The darn good chicken broccoli quiche recipe uses up to 4 cheeses and no crust. So, it has the best blend of flavors overall for any chicken broccoli quiche crustless recipe. This 4 cheese quiche uses mozzarella, cottage, ricotta, and cream cheeses. This is part of our Main Courses, Chicken, Cheese, and Italian Cuisine Categories.
Ingredients For Chicken Broccoli Quiche
The ingredients are so plentiful that, even if you didn’t have one of the cheeses or even the broccoli, it would still be a good main course. But, including everything makes it most appreciated. Also, the chicken amount is bountiful. It is so flavorful, you might encounter frequent requests for second helpings. This is definitely a keeper in your recipes collection.
How To Make Chicken Broccoli Quiche Recipe Step-by-Step
Cook and cutup chicken into chunks or cubes. Then, that’s the first layer in the casserole dish, along with its seasonings.
Chop up broccoli and that’s the 2nd layer in casserole.
3rd layer is the shredded Mozzarella cheese.
Then, blend the dairy ingredients together.
The 4th and final layer is pouring the blended dairy ingredients on top of the casserole.
Bake for about an hour. Let it set for 5-10 minutes. Then, cut and serve!
FAQ on Chicken Broccoli Quiche Recipe and Others
How do you keep the chicken broccoli quiche crustless from sticking to the casserole dish?
It’s important to apply or spray the oil to the casserole dish before adding any of the ingredients.
Do you cook broccoli before putting in quiche?
No; you don’t have to cook broccoli before putting it in the quiche. However, you do need to chop it.
You don’t need to cook broccoli before putting it into quiche.
Why do some quiches end up watery?
Usually, quiches are watery because of dairy ingredients involvement. Firstly, it might contain too much content overall of the dairy ingredients. Secondly, the dairy ingredients didn’t get mixed up very well. Thirdly, it’s possible their is too much of one particular dairy ingredient. Fourthly, a simple cause is if you don’t let it set for about 5-10 minutes after baking before cutting the initial serving. Finally, it’s quite possible that the broccoli was frozen and still contained too much water content.
Why do some quiches end up not very fluffy?
In other quiche recipes, this can be often due to a combination of too much milk or too many eggs. This particular recipe doesn’t use milk, although it does uses sour cream; and the amount of eggs are minimal.
Can I bake my quiches at a higher oven temp to lower the baking time?
No; probably best not to. It can cause egg coagulation issues and curdling effects among the various dairy products.
Quiche is baked at low 325 degrees F to prevent curdling effects among the dairy product ingredients.
What is the crustless quiche called?
A quiche with no crust is known as a Frittata. Being of an Italian cuisine, it’s generally cooked in a skillet or pan on the stovetop. Also, it usually contains less dairy. It comes in the form similar to a quiche or an omelet. Also, here’s a real good TheWholeSmiths.com recipe for making Chicken Broccoli Cheddar Frittata in a cast iron skillet, baked in the oven. The recipes there are very realistic for real people (the theme of the site).
Other Recipes With Chopped or Shredded Chicken
Nutritional Values of Broccoli Chicken Quiche Recipe
For a single serving, there are about 256 calories and low 4 grams of carbs in this wonderful chicken broccoli quiche crustless recipe. The nutritional values are shown in the <Print Recipe> option.
Chicken Broccoli Quiche Recipe – 4 Cheese & Crustless
Equipment
- 1 blender
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Ingredients
- 2½ cups chicken cooked and cubed or chopped
- ¾ cup broccoli chopped
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese grated
- 4 medium eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 4 oz. cream cheese
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ½ cup ricotta cheese
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- ¼ tsp. onion powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 °F and spray (or apply) a large 13×9 casserole dish with oil.
- Layer chicken in bottom of casserole dish, then broccoli on top of chicken, and top with mozzarella cheese.2½ cups chicken, 3/4 cup broccoli, 1 cup mozzarella cheese
- Blend together mixture of eggs, cream cheese, sour cream, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, garlic powder and onion powder until smooth.4 medium eggs, 1 cup sour cream, 4 oz. cream cheese, ½ cup cottage cheese, ½ cup ricotta cheese, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ¼ tsp. onion powder
- Pour mixture over casserole topping.
- Bake in preheated oven for 50–60 minutes (or until a knife when inserted into the middle comes out clean). Let is set about 5-10 minutes.
- Serve with your choice of fruit on the side.
