free as we need that in our family. I halved the recipe and made it in a 9 inch pir pan.