Another version of the mini crustless quiche egg bites in the Instant Pot pressure cooker

So, I did a new video to update these little mini crustless quiches, also known as Egg Bites and copycat starbucks sous vide egg bites, but they're just crustless quiches :) so easy, so delicious, so fast and eggs and pressure cookers are just best friends! this is more a method than a recipe. For the babyfood silicone mold, I fill each about 1/3 full of whatever makes me happy. Today it's bacon, green onion, fried onion. sometimes I add potatoes or whatever roasted veggies I have left over, the list of possibilities is ENDLESS.



I use 4 eggs, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese and 1/3? cup heavy cream in my blender and whip till smooth.
Fill the mold and steam, over about a cup of water, on steam setting for 7 minutes, leave to rest about 10 and then leave on the counter a few more so they set up. Easy.

Faster than traditional? no way but the texture is different and tender and I prefer them this way to baked. You can add other cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, again the list is endless. Play with what makes you happy.

Go make these. I like to hoard a little of the veggies and/or meats from the week and on the weekend make a mountain of these, in the little molds and in the jars and in whatever else you have and then you have a week of snacks.

I do like to take these, when they're cold, and slice and put them in sandwiches...too yummy!

Here's the link to my youtube video with the details and some chatting


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jg6qeWEVsIU&t=252s


/enjoy

Sunday "Refrigerator" Crustless Quiche

On Sunday morning I like to make breakfast, I think I like cooking breakfast more than I like eating it. My son and husband like different breakfast food, cooked differently and it makes me feel like a short order cook, not that there’s anything wrong with that. I made these one day a while back and they were a big hit so it’s become my semi-standard Sunday morning faire. Whatever we don’t eat sits on the counter for nibbling all day, there’s never any left.

Preheat oven to 400

You need a mini muffin tin, 24 little vessels waiting to receive ingredients at your whim. The minis mean you don’t actually need much of any one ingredient…time to search through your fridge. SPRAY IT HEAVILY WITH NONSTICK SPRAY, you’ll thank me later.

Before you fill, in a 4 cup measuring jug break in 4 (xl) eggs and enough milk to bring it to 2 ½ cups of liquid, add a little half and half if you want to make it richer (although it’s not necessary) 1%, 2%, or whole milk, doesn’t matter. If you want it more eggy, add 5 yolks. The point is that I have found 2 ½ cups of egg mix is the perfect amount. Salt and pepper well and add whatever herb you like. Some parsley is nice.

Rummage through your fridge and see what you have that you think would taste good in a quiche or with eggs. Endless possibilities. Any cooked veggies left from meals in the week are good, leftover meat or fish or canned salmon is also lovely. Think about what you like and see if you have a little bit of it in the fridge, we’re going to add it. This isn’t a recipe as much as a process. I had coffee in hand, a sleeping family and the inclination so this is what I did.

I had some shaved ham from the deli which I chopped up into little pieces and evenly distributed in the 24 mini cups. I found some shredded cheese, semi evenly distributed, don’t pack any of the ingredients in, drop them so that there’s enough space to hold the egg mixture

I had a piece of onion that I chopped tiny and sautéed in a little bacon fat till it was sweated out a little bit, not brown since they don’t cook for long I didn’t want any raw onion flavor in such a small bite. Sprinkled a little of the onion in each little cup.

Pour a little of the mixture into each cup. It should pretty evenly fill all of them.

I bake it for 20 then spin the tin and bake for a few more; they will be puffy and golden and look like little soufflés.

Let them sit on a rack for a minute or two, not much longer than that, then run your knife around each one and remove them to a platter, place them before whatever waiting audience you have and revel in the accolades.

/enjoy!!

tracy