Cheese & Sausage Breakfast Quiche (Hearty Recipe) - Restless Chipotle (2024)

Whether you're planning a lazy weekend brunch, light dinner, or simply want to upgrade your weekday mornings, this quiche is the delicous answer!

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🗝️ Key takeaways

• This great recipe features a flaky pie crust, tender breakfast sausage, and loads of Tex-Mex flavor.
• Delicious quiche is an easy breakfast, bridal shower brunch, or holiday lunch. You can even shake up the dinner rotation and eat it for supper!
• A yummy freezer meal made easy—store this family favorite for months, cooked or uncooked, depending on what works for you.

This easy sausage quiche is a hearty breakfast option that features fresh, vibrant Southwest flavors, fluffy eggs, and loads of cheese.

It's so good it will get your most stubborn sleepers out of bed in the morning—after all, a good brunch is the best part about waking up!

🧾 Ingredients

This is an overview of the ingredients. You'll find the full measurements and instructions in the green recipe card (printable) at the bottom of the page.

📖Variations

• Opt for spicy sausage if you like more heat, or choose milder sweet Italian sausage. I usually just go with Jimmy Dean's breakfast sausage.
• This simple breakfast uses a refrigerated pie crust, so prep is quick. However, a homemade pie shell will work great, too!
• Feel free to swap the bell pepper for some jalapenos if you prefer.
• Mexican cheese kicks up the Tex-Mex flavor, but you can swap it for sharp cheddar cheese or mozzarella.
• There are plenty of optional vegetables you can stir in if you'd like. Mushrooms, wilted spinach, green onions, or black olives would work.

🔪 Instructions

This is an overview of the instructions. Full instructions are in the green recipe card at the bottom of the page.

1. In a large skillet, saute the sausage, peppers, and onions. Line a pie plate with the dough and add the sauteed ingredients and cilantro.
2. Sprinkle the cheese evenly overtop.
3. In a large mixing bowl, combine eggs, cream, chiles, and seasoning.
4. Pour egg mixture into the crust and bake until golden brown.

🥫 How to store leftovers

This easy sausage quiche is great hot out of the oven, but stored properly, it's also fabulous the next day—and even months later!

Store leftovers

For short-term leftover storage, cover the cooled pie dish with aluminum foil or plastic wrap. Refrigerate and it'll keep for about three days.

Freeze baked

You can freeze baked leftovers (or an extra quiche for another meal) for 1-2 months by transferring them to an airtight container. Slice the quiche before freezing for easy, individual freezer breakfasts.

To reheat, let the frozen quiche thaw in the fridge for about a day. Warm individual servings in the microwave until it's hot.

You can also heat the quiche covered in a 350-degree F oven for 10-20 minutes.

Freeze unbaked

Prep ahead and freeze unbaked quiche for 1-2 months. I like to flash-freeze the whole pie until it's solid, then cover it tightly with two layers of plastic wrap.

Whenever you're craving a delightful sausage breakfast quiche, simply let it thaw in the fridge. It'll take about a day.

Then, bake as directed. You may need to add a few minutes of time, depending on how cold it is coming out of the fridge.

💭 Things to know

Expert Tip: After putting the crust in the pie dish, place the whole thing in the fridge while you prep the other ingredients. This will prevent the butter from melting out and create a flakier, more tender crust.

• If the crust starts to get too dark before the quiche is finished cooking, gently lay a piece of foil or a pie crust shield over it.
• You can check for doneness with a butter knife. It should come out clean, with no wet egg. However, you might see some moisture from the heat or a little melted cheese—that's okay.
• Center of the quiche will be 160F when checked with an instant-read thermometer if it's done.
• Always let quiche cool completely before storing it. Otherwise, the excess trapped heat will create moisture that'll make your crust soggy.

👩‍🍳 FAQs

• Leftover Pizza Breakfast Casserole is a super fun weekend brunch, it tastes great, and gets rid of that leftover slice hanging out in your fridge!
• A true Texas breakfast isn't considered proper without Creamy Jalapeno Cheese Grits. The fun part is, you really can enjoy them for any meal.
• Whether it's the holidays or you're just looking for an easy, hearty, flavorful brunch, Crockpot Christmas Breakfast Casserole delivers!

🍽️ Serve with...

We love these easy Cornmeal Popovers with syrup and butter to add a sweet element to our Southern breakfast. Between that and sausage quiche, you'll stay filled up all day!

If we have a reason to turn breakfast into a big brunch, I'll also serve these yummy Banana Yogurt Parfaits. Don't forget to whip up some Coffee Punch if you're really in the mood for something special.

📞 The last word

Quiche had a burst of popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s before becoming outdated. The thing is, this deliciously simple savory egg pie is so versatile it really deserves a regular place at the table!

Give it a try and be sure to let me know what you think. And, if you've decided you love it too, try this delcious ham and asparagus quiche next!

If you click on the number of servings in the recipe card you can adjust the measurements up or down for the exact number of servings you need.

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📖 Recipe

First published April 14, 2017. Last updated September 4, 2023, for better images and updated information.

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