I recently was going through some of my old recipes and I came across one that I had totally forgotten about. Quiche! I do like traditional quiche with a pie crust but I feel like it’s pretty rich and I’m never able to eat very much of it. Maybe that’s a good thing BUT one day I got to thinking of other options and I thought of doing a crust made with potatoes…
I really thought I was the first to think of such a thing but a quick search on Pinterest and I realized a lot of people had thought of it. 😀 I got some ideas on a method and I came up with this quiche recipe.
I know it’s a hit in our house if I actually wrote down the recipe! I usually just make a recipe by throwing things together but every once in a while I come up with something exceptional (in other words, my husband loves it!) and I end up writing it down so I can make it exactly the same the next time around.
This recipe is a little deceiving because it looks like a ton of ingredients and lots of instructions, but the way it all goes together it doesn’t take more than 25 minutes to put it all together. In my opinion, that’s a quick dinner!
You start off by greasing a casserole dish with melted butter.
Next up is the thawed hash browns. I have let them sit at room temp for a couple hours and I have also microwaved them to thaw them. Either way works. You place the thawed hash browns on a lint free cloth and gather up the ends of the towel.
Twist the towel and squeeze out as much moisture as you can.
Add the hash browns, 1 egg, salt and pepper, and the remaining melted butter to a bowl and mix until combined.
Press the hash brown mixture into the bottom and sides of the greased casserole dish. Place in the oven to bake for about 20-25 minutes.
While the crust is baking cook the bacon in a skillet until crispy. Remove to a paper towel lined plate. I like to cut the bacon into small pieces before I fry it. It seems to cook faster that way. I also fried a whole package of bacon today but I didn’t use all of it for this recipe.
After removing the bacon add in your onion and bell pepper and saute until tender. While the veggies are cooking beat the remaining eggs, milk, cheeses, seasonings, and bacon together. Add the veggies without extra bacon grease to the egg mixture. Pour egg mixture into the hash brown crust and bake for ~45 minutes or until golden brown and set in the center.
Quiche with Hash Brown Crust
Delicious quiche made with a crispy hash brown crust instead of the traditional pie crust.
Ingredients
- 1 lb frozen shredded hash browns defrosted
- 4 T melted butter
- 9 large eggs
- 1 c milk
- 1/2 c shredded cheddar cheese
- 1/2 c shredded parmesan cheese you can use the kind in a can
- 1/2 t oregano
- 1/2 t garlic powder
- 1 t sea salt
- pepper to taste
- 6 slices of bacon
- 1/4 c finely chopped onion
- 1/2 c finely chopped green bell pepper
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Use the melted butter and brush on the bottom and sides of the casserole dish. Set remaining butter aside.
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Place hash browns on a lint free towel and gather up the edges and twist to remove the excess water.
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Add hash browns, remaining butter, 1 egg, salt, and pepper to a mixing bowl and mix until well combined. Press into prepared casserole dish to form a crust. Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until it starts to crisp.
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Meanwhile, cook bacon until crisp then remove and place on a paper towel lined plate.
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Add bell pepper and onion to the bacon grease and sauté until soft.
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In a large mixing bowl whisk together the 8 remaining eggs, onion/bell pepper mixture, bacon, milk, cheese, and seasonings. Pour into crust and bake for 45-50 minutes or until egg mixture is set. Let sit for at least 5 minutes before serving.
I can’t wait to try this,
You will love it!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was super yummy!