Make Ahead Chicken Quiche Recipes

MAKE AHEAD QUICHE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, toss the flour with the grated cheese. Evenly spread the cheese over the bottom of the pie crust. Top the cheese with the diced ham.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, half and half, salt, pepper and dry mustard. Stir in the green onions. Pour the egg mixture over the ham and cheese.
• Cover the unbaked quiche with plastic wrap, then with foil, sealing the edges well. Place the prepared quiche in the freezer.
• When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Do not thaw the quiche!
• Remove the foil and plastic wrap. Place the foil around the edges of the crust to prevent burning.
• Place the frozen quiche in the oven and bake for about 1 hour, or until the filling is set and the crust is golden brown.
• To cook the quiche immediately (without freezing first), preheat the oven to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

EASY CHICKEN QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray.
• Line the prepared pie dish with puff pastry, covering base and sides. Trim excess pastry. Brush bottom with Dijon mustard.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add chopped green onions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Mix in chicken, and cook for 1 minute more.
• Whisk eggs, heavy cream, salt, nutmeg, ground black pepper, and Italian seasoning together in a bowl.
• Layer 1/2 of the Gouda cheese over the puff pastry and top with chicken mixture. Pour in egg mixture. Sprinkle the remaining Gouda cheese on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until set and golden, about 25 minutes.

QUICHE

Steps:

• In medium bowl, toss 4 teaspoons flour with the grated cheese. Sprinkle mixture into the pie shell. On top of cheese, sprinkle 1/2 cup of diced ham.
• In medium bowl, combine eggs, milk or cream, and then add salt and mustard powder. Beat until smooth and pour over cheese and ham.
• Put piece of plastic wrap large enough to overlap sides over top of quiche, then a piece of foil, and seal well around the edges. (plastic keeps the foil from sticking to the food). Place prepared quiche in freezer.
• When ready to prepare, preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C.) Remove foil and plastic wrap. Put foil around edge of crust to protect it.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 60 minutes, or until filling is set and crust is golden brown. Garnish with parsley and pimiento if desired

MAKE-AHEAD CHICKEN QUICHE

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 400.
• Mix chicken, bell pepper, onion and 1/3 the cheese together. Sprinkle into pie crust.
• Whisk eggs, milk,sour cream and salt and pepper together. Pour over the chicken mixture in the pie crust.
• Top with reserved cheese.
• Bake for 30 minutes on rimmed baking sheet.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 for 20 minutes.
• Total cooking time 50 minutes.
• Let rest for 30 minutes before serving or refrigerate and reheat.
• Quiche can be frozen prior to baking or after baking; baking first may make the quiche a little easier to maneuver in the freezer. To freeze quiche before baking: Place quiche on a tray or baking pan and freeze until firm. Wrap with freezer paper or heavy-duty (or double thickness) aluminium foil or slide quiche into a freezer bag. Seal, label and freeze for up to one month. When ready to serve, remove from freezer. Do not thaw. Unwrap and bake as usual, adding 10 to 20 minutes extra time. To freeze quiche after baking: Proceed as above. Do not thaw before reheating. Remove wrap and bake in a preheated 350°F oven for about 25 minutes, or until heated through.

MAKE-AHEAD MINI QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Stir all ingredients together.
• Grease 12 cup muffin tin.
• Spoon batter into tin filling the cups.
• Bake 35-40 minutes.
• Any leftover vegetable would be good in this.