Roasted Green Bean Crustless Quiche
Roasted green beans piled high as a crust for this easy to prepare dish that can serve well as dinner or brunch.
Servings: 6 -8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 16 ounce bag frozen green beans rinsed and patted dry
- ½ yellow onion chopped
- 3 cloves garlic chopped
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 5 eggs
- ¼ cup half & half
- ½ tsp. each garlic powder & onion powder
- salt & pepper to taste
- couple dashes of hot sauce
- 4 ounces Monterey jack cheese*
- 3 ounces of Cheddar cheese*
- 1 tbsp. butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven 400 degrees.
- Place green beans, onion, garlic, olive oil, and salt & pepper in mixing bowl. Combine well and spread green beans out on baking sheet. Roast in preheated oven 15-20 minutes turning at least once. Remove from oven and allow to slightly cool. Reduce heat in oven to 375 degrees. Once cool slice the green beans into smaller pieces.
- Meanwhile beat eggs with half & half. Then add remaining ingredients reserving the butter for the quiche pan. Mix well.
- Put green bean mixture on bottom of buttered pie pan and spread evenly. Pour egg mixture on top.
- Bake in preheated oven 30 minutes.
Notes
* You can use any cheese you like. I like to use Monterey jack cheese because it has nice flavor and melts easily.
You can certainly vary the amount of cheese as well.
You can certainly vary the amount of cheese as well.