Here’s a quick and easy hamburger quiche filled with all the fun flavors of a cheeseburger baked in a delicious, buttery pie crust.
Today we’ll be making an easy hamburger quiche that’s rich, decadent and familiarly comforting with ground beef and cheddar cheese nestled in a flaky, crumbly pie crust. This is really quick to put together and uses frozen pie crusts for a fuss-free breakfast, brunch, or weekend meal.
Since frozen pie crusts typically come in packs of twos, we’ll be making two quiches in the time it takes to make one, so there are plenty of leftovers to go around. They also heat up well, so win-win! If you’re handy with some dough, feel free to make your own pie crust. Otherwise, let’s keep it simple! So let’s get started.
EASY HAMBURGER QUICHE RECIPE TIPS
Pie crusts – I used frozen pie crusts but you can also make them from scratch if you have a recipe.
Add some greens – I sometimes add 10 oz. of frozen chopped spinach. Cook it according to package directions and strain it fully of its water content so it doesn’t dilute the quiche filling.
Add more meat – Dress the flavor up with some cooked and crumbled bacon.
Salt and pepper – There’s no need to add salt and pepper to the filling because you get plenty of flavoring from the mayonnaise and more than enough saltiness from the cheddar cheese.
Make it crustless – If you’re watching the calories, feel free to make this low-carb by making it crustless. Pour the mixture into an oven-proof dish and bake as directed.
It was stupidly easy, even for someone who doesn’t bake like me. Just brown the ground beef and onions, drain off the fat and mix it with the rest of the filling ingredients which are basically mayo, milk, eggs and cheese. That’s really all there is to it!
Feel free to experiment with other cheeses and see what fits best. Some cheeses that work well with quiches are white cheddar cheese, Swiss cheese, mozzarella cheese, and gruyere. Let me know how you changed it up if you did! That’s it, grab a slice and enjoy.
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Easy Hamburger Quiche
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 2 quiches 1x
Description
Here’s a quick and easy hamburger quiche filled with all the fun flavors of a cheeseburger baked in a delicious, buttery pie crust.
Ingredients
- 2 regular 9″ pie crusts, frozen/ refrigerated/ homemade
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1 small yellow onion, minced
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 1 cup milk
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 3 cups cheddar cheese, shredded and divided
Instructions
- Over medium-high heat, brown the beef in a skillet. Drain any fat, remove beef and set aside.
- In the same pan, sauté onions in some oil until soft, about 2-3 minutes. Add beef back to the pan and stir to mix.
- Combine beef, onions, mayonnaise, milk, eggs and 2 cups of cheddar cheese in a mixing bowl. Mix thoroughly.
- Pour mixture into both pie crusts, dividing them equally.
- Sprinkle the tops with the remaining 1 cup of cheese.
- Bake the pies at 350°F for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Dish and serve hot.
- Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 45 mins
Comments & Reviews
No salt and pepper mentioned. I think it needs a little something in the way of spices. Four eggs was not enough to fill the two 9″ pie shells. I used three more eggs and that seemed enough. I also added sauted sweet peppers to the mix.
Otherwise, very tasty!! Thanks for the inspiration. I had some ground beef and lots of eggs I needed to use up – this worked perfectly.
Thanks for trying out the recipe! I usually try to balance the sodium in the recipe so I figured the salt content from cheddar cheese would be enough to flavor the pies. That said, not all cheddar cheese is created equal, so feel free to add salt and pepper if you feel it’s not seasoned enough.
You could experiment with spices like nutmeg – this goes well with cream-based dishes. Paprika, fresh garlic, or garlic powder will work to add more layers of flavor too.
As for fillers, sweet peppers are a great way to customize this. Spinach also works and there are a ton of veggies you can throw in. You could also add more salt through chopped bacon or chorizo.
Can I make this without the onions?
Absolutely! Skipping the onions won’t make or break the recipe – it just alters the flavor. You can always mix and match a few fillers, like substituting onions with spinach or chopped green bell peppers.
I just about passed you by because when I asked a jump to the recipe it never did and I don’t like scrolling through all this other conversation I just want the recipe so there’s a problem with your site. Because as I said I just about weed to somebody else because that takes up too much of my time
But you “wasted your time” to tell them you didn’t choose them..okay.
IF.. you post was meant to let them know how they could make accessibility better or that it isn’t working you went about it wrong. The world would be a much better place if people would keep thier negativity to themselves.
Cooked it tonight but I cooked it on my grill and it gave it the grill Smokey flavor awesome would highly recommend it gets a 10 star rating
10 stars is great! I bet all that smoke was delicious with the beefy filling.
Like another commenter, I think this is the recipe I saved 35-40 years ago – probably found it in the newspaper. While I’m sure it’s in my hard copy recipes somewhere, apparently I didn’t copy it into my computer. So I was very glad to find it online. It’s very easy and always good. I usually substituted sausage for the hamburger.
I got this recipe from my mother-in-law who found it somewhere. She adds spinach to make it healthier. I thought it was delicious enough to memorialize it on the blog, so I’m glad I was able to help you find it again, Nancy. It’s also great to know when vintage recipes stand the test of time.
I am making this tonight, but already know that this is a (very longtime ago) favorite, given to me by my sister in law, probably 38 years ago. Was going through the recipe box looking for this exact recipe and couldn’t find it!! With great hope, I searched for a recipe online and here it is…. the very same one! Even my husband liked this one, oh the memories we will have tonight. This really is super good AND easy, and goes great with a salad or any green vegetable.
I’m so glad you managed to find it online! Thank you for being the first to comment on this – it’s not a popular recipe which is a shame. It’s so simple but makes a batch of two very delicious quiches. I sometimes add spinach to it too!