Easy Cheesy Bacon Quiche

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"Use a refrigerated pie crust to make this easy and delicious quiche."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 0.5 (15 ounce) package refrigerated pie crusts
• 1 (1 lb) package bacon, cooked and crumbled
• 1 (8 ounce) package colby-monterey jack cheese, blend shredded
• 6 large eggs
• 3⁄4 cup half-and-half
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• chopped cooked bacon, for garnish

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees; fit pie crust into a 9-inch pie plate, crimping edges as desired.
2. Bake crust 5 minutes.
3. Sprinkle bacon and cheese evenly over crust.
4. In a small bowl, whisk eggs and half and half together.
5. Whisk in salt and pepper.
6. Pour over cheese.
7. Bake 40 minutes, or until center is set.
8. Cut into wedges to serve.
9. Garnish with chopped cooked bacon, if desired.

Reviews

[Michael S.]

This is a great recipe. I recommend adding frozen spinach and maybe crumbled sausage. The last 30-40 minutes, watch closely to get it perfect. 40 minutes is sometimes a little too much. But the author nailed the rest of ingredients. Thanks, my guests ask for it every time

 

[Ima Cookin]

My husband and I decided to have a "homemade" Valentine's Day this year and we chose this quiche as our main course for dinner. The only changes I made were to use half the Monterrey jack and half shredded Gruyere. I used a frozen "deep dish" pie crust after reading the reviews of how much this recipe made and it was perfect. I was blown away when all the egg mixture fit into the cheese filled crust. It was awesome! The cheeses and bacon to me, were the life of the party! :) Thanks for the recipe Lainey!

 

[MelissaO]

Yum. I didn't have some ingredients, so I changed it a bit, using your basic measurements. I didn't have bacon, so I used a 12 oz (Jimmy Dean's Reduced Fat) pork ground sausage. I browned that with about a 1/2 cup onion and added that to the pie shell (which I forgot to prebake, but it was fine). I used 4 eggs and 1/2 cup half and half because I thought that the sausage would be more bulky than the prescribed bacon, but it was fine - I probably could have used 6. Thanks!

 

[bmcnichol]

Very good and easy to make. I followed the recipe as written and everyone loved it. I use to buy bacon quiches from Market Day and now I can make my own!

 

[diner524]

This is fantastic!!!! I made all the bacon the day before with pancakes and then saved it in frig til this morning. I only added about half the bacon and cheese, as it was filling up pie shell with out the egg mixture added. I wasn't able to quite fit all the egg mixture in and almost spilled it putting it into the oven, but all was fine. I liked this recipe as there wasn't any green pepper, mushrooms or onions, which one of my two kids, dislikes one or more of those. I am cutting the leftovers into individual pieces and freezing to enjoy for a quick breakfast or anytime!!! Thanks for sharing Lainey. Made for Photo tag.