Turn leftover chicken into this simple and gourmet chicken savory quiche. Shredded chicken, green onions, garlic, and Gouda cheese combine to make a perfect quick and easy dinner.
Ingredients
- cooking spray:
- frozen puff pastry - thawed, unfolded, and lightly rolled: 1 piece
- Dijon mustard: 1 Tbsp
- butter: 1 Tbsp
- green onions: 1 cup (chopped)
- garlic: 2 clove (chopped)
- ½ cups chopped cooked chicken: 1 piece
- eggs: 3 piece
- ½ cups heavy cream: 1 piece
- salt: 1 tsp
- nutmeg: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- italian seasoning: 0.5 tsp
- Gouda cheese: 2 cups (shredded)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9-inch pie dish with cooking spray.
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Line the prepared pie dish with puff pastry, covering base and sides. Trim excess pastry. Brush bottom with Dijon mustard.
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Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add chopped green onions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Mix in chicken, and cook for 1 minute more.
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Whisk eggs, heavy cream, salt, nutmeg, ground black pepper, and Italian seasoning together in a bowl.
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Layer 1/2 of the Gouda cheese over the puff pastry and top with chicken mixture. Pour in egg mixture. Sprinkle the remaining Gouda cheese on top.
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Bake in the preheated oven until set and golden, about 25 minutes.