Chicken Bacon Black Bean Quiche
Chicken Bacon Black Bean Quiche recipe. An easy savory quiche idea with a short bread pastry recipe, uses left over chicken and egg custard.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 45 min
- Total Time: 75 min
- Category: Meals, breakfast brunch or lunch
- Method: Stove top No Bake
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 cups of cooked shredded chicken
- 1/2 cup of bacon bits fried
- 1 cup of grated cheddar cheese
- 1/3 cup of red onion finely chopped
- 1/3 cup of black beans
- 4 large eggs
- 2 cups of milk
- 1 teaspoon of salt and pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried or fresh thyme
- a few black olives cut into slices for decorating
- Easy bought pie pastry or shortbread pastry, a recipe to bake –> Shortbread Crust Pastry recipe
- basil leaves to place on top.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 225 Deg. C (450 Deg. F) to bake the pastry crust
- Bake the pastry crust for 20- 25 until firm.
- In a large bowl add the shredded cooked chicken, fried bacon bits, sauté onion, black beans, grated cheese. Mix all together.
- Place these ingredients in the baked crust dish.
- In another bowl mix the egg and milk and salt and pepper with thyme well. Then pour over the ingredients in the quiche dish. (for the correct ratio to get a good custard mix, there should be 1 egg per 1/2 cup of milk or cream)
- Add some black olives that were sliced on top for decoration.
- Turn oven to 150 Deg. C (300 Deg. F)
- Bake the quiche for 40-45 minutes until tested baked, and the knife comes out clean.
- Place on a cooler rack for at least 10 minutes or so until warm enough to serve. Place the basil leaves on top.