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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Best quiche I have every eaten and so easy to make. The family has taken this on as one of our traditional holiday foods!
Excellent way to use leftover ham. I shredded ham in food processor and sauté with onion and a jalapeño. I used 5 eggs, used a bit extra swiss and cheddar to top, 45 mins was perfect. Thanks!!!
Nice and easy to make with great flavor
Could this be doubled and baked in a 9×13 dish?
These were so delicious! I had a house-full of company and needed to throw together a quick breakfast, and this was perfect! We made the following changes to fit some dietary needs, and they were still a big hit!
I made these in a muffin pan, so they could be made low carb and taken on the go. I used can crescent dough for most of the muffins. I greased the muffin pan, cut crescent dough with a biscuit cutter, lined the muffin pan with dough, then poured the egg mixture on top! I made several without dough to keep them low-carb. We also caramelized the onions which added a wonderful depth of flavor! I used 5 eggs. I didn’t have half and half, so I subbed lactose free whole milk. We baked the muffin at 375 for 25-27 minutes, checking for doneness. I then topped the muffins with a dusting of Parmesan cheese.
I look forward to making this as a regular quiche (true to the recipe next time!) because I’m sure that’s super delicious as well. Thanks for a wonderful recipe! 🙂
This is my go to Quiche recipe. I add chopped broccoli to it but otherwise no other changes. Everyone loves when I make this recipe. Thanks for a simple delicious meal !
Very easy and delicious!!
My absolute favorite Quiche!
The recipe & ingrediants are simple.
So easy using a frozen pie crust, which I can buy Gluten Free! Yum!
I did make this and added broccoli it was awesome!!!
Quick and easy dish. I buy the ham that is cut into small cubes and chop them up for faster preparation. Light and delicious dish.
E Z and a beautiful quiche! Scrumptious!
Excellent quick and east
do i need to blind bake the crust?
Can someone help me. Do you need to thaw the frozen crust or throw everything in the frozen crust. Did anyone try to bake the crust alone for some time before filling? I don’t want soggy crust!
I pre bake my crust. I also put my meat & cheese on bottom then add my egg mixture. I like spicy so I add cayenne pepper
Made this today. Super easy. I used gruyere and cheddar. Ham was a lot and could cut back a bit due to length of time it took to bake. I did extend cooking to about an hour to set and covered edges of pie with foil in order to prevent burning the edges. Super tasty!
Excellent! I used heavy cream (that’s all I had on hand) and swiss/gruyere shredded cheese along with the shredded cheddar. Husband loved it more than any quiche I’ve ever made. It was very rich but the flavors were fantastic.
Can you use rolled pie crust or do you have to use frozen?
Yes, you can use any pie crust.
Simple recipient,had everything in the house ready to use.
Came out delicious!
I made this and it was great! Mixing cheddar in it as well as Swiss cheese was a great addition. Thank you for the recipe!