Easy Sausage Quiche - melissassouthernstylekitchen.com (2024)

Easy Sausage Quiche is a spectacular savory pie that’s ideal for serving at any meal. Breakfast sausage, green onion and lots of cheddar cheese smothered with a seasoned egg custard combine into a classic combination of flavors that always satisfy. The preparation isn’t complicated and well worth the small amount of effort it takes to make. Serve it for breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner any day of the week.

Easy Sausage Quiche Recipe

We’re huge “breakfast or dinner” fans at our house. Be it a pan of buttermilk biscuits smothered in sausage gravy, a big bowl of cheddar gritstopped with bacon and eggs or big stack of buttermilk pancakesdripping with a generous drizzle of maple syrup. We’re not picky any of the aforementioned will do. This easy quiche recipe uses classic breakfast sausage but you could use Italian sausage if that’s what you have on hand. Quiche flavor variations are endless. How to make Easy Sausage Quiche recipe:

• Crust – One 9 inch deep dish pie shell either frozen or homemade (i.e. Mrs Smith’s or similar).
• Sausage – 8ounces of mild or spicy pork breakfast sausage.
• Onion – Thinly sliced green onions.
• Cheese – Shredded sharp cheddar cheese.
• Liquid – Half and half.
• Eggs – 6largeeggs.
• Seasonings – Garlic salt, ground black pepper and ground mustard. You could also use table salt and granulated garlic or garlic powder in place of garlic salt.
• Hot sauce

How to Make the BEST Easy Sausage Quiche Recipe

• Ingredients you’ll need to make homemade Sausage Quiche: One 9 inch deep dish pie shell, breakfast sausage, large eggs, half and half, shredded cheddar cheese, green onions, salt, black pepper, garlic salt, onion powder and ground mustard. (hot sauce is optional)
• Kitchen tools you’ll need: One large skillet i.e. 10 inch or larger to cook the sausage, large bowl, measuring cups and spoons, sharp knife and cutting board, 9 inch deep dish pie pan and cheese grater. It’s also helpful to have a sheet pan to move the quiche in an out of the oven easily.
• To make your own half and half you can use equal parts heavy cream and whole milk. In this recipe you would need 1/2 cup of each.
• When pouring the egg custard on top, take a fork and gently move the sausage without misplacing it, to allow it to soak down to the bottom of the ingredients. Don’t stir, just gently move.
• Serving suggestion: Quiche ranks quite high on our list for busy day meals. You may enjoy pairing it with my Easy Fruit Salad recipe for breakfast, brunch or dinner.
• In this recipe, I am purposely keeping the ingredients simple. Feel free to adapt using your favorite flavor of shredded cheese.
• You can omit the hot sauce and use spicy sausage in this quiche recipe.
• Sausage quiche can be made in advance and reheated by the piece, too.
• To reheat a whole quiche in the oven: Preheat the oven to 325°F. Lay foil loosely on top and bake for 15-20 minutes just until heated through.
• Leftovers: Store baked Sausage Quiche in an airtight container chilled in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat in single servings in the microwave.
• You can bake this quiche, cool it completely and freeze for up to 2 months.
• Remove it from the freezer and thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Lay a piece of aluminum foil on top and reheat in a preheated 325°F oven for 15-20 minutes or just until heated through.

More Easy Quiche Recipes to Make

There’s no wrong time of day to serve quiche. Expand your quiche menu with these recipes:

• My recipe for Western Omelet Quiche is a fan favorite.
• This Kentucky Hot Brown Quiche recipe is a riff on the famous hot brown from Louisville Kentucky,
• You may have everything you need to make this Bacon Cheddar Chive Quiche.
• Classic cheesy Quiche Lorraine.
• Cornbread and Sausage Quiche is a delicious use for leftover cornbread!
• Ricotta Spinach Quiche is rich and decadent.
• Mushroom Quiche from Simply Recipes.

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Helpful Kitchen Items:

• Deep Dish Pie Pan
• Knives and Chopping Board
• Measuring Set
• Mixing Bowls