Green Chile and Cheese Egg Bake
Try this green chile and cheese egg bake recipe, or contribute your own.
Try this green chile and cheese egg bake recipe, or contribute your own.
- Carbohydrate 14.6702211674893 g
- Cholesterol 574.0804988825 mg
- Fat 27.1967096296093 g
- Fiber 0.901322552371673 g
- Protein 28.2381551185341 g
- Saturated Fat 13.0249152081463 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (240g)
- Sodium 561.880870662757 mg
- Sugar 13.7688986151176 g
- Trans Fat 2.93359350868094 g
- Calories 417 calories
Step-by-step
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch dish with nonstick spray.
- In medium bowl, mix together the chiles and cheese. Gently spread into the prepared dish.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, flour and salt. Pour over chiles and cheese. Sprinkle the bacon on top.
- Bake 40 to 45 minutes until or until bubbling and the eggs are cooked through. Test with a toothpick to come out clean.
Squeezing canned green chilies dry before incorporating them into the mixture prevents excess liquid from leaking into the custard and ruining the set. Southwestern breakfast casseroles trace their lineage to Spanish colonial cooking traditions in New Mexico, where native chiles merged with European dairy and baking staples. This specific formulation relies on an unstirred flour batter poured directly over the solids, forming a soft, biscuit-like crumb structure at the base as it bakes. Novice cooks frequently fail this dish by omitting the moisture extraction step on the chiles, resulting in a watery, unsetting center that refuses to firm up even at the standard 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Thoroughly blotting the green chilies with paper towels eliminates rogue water pockets. Mixing cheddar and Monterey jack cheese introduces a superior melt compared to sharp cheddar alone, though aged blocks require grating by hand to avoid the anti-caking starches found in pre-bagged varieties. Bake the casserole until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center emerges clean, typically requiring 40 to 45 minutes in a greased 9x13-inch baking dish.
