Easy Onion and Cheese Quiche

If you’re craving something comforting without causing stress in the kitchen, this recipe for an easy onion and cheese quiche is your answer! A perfect blend of tender onions and melted cheese nestled in a flaky crust, this can be whipped up in minutes and served for breakfast, lunch, or a light dinner. Equally good for family weeknight dinners and weekend entertaining – simply make a salad while the quiche bakes and serve with some bread or use as a side dish.

I love onions so when I saw a recipe for “Viola’s Onion Pie” in an old church cookbook with the tagline “The was one of my mother’s favorite recipes which she served at many family trailer club outings,” I knew I had to try it (even though I don’t know what a trailer club outing is, lol).

In researching this, though, I realized this was more of a quiche since most recipes that are called onion pies have a top crust. Other than the title and a few adaptations during recipe testing, I kept the simpleness of the original recipe, as well as the low number of ingredients.

And was my onion-loving heart satisfied? Oh yes – what’s not to love about a forkful of tender onions and crispy cheese?

I love serving this as a meatless dinner with a hearty salad like this chopped salad with protein from beans, or this kale and protein-rich quinoa salad, or even this kale cranberry salad with feta and pecans.

It’s also just as good as a side dish to bring to potlucks or serve with spiced slow cooker whole chicken (or Instant Pot), mini meatloaves, or roasted sausages.

Plus, it’s super easy to use this as a base for other creations with the addition of cooked meats or more vegetables.

It’s great to have recipes like this that will work for so many different types of menus. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do!

Recipe Ingredients

Ingredient Notes & Additions

At it’s basic, this recipe is just four ingredients – a crust, onions, eggs, and cheese – plus some seasonings. However, it’s easy to change things up.

• Unbaked Crust: In the photos I used one of the crusts from my go-to flaky crust recipe (just freeze the other crust). You can also use the quicker press-in crust from this quiche recipe, which is also results in a nicely flaky crust.
• Cheese: I’ve used a sharp cheddar here which is always a great choice with onions, but this is also good with tangy gruyere and mildly spicy pepper jack cheese.
• Additions: Meat– chopped cooked bacon, cooked chicken, or cooked sausage. Simply sprinkle any cooked meat on top of the crust, then layer the onion and cheese as normal. Vegetables– sauté chopped sweet peppers along with the onions, or mild hot peppers for a bit of spice, or add some sliced tomatoes to the top of the pie before baking.

Let’s Make an Onion and Cheese Quiche

Here are a few helpful visual instructions – the full instructions with exact ingredients can be found in the printable recipe card below.

Step 3: Bake. You’ll start the baking at 400 degrees and then lower the oven to 350 after 20 minutes, baking for another 20 minutes until everything is puffed and golden. You can insert a knife into the center to make sure the eggs have cooked (and cook a few more minutes if needed) before removing to cool.

Storage

• Storage: Keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. I don’t recommended this for freezing.
• To Reheat: I love how the air fryer or toaster oven crisps up the crust again when reheated for about 3-5 minutes (depending on your appliance). You can also microwave for 30 seconds to 1 minute.

Recipes To Serve With Quiche

• Orange Almond Salad with Orange-Balsamic Vinaigrette
• Roasted Beet Salad With Goat Cheese Recipe
• Spiced Slow Cooker Whole Chicken (or Instant Pot)
• Tutorial: Simple French Baguettes Recipe – The Bread You Can’t Stop Eating

I hope you enjoy this onion and cheese quiche – if you make it, be sure to leave a rating and review so I know how you liked it!