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This Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche recipe makes a quick and easy breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Ready in 30 minutes, it is a delicious Southern update to a classic dish!
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Quiche is such a versatile dish that is just as comfortable at a bridal shower brunch as it is for a simple, delicious family breakfast. And this delicious, savory Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche makes a perfect entree for breakfast, lunch, or breakfast-for-supper that my family so much enjoys!
Fluffy eggs, savory sausage, and sharp cheddar cheese all nestled inside a simple flaky cream biscuit crust make this out-of-this-world delicious and one of my family’s favorite quiche recipes! It’s very easy to make and on the table in 30 minutes, making it just perfect to serve anytime.
Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche Recipe
My family loves a good breakfast. Everything from biscuits, bacon, and scrambled eggs to waffles or muffins. And quiche. We often eat “breakfast for supper” and this scrumptious Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche is one we love no matter the time of day.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
Versatile. You can serve this anywhere at any time! Serve with fruit salad for a brunch party or a house salad for a family dinner.
Easy. A simple biscuit crust holds an easy egg mixture, sausage, and cheese so the quiche comes together quickly and easily!
Delicious and Satisfying. – It has so much savory, cheesy flavor and is such a satisfying entree.
How to Make Sausage Cheddar Quiche Recipe
You only need a few simple ingredients and 30 minutes. Here’s how I make it.
Ingredients You’ll Need for this Recipe
Butter – You’ll want to let the butter soften prior to use so that you can easily spread it around the sides and bottom of the skillet you’ll use to bake the quiche.
Biscuit Dough Crust – Self-rising flour and heavy cream produce a light, tender, and flaky biscuit crust. If you choose, you can use a store-bought deep pie crust, but I hope you will try the biscuit crust as it is absolutely delicious and so easy!
Filling – Ground breakfast sausage, shredded cheddar cheese, large eggs, milk, salt, and pepper
Step-by-Step Instructions
Preheat and Prep. Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Prepare the skillet by spreading the softened butter around the inside of a 12-inch, medium size skillet. Set the skillet aside.
Mix dough. Mix the ingredients for the two-ingredient cream biscuit recipe as the crust for this quiche. It’s a bit quicker to make than a pie crust. You can’t get much simpler than two ingredients for this easy and delicious crust! (You can substitute a deep frozen pie crust, but the biscuit crust is something special!)
Press dough in skillet. Once you have the dough mixed together, you press the dough into the bottom of the skillet and up the sides of the skillet about two inches.
Brown the sausage. In another medium skillet, crumble the ground sausage into it and brown over medium heat until done, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Use a slotted spoon to remove the browned sausage and sprinkle it on top of the biscuit dough. Then, top the sausage with shredded cheddar cheese.
Whisk egg mixture. Whisk together the eggs, milk, salt, and pepper. Pour the egg mixture over the sausage and cheddar cheese.
Bake. Pop it into the oven to bake until the egg mixture has set and cooked through, and the quiche reaches a golden brown on top. About 20 minutes.
Rest and serve. Remove the quiche from the oven and let rest for a minute or so. Then slice and serve.
I know, it sure is hard to wait to slice into this cheesy delicious quiche!
How to Serve Sausage Cheddar Cheese Quiche
This quiche is the centerpiece of the meal and doesn’t require a lot to serve with it. But it does make a beautiful presentation when served with some simple sides or delicious baked goods.
Juice, coffee, sweet tea, or apple cider
Storage Instructions
If you have any leftover quiche or quiche that you’ve made ahead, you can store it in the refrigerator or freeze it.
Cool. Make sure the quiche has completely cooled in both instances.
To refrigerate: Wrap the completely cooled quiche very well or transfer it to an airtight container. Refrigerate for up to 3 days.
To freeze: Wrap cooled quiche well and place in a freezer-safe, airtight container for up to 2 months. When ready to eat, thaw overnight in the refrigerator and reheat.
To reheat: Reheat to the desired temperature in the microwave or a 350-degree oven.
When To Serve This Quiche?
I enjoy serving this anytime, for any meal as I mentioned, but it really is a great food to make ahead anytime you want for a special breakfast or brunch. I’ve served this for holidays and weekends with just my family or when we have guests. It’s perfect to serve at a brunch party, such as a shower. Add one of the fresh sides listed previously for a meal everyone always loves!
More Favorite Cheesy Recipes
Here’s my Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche Recipe. I hope you enjoy it!
Southern Sausage Cheddar Quiche Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
Biscuit Dough Crust
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
Filling:
- 1 pound ground breakfast sausage
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 5 large eggs
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400ºF. Spread softened butter along in the inside of a medium (12-inch) skillet. Set aside.
- Stir together self-rising flour and heavy cream in a medium mixing bowl until just combined. Press the dough into the bottom of the skillet and about 2-inches up the sides of the skillet. Set aside.
- In another medium skillet set over medium heat, crumble and brown the ground breakfast sausage, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the browned sausage from the skillet and sprinkle onto the biscuit dough.Top the sausage with the cheddar cheese.
- Whisk together the eggs, milk, salt and pepper and pour the mixture over the cheese.
- Place the skillet into the oven and bake until the eggs are set the breakfast pizza is golden brown on top, about 20 minutes.
Notes
Nutritional Information
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
This looks good.. I could handle this for an evening meal when want all done quickly as going out or been out.. thank you..
This works great for supper too, Sue! We love it that way too! I hope you get to try this soon and that you enjoy it! Thanks! xo
Robyn, I made this last night. I added a touch of onion and it was delicious! Since we are empty nesters, we have plenty left over for Saturday morning brunch. Thanks for sharing another great recipe!
I’m glad you liked it Dianne! I am always glad when I have some leftover to make another meal time a little easier! Thanks so much! xo
Curious if this could be made the night before. Looks wonderful!
Hi Michells,
I love to make this the night before! I think it turns out best if you go ahead and bake it, cool completely, then refrigerate. Just reheat the next morning when you get ready to serve it. I hope you enjoy it! Thanks! xo
I’m wondering if this work in a glass pie plate since I don’t have an iron skillet. What do you think?
Thanks!
Carla
Hi Carla,
It should be fine as long as your glass dish is oven safe. I hope you enjoy the quiche – it’s delicious! Thanks!
Anything with cheddar sparks my attention, and I must say I never tried any quiche recipe this delicious before. This tastes heavenly! Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Thanks so much, Donna! I’m thrilled that you enjoyed it! xo
This breakfast reminds me of childhood. My grandma is from Alabama and my favorite breakfast she made was biscuits and gravy. The combo of biscuits and sausage will always remind me of her. I love your take on classic breakfast food. My kids would love it ?
Memories of our grandmothers’ food always has a special place, don’t they? I’m happy you are giving this a try. Thanks so much!
Can I use GF all purpose flour?
Hi Nancy,
For this recipe, you will need self-rising flour if you make the two-ingredient biscuit recipe for the crust. If you don’t have gluten free self-rinsing flour, you can make it using my recipe for Homemade Self-Rising Flour. Be sure to add a gluten free baking powder to your gluten free all-purpose flour to make it, though. Hope you this helps!
Do you think I could use half and half in the crust instead of heavy cream? This looks delish.
Hollie,
There would not be enough fat for the crust if you used half and half.
Birthday breakfast winner!
I’m so happy this worked out so well for the birthday breakfast, Emerald. Thanks!
Family favorite called “Impossible Cheeseburger Pie” using hamburger and cooked in a pie tin was doubled (2 pies) for my parents’ 8 kids to devour. I look forward to this trying version.
I hope you like this sausage cheddar quiche just as much, Ranae.