Best Spicy Chicken And Onion Quiche Recipes

CHICKEN SPINACH QUICHE

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This delicious quiche features chicken, spinach and cheddar cheese, but you can use Swiss cheese if you'd like. Field editor Barbara McCalley of Allison Park, Pennsylvania shares the recipe and notes, "This quiche is easy to prepare and cuts beautifully."

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Breakfast Brunch

Time 50m

Yield 8 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

Dough for single-crust pie
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
1 cup diced cooked chicken
5 ounces frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry (about 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 large eggs
3/4 cup 2% milk
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond rim of plate; flute edge. Sprinkle 1/4 cup cheese into crust. , In a large bowl, combine chicken, spinach, onion and remaining 3/4 cup cheese. Spoon into crust. In a small bowl, whisk eggs, milk, mayonnaise, salt and pepper; pour over chicken mixture., Bake until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean, 40-45 minutes. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 433 calories, Fat 34g fat (13g saturated fat), Cholesterol 109mg cholesterol, Sodium 483mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 13g protein.

ERIK'S HOT AND SPICY QUICHE

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so they say that REAL men don't eat quiche but i'm going to have to differ... either that or make some lifestyle evaluations :) all kidding aside i'm an athlete and usually am inhaling a veritable ton of calories; quiche works well. i found this recipe some time back and have made some changes to make it a bit bigger and a ton healthier. and spicier! hope you like.

Provided by triguy35

Categories Breakfast

Time 1h

Yield 1 quiche, 6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

olive oil or canola oil cooking spray
10 eggs, worth of beaters divided in half
1/2 cup unbleached white flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 dash salt
1/2 cup fat-free half-and-half or 1/2 cup low-fat milk
2 cups low fat cottage cheese, whipped
4 ounces hot diced green chilies (8 is even better if you're really brave)
1/2 cup chopped green onion
6 ounces cooked and chopped chicken
2 -3 cups low fat Mexican blend cheese

Steps:

preheat oven to 400 deg. F.
coat a 13x9 baking dish with cooking spray.
in a large mixing bowl combine first half of egg substitute, flour, baking powder and salt and mix well. best to use beaters on this as to whip as much air into this as possible.
in a seperate bowl (or food processor) whip the cottage cheese until creamy. again, best to use either the processor or beaters for this.
return to first bowl and add second half of the eggs, milk and whip until smooth.
stir the cottage cheese into the egg mix.
fold in the green chiles, onion, chicken and cheese.
pour into baking dish and bake for 15 minutes on the middle rack. reduce temperature to 350 deg. and bake for another 30 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 466, Fat 27.6, SaturatedFat 13.1, Cholesterol 386, Sodium 1225, Carbohydrate 16.9, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 6.9, Protein 36