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.
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This is the best and easiest ham and cheese quiche I have ever made. Family said so too!
Good and tasty! I used all the broth to make the soup with a little extra turkey. It was flavourful and hearty.
Did you pre-bake the crust?
So easy and delicious. This is my second time making it.
This time I cooked the onion and ham together to enhance the flavors. Worked like a charm for me.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. Yummy!
This is my go to recipe for quiche! I make the crust homemade, My husband can eat over a third of it at one meal! It is delicious! The only variant is that I add about a teaspoon of ground mustard powder. I also at times will add chopped crisp bacon.
Wonderful! 5*
Can you freeze quiche ???
Yes, you can freeze quiche.
Delicious but
I was a little heavy handed with the salt so it had a tinge of to much salt.. but still delicious… probably should remember that the ham has a big amount is salt in it and maybe the cheeses as well… cooked it fortyMinutes and that was perfect… think anymore and it would have turned out not so moist… great to wake up in the morning and know you just have to heat it up to have a delicious prepared breakfast!!!!
Very good, very easy. I used 5 eggs, 2 percent milk. Delicious.
Simply amazing! I couldn’t stop eating! I used vegan Italian crumbles, I cup of egg whites (yellow kind) and heavy wiping cream (I had these on hand). I’m making another one today!
Its 5:15 AM. I haven’t slept, because I wanted to make this for breakfast. And I’m smiling.
This is womderful. I ised heavy cream instead of half n half. It is so creamy and rich. It’s almost a shade too rich. It’s excellent but next time I think I’ll use half whole milk (hmm, half milk, half cream. Where have I heard of that before.
I just finished a. Piece and would love another, bit Im simply too full. Yes, with all the cream and butter added, it’s quite a filling dish.
Same here! We must have been cooking on the same day! I’m making another one today because family and I finished the other one already!
This is such an easy and delicious recipe! I was worried making quiche would be difficult and messy but it couldn’t have been easier. I substituted the ham for ground sausage (pre cooked) and omitted the onion because I didn’t have one but it still turned out fantastic. I will definitely be making it again soon 🙂
I added an extra egg to the recipe. Used both Gouda and Cheddar cheese.
I followed the directions, but my quiche spilled over while baking. If I make it again, I may shorten the half&half, cheeses and ham by a 1/3. The deep dish was not large enough; BUT it was good!
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Followed the recipe. Baked it 43 minutes. Turned out great!
Easy and delicious.
I baked 2 – 1 as a Christmas treat for an elderly friend – she said it was the best quiche she had ever tasted- her husband liked it and me and my husband did too. Great , easy recipe !
This looks like a great recipe! I’m planning to make this closer to Christmas. Wondering if these can be frozen and reheated and still be good?
I freeze my quiches uncooked then take one out and cook as needed so the crust stays crisp. I use frozen crusts, freeze flat then wrap in foil and place in freezer bag. I usually make up 6 at a time. Great to have on hand for a quick meal.
I do this too. This recipe fits into 2 regular pie crusts so I end up freezing 2. Makes for a quick meal later on.
Followed the directions and it was delicious!! Thank you for sharing:)
I make variations of this quiche all the time! I usually sauté more veggies to add and the meat is optional. Its great for family events (my mom loves it) but also for meal planning (make it on Sunday and you have breakfasts all week).