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spicy chile & spinach quiche

(1 rating)
smonfils avatar
Recipe by
sherry monfils
@smonfils
worcester, MA

I was making a quiche, but had a taste for something spicy. I figured why the heck not add some chile peppers and spice it up a bit, and it was perfect!!

(1 rating)
yield 2 9" quiches
prep time 15 Min
cook time 50 Min

Ingredients For spicy chile & spinach quiche

  • 1/2 c
    flour
  • 1 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 12
    eggs
  • 8 oz
    reduced-fat, shredded mexican cheese, can use regular mexican cheese
  • 2 c
    low-fat small curd cottage cheese
  • 1
    10 oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed, drained, squeezed dry
  • 2
    4 oz cans chopped green chiles
  • 1/2 c
    melted butter
  • 2
    9" unbaked pie crusts, i used pillsbury already pie crusts

How To Make spicy chile & spinach quiche

  • 1
    Heat oven to 400. Lightly spray 2 pie pans w/ cooking spray. In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
  • 2
    In lg bowl, beat the eggs until smooth Whisk in the flour mix. until smooth. Stir in shredded cheese, cottage cheese, spinach , green chiles, and melted butter.
  • 3
    Pour the mix evenly into the 2 pie crusta that have been placed in pie pans. Bake 15 mins. Reduce heat to 350 and bake 35-40 mins, or until a knife inserted in center comes out clean.
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