Easy Ham and Cheese Quiche is a rich and cheesy quiche that can be eaten for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It’s perfect for using up leftover Easter ham.
I love making quiches. They are versatile, so easy to make, and great for using up leftovers.
If you find yourself with leftover holiday ham, this quiche takes just minutes to prep. I use a frozen pie shell to save time and make a quick pie filling with a little onion, some eggs, half-and-half, cheddar cheese, swiss cheese, and ham. You could use bacon instead of ham if you wanted to.
Pour the filling into the pie crust, pop it in the oven and 45 minutes later your quiche is ready.
Tastes great warm from the oven or after being chilled in the refrigerator.
If you’d like to make a homemade Piecrust watch the video below and find the recipe here.
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Easy Ham and Cheese Quiche
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/2 medium yellow onion,, chopped
- 4 eggs,, lightly beaten
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 1/2 cups diced ham
- 1 cup shredded swiss cheese
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 deep dish frozen pie crust
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Melt butter in a small nonstick pan and cook onion until soft. Let cool slightly.
- In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, half-and-half, salt and pepper.
- Stir in ham and both cheeses. (I like to leave a small handful of cheese to sprinkle on top.)
- Stir in cooked onion.
- Pour filling into pie crust, set on a baking sheet and place in oven for 40 to 45 minutes, or until set.
- Serve warm or chilled.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I’ve never made a quiche before. It was easy, and good! My husband, a thin guy, ate 1/2 of it for dinner & will likely have the rest for breakfast if I don’t beat him to it! Thanks for a great recipe!
I made this 4 times over the holidays! One for us, one for in-laws, one for widowed man who had just lost his wife, and one for son in college. Used ham 3 times and bacon once–all very delicious! I like to use a mix of White Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese. Any time I make a “custardy” filling I add a little dash of nutmeg to the mix too. So good! Thank you for sharing your fabulous recipe with us.
This quiche was indeed so easy to make. And absolutely delicious. Will make again. Also made the caramelized onion and bacon quiche for the freezer!
Excellent. When I try it next time I might do with less half and half because it didn’t set as well as I’d like. But the flavor was amazing
Can you use 2% milk instead of half and half?
I used evaporated milk and it turned out great! Just saying…try it.
absolutely delicious. i followed it exactly…. except I added 1/2 a red pepper. threw the mixture right in a frozen pie crust and baked 45 mins. definitely using again and again!!! thank you.
love all the recipes.
Can I make this the night before and bake it the next morning?
You can premix the filling and refrigerate it in a bowl. I wouldn’t pour it into a pie crust until you are ready to bake it.
Was extremely easy to make and tastes so good. Will definitely keep this as my go to recipe
So you precook the pie crust for a few minutes??
This quiche was indeed so easy to make. And absolutely delicious. Will make again. Also made the caramelized onion and bacon quiche for the freezer!
I used frozen Marie Callendar crust and did not precook.