American
Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites
Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites is American home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 8 large eggs
- 6 slices bacon
- 3/4 cup shredded cheddar
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- 3 scallions
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Heat the oven to 350F and grease a 12-cup muffin tin well.
- Cook the bacon until crisp, then drain and crumble it.
- Blend the eggs, cream, salt, and pepper until smooth and frothy.
- Divide the bacon, cheddar, and sliced scallions among the muffin cups, then pour the egg mixture over to fill each three-quarters full.
- Bake until puffed and just set in the center, 18 to 22 minutes.
- Cool 5 minutes, then run a knife around each bite to release.
Serve it with
A American breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites carries dairy and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Moderate
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Dairy, Meat or fish, and Egg
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on egg, bacon, and cheese.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
Dinejot plans breakfast, lunch and dinner as whole plates, built around the cooking you call home and filtered for the allergies at your table.
Meal suggestions support your goals. They are not medical advice. Please ask your doctor about your family's health needs.