Mexican Quiche For One Food

MEXICAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Brown ground beef in a large skillet. Add onion and cook until they are soft and translucent. Drain beef, stir in spices and cook 2 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in salsa. Add eggs. Fold in cheese and pour mixture into pastry crust. Bake 20 to 25 minutes until crust is golden brown. Remove from oven and let stand 15 minutes. Cut into 6 or 8 wedges and top each wedge with a dollop of sour cream, cilantro, tomatoes, and black olives.

MEXICAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Arrange pie crust in a pie plate.
• Sprinkle shredded cheddar evenly over bottom of crust.
• Spread drained tomatos/chilis and green chilis over cheese. Sprinkle olives over top.
• Beat eggs, sour cream, chili powder, paprika, cumin, cayenne, and garlic powder until well mixed. Pour over mixture in pie crust.
• Bake at 375 for 50 minutes, until firmly set. Allow to sit 5 minutes before serving.

V'S MEXICAN QUICHE

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain.
• Stir in soup.
• In a mixing bowl, beat eggs, milk and pepper; stir in sausage mixture.
• Add chopped cilantro, green chilis and onions, add soup, stir until well blended.
• Transfer to a lightly greased (or cooking spray) 11-in x 7-in x 2 inches baking dish.
• Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake uncovered at 375* for 40-45 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center come out clean.

MEXICAN QUICHES - MINI-SIZED

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• CRUST: In a small bowl, cream the cream cheese and butter together; add flour and beat until moistened.
• Shape into 24 balls.
• Cover and chill about 1 hour.
• Press into bottom and a little way up the sides of pan.
• FILLING: In each muffin section (use mini-muffin tins), sprinkle a rounded teaspoon of cheese on top of unbaked crust.
• Add 1/2 teaspoon of green chiles on top cheese.
• In a small bowl, mix together eggs, milk, salt and pepper; spoon egg mixture evenly over chiles in each section.
• If you like them hot, sprinkle a few crushed red peppers on top of each section, or lightly dust with cayenne pepper.
• Bake for about 30-35 minutes until just slightly golden on top.
• Let stand 5 minutes before removing from pans.
• Serve warm, but also good at room temperature.

MEXICAN TACO QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Whisk together the eggs, milk, salsa, bell pepper, onion, and Mexican-style cheese in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in the ground beef. Cook and stir until the beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease. Stir in the taco seasoning, then spread the meat mixture into the pie crust. Pour the egg mixture over the beef.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a knife inserted into the center of the quiche comes out clean, 45 minutes to 1 hour. Cool for 10 minutes before serving warm.

CHEESE AND CHILE QUICHE

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 375°F.
• Roll out dough into a 13-inch round on a lightly floured surface with a floured rolling pin. Fit dough into tart pan, without stretching, letting excess dough hang over edge. Fold overhang inward and press against side of pan to reinforce edge. Prick bottom all over with a fork. Chill until firm, about 30 minutes.
• Line shell with foil or parchment paper and fill with pie weights. Bake until pastry is set and pale golden along rim, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Carefully remove foil and weights and bake shell until deep golden all over, 15 to 20 minutes more. Put tart pan in a shallow baking pan. Leave oven on.
• Mince garlic and mash to a paste with salt using side of a large knife.
• Discard seeds, ribs, and stems from chiles, then pat dry if necessary and cut into 1/3-inch-wide strips.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, crema, onion, garlic paste, and pepper in a large bowl until just combined, then pour into baked tart shell.
• Sprinkle cheese and chiles over custard (chiles will sink slightly) and bake until custard is just set, 50 to 60 minutes. (Center will jiggle slightly; filling will continue to set as it cools.)
• Transfer quiche in pan to a rack to cool at least 20 minutes before serving.
• To remove side of tart pan, center a large can under pan and let side of pan drop. Serve warm or at room temperature.

DAVE AND JANIS MURRAY'S MEXICAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a nine- or 10-inch pie plate with the pastry.
• Bring enough water to the boil to cover the shrimp when they are added. Add the shrimp and cook two minutes. Drain.
• Chop eight of the shrimp into small pieces. Keep the remaining shrimp whole and set aside.
• Scatter the chopped shrimp over the bottom of the pastry. Cover the shrimp with layers of chopped green chilies and the grated cheese.
• In a mixing bowl, combine the cream, eggs, chives and salt and beat to blend. Pour the mixture into the pie shell.
• Place the dish in the oven and bake 15 minutes. Reduce the oven heat to 300 degrees and continue baking 35 minutes or until the filling is set.
• Remove the pie from the oven and let rest 15 minutes. Spoon six dollops of sour cream in a circle about halfway between the center of the pie and the crust. Dip each of the remaining shrimp in the taco sauce or tomato and Serrano chile sauce and arrange one shrimp on each dollop of sour cream. Cut into six wedges and serve warm.

MEXICAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Pre heat oven at 400 degrees.
• Fit pie crust into a deep dish pie plate. Cover so it won't dry out while preparing ingredients.
• Prepare ground sirloin with Taco seasoning per pkg. instructions -- set aside 2 cups.
• Heat butter in skillet, add bell pepper, green onion saute until softened.
• In a small bowl, combine bell pepper, green onion, jalepeno, green chiles and tomatoes.
• In a large bowl, whisk eggs, half and half, with sour cream until well blended, gently stir in all remaining ingredients, except hamburger and olives.
• Gently press the 2 cups of seasoned ground sirloin in bottom of pie, gently pour in egg mixture, top with olives.
• Cover with tented foil, bake 45 minutes -- remove cover, continue baking another 15-20 minutes or until center of pie is firm. Allow to cool for at least ten minutes before serving.

MARVELOUS MINI MEXICAN QUICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 24 mini-muffin cups.
• Beat cream cheese and butter until well combined. Add flour; mix until a dough forms. Divide dough into 24 balls and refrigerate.
• Whisk eggs and milk together in a bowl. Stir Monterey Jack cheese, chorizo sausage, green chiles, red onion, cilantro, garlic powder, black pepper, ground cumin, cayenne pepper, and salt into the egg mixture.
• Place one dough ball into each prepared muffin cup; press dough gently into the base and sides to form a dough cup. Spoon egg mixture to fill each dough cup.
• Bake in preheated oven until center of quiche is set, 25 minutes.

QUICHE FOR ONE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450°. If the dough is very cold, let it warm up in the kitchen until it feels pliable. Roll it out on a lightly floured board to a circle approximately 9 inches in diameter, and fit it into the small tart form, pressing it firmly around the edges, trimming the overhang. Prick the bottom, then line the pan with foil buttered on its underside and fill it with dried beans or small baking stones. Bake for 10 minutes at 425°, turn down the heat to 375°, remove the foil and beans, prick the bottom again, and bake another 2 minutes.
• Meanwhile, as the shell is baking, crack the egg into a measuring cup, and add enough cream to make a scant 1/2 cup. Add the seasonings, and mix well. Scatter the prosciutto, ham, or bacon over the bottom of the tart, and pour in the egg-cream mixture, which will fill the tart shell right up to the top (if you have a little too much, just discard or add it to some scrambled eggs). Place on a Silpat-or foil-lined baking pan and bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and let set for about 5 minutes, if you can wait that long before you dive in.
• Variations
• A quiche is a great catchall for goodies lurking in the fridge. You can vary the above just by adding a tablespoon or so of grated cheese-Gruyère, aged Cheddar or Gouda, or a French mountain cheese-you name it. Sautéed mushrooms, cooked asparagus, spinach, and zucchini make good fillings, as do cooked seafood, sausage, and spicy meats.

SOUTH-OF-THE-BORDER QUICHE

Steps:

• Line unpricked pastry shells with a double thickness of heavy-duty foil. Bake at 400° for 5 minutes. Remove foil; bake 5 minutes longer., Sprinkle chili powder and cumin over shells; sprinkle with cheeses. In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, cream, chilies, olives, onions, cilantro, salt and pepper. Pour evenly over cheese. , Cover and freeze one quiche for up to 3 months. Cover edges of remaining quiche loosely with foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting. Serve with salsa and sour cream if desired. , To use frozen quiche: Remove from the freezer 30 minutes before baking (do not thaw). Cover edges of crust loosely with foil; place on a baking sheet. Bake at 400° for 55-60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Let stand for 10 minutes before cutting.

MEXICAN QUICHE FOR ONE

Steps:

• Starting with a cold skillet, heat tortilla about 45 seconds or until warm, turning once.
• Place tortilla into a greased 15 ounce casserole.
• Top with 1/4 cup of the cheese.
• In the same skillet, cook sausage, green pepper and jalapeno until sausage is cooked and green pepper is crisp-tender; drain well.
• Spoon over tortilla and cheese in casserole.
• In a small bowl, combine egg, milk or cream, and salt. Mix well.
• Pour egg mixture into casserole.
• Top with remaining cheese.
• Bake in a 350 degree F. oven for 30 to 35 minutes or until firm.
• Serve with salsa and cilantro, if desired.

QUICHE FOR ONE

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute the mushrooms in butter until softened. In a small bowl, beat egg, milk, pepper and nutmeg. Stir in the mushrooms, cheese, bacon and chives. , Pour into a 5-in. pie plate coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until set. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

MEXICAN QUICHE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F
• Whisk eggs and milk in large bowl until blended. Add vegetables, chorizo and half the cheese; mix well.
• Pour into pie crust; place on baking sheet.
• Bake 35 min. Top with remaining cheese; bake 5 to 10 min. or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Remove quiche from oven. Let stand 10 min. before cutting into wedges.
• Serve topped with sour cream and cilantro.

MINI MEXICAN QUICHES

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until smooth. Gradually add flour; beat until well blended. Shape into 24 balls; cover and refrigerate for 1 hour. , Press balls onto the bottom and up the sides of greased miniature muffin cups. Sprinkle a rounded teaspoonful of cheese and 1/2 teaspoon of chilies into each shell. In a bowl, beat eggs, cream, salt and pepper. Spoon into shells. , Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. Refrigerate leftovers.