Calling all breakfast lovers! If you're looking for a quick, easy, and nutritious meal to kickstart your day, look no further than the frittata. This versatile Italian dish is essentially an open-faced omelet or quiche, made with eggs, fillings of your choice, and cooked in a pan. The frittata is a great way to use up leftover vegetables, meats, and cheeses, making it a perfect dish for a quick and easy weeknight meal. Plus, it's packed with protein and healthy fats, making it a great option for a balanced breakfast, lunch, or dinner. In this article, we'll share two delicious frittata recipes that are sure to please everyone at the table. Our first recipe is a classic frittata with spinach, mushrooms, and cheese, while our second recipe is a more unique and flavorful frittata with roasted red peppers, artichoke hearts, and feta cheese. Both recipes are easy to follow and can be tailored to your own preferences. So, gather your ingredients and let's get cooking!
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
BREAKFAST FRITTATA SQUARES
Provided by Food Network
Categories main-dish
Time 55m
Yield 6 to 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-by-13-inch baking dish thoroughly with the butter.
- Heat a pan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon, until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add the spinach and cook until wilted, about 1 minute. Set aside to cool.
- Whisk the eggs in a large bowl with some salt and pepper. Add the cheese and stir until combined. Mix in the cooled sausage and spinach mixture.
- Pour the egg mixture into the prepared baking dish and bake until the eggs are cooked through and firm, 20 to 30 minutes. Let cool slightly, about 5 minutes, then cut into squares and serve.
HOW TO MAKE FRITTATAS (STOVETOP OR BAKED)
Learn how to make the perfect frittata with this comprehensive guide! This recipe assumes you're cooking the vegetables in your skillet-if you're using leftover vegetables for the stovetop option, simply warm them in the skillet before adding the eggs. Recipe yields 1 large frittata or 18 mini frittatas (approximately 8 servings).
Provided by Cookie and Kate
Categories Breakfast
Time 45m
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit for the traditional stovetop method, or 350 degrees for the baked methods (casserole or mini/muffins).
- Crack the eggs into a medium mixing bowl. Add your dairy of choice and the salt. Whisk just until the egg yolks and whites are blended. Whisk in all or half of the cheese (you can reserve the other half for topping the frittata before baking, if desired). Set the mixture aside.
- In a 12-inch cast iron skillet (or any other large skillet that's oven safe), warm the olive oil over medium heat until shimmering. Add the vegetables, starting with chopped onions or other dense vegetables. Cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, then add any softer vegetables such as zucchini. Cook until those vegetables are tender, then add any garlic or greens, and cook until fragrant or wilted. Season with salt, to taste.
- Whisk the eggs once more and pour the mixture over the vegetables. Stir with a spatula briefly to combine and distribute the mixture evenly across the pan. If you reserved any cheese, sprinkle it on top of the frittata now.
- Once the outside edge of the frittata turns lighter in color (about 30 seconds to 1 minute), carefully transfer the frittata to the oven. Bake for 7 to 14 minutes (keep an eye on it), until the eggs are puffed and appear cooked, and the center of the frittata jiggles just a bit when you give it a gentle shimmy. Remove the frittata from the oven and place it on a cooling rack to cool. Garnish with herbs, slice with a sharp knife, and serve.
- Let the cooked vegetables cool for a few minutes. In the meantime, grease a 9 by 13-inch pan with butter, which works better than cooking spray. Stir the lightly cooled veggies into the egg mixture, then pour it all into the pan. If you reserved any cheese, sprinkle it on top of the frittata now.
- Bake for 20 to 25 minutes (keep an eye on it), until the eggs are puffed and appear cooked, and the center of the frittata jiggles just a bit when you give it a gentle shimmy. Remove the frittata from the oven and place it on a cooling rack to cool. Garnish with herbs, slice with a sharp knife, and serve.
- Let the cooked vegetables cool for a few minutes, then stir them into the egg mixture. Grease 18 muffin cups (I used two muffin pans for this), then fill the cups evenly with a scant 1/3 cup of the mixture. If you reserved any cheese, sprinkle it on top of the frittatas now.
- Bake for 13 to 17 minutes, until the eggs are puffed and appear cooked, and the center of the frittatas jiggle just a bit when you give the pan a gentle shimmy (this happens quickly so keep an eye on them; my pan with only 6 muffins finished sooner). Remove the pans from the oven and place them on a cooling rack to cool. Garnish with herbs, and serve.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1/8th of recipe (these are rough nutrition facts based on frittata made with half and half, goat cheese and mixed vegetables), Calories 219 calories, Sugar 0.5 g, Sodium 354.3 mg, Fat 12.8 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, TransFat 0.1 g, Carbohydrate 10.5 g, Fiber 2.9 g, Protein 14.6 g, Cholesterol 287.5 mg
EASY BREAKFAST FRITTATA RECIPE BY TASTY
Easy breakfast frittatas for all! While you refrigerate your egg mixture, fry up bacon, tomatoes, spinach, and onion - or really, whatever vegetables you have in the pantry or are in season. Mix everything together in an oven-safe pan, sprinkle with cheese, and bake for 15 minutes. Top this super simple meal with some chopped green onions and pair with a salad, some fruit, or (better yet!) a mimosa.
Provided by Hitomi Aihara
Categories Breakfast
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C).
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, heavy cream, salt, and pepper. Refrigerate until read to use.
- In an oven-safe pan, cook bacon. Once fully cooked, take out the bacon and set aside.
- Add onions to the same pan and cook until translucent.
- Add tomatoes and spinach ,and cook for a couple minutes until spinach is slightly wilted.
- Add the bacon back into the pan. Blend together.
- Add the eggs and cheese into the pan.
- Give it a good stir, then bake for 15 minutes, or until the eggs do not jiggle in the middle.
- Top off with green onions, if desired.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 259 calories, Carbohydrate 4 grams, Fat 20 grams, Fiber 0 grams, Protein 15 grams, Sugar 2 grams
FRITTATA
Provided by Ree Drummond : Food Network
Categories appetizer
Time 50m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Drizzle olive oil over the mushrooms and asparagus on a baking sheet, sprinkle with salt and pepper and roast until a nice color is achieved, about 12 minutes. Set aside.
- Beat together the eggs with some salt and pepper in a bowl. (Do not over-beat; just mix until the eggs mostly come together.) Stir in the Monterey Jack, Parmesan and hot sauce and set aside.
- In a large ovenproof nonstick skillet, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and golden brown, several minutes. Add the diced potatoes, sprinkle with salt and pepper and stir to cook for a couple of minutes. Finally, add the asparagus, mushrooms, olives and roasted red peppers and cook, stirring, until everything is hot.
- Make sure all the ingredients are evenly distributed across the bottom of the skillet, then pour in the egg mixture so that it evenly coats everything. Let it sit on the burner for 30 to 45 seconds to set the edges, then put the skillet in the oven. Cook, watching it carefully, until the eggs are set but not very brown on top, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Slide the frittata out of the skillet and onto a cutting board. Sprinkle on the basil and slice into wedges with a long serrated knife.
SHEET PAN MEDITERRANEAN FRITTATA
This veggie-forward sheet pan frittata has tons of Mediterranean flavor, thanks to garlicky chicken sausage, briny feta, and fresh dill. It's a cheap and easy meal that's fit for company whether served as a weeknight dinner or weekend breakfast. Easy to make with minimal clean up, I would make this over omelets any day! Serve with buttered toast.
Provided by NicoleMcmom
Categories Frittata
Time 45m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Place sausage, zucchini, grape tomatoes, and red onion on a rimmed baking sheet. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to combine. Spread into a single layer.
- Roast in the preheated oven until browned around the edges, about 7 minutes.
- Remove sausage mixture from the oven and reduce heat to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Pour evenly over the sausage mixture and sprinkle feta cheese over top.
- Return to the oven and bake until eggs are set, 17 to 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with dill and serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 239 calories, Carbohydrate 6.6 g, Cholesterol 315.1 mg, Fat 15.3 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 18.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 770.6 mg, Sugar 3.9 g
BREAKFAST IN A PAN FRITTATA
Not knowing what to fix for breakfast can be a real chore. This was the result of "I'm tired of the same old thing". Served this with homemade biscuits and sliced tomatoes. Makes two generous servings.
Provided by PaulaG
Categories Breakfast
Time 25m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Using medium shredder blade of food processor, shred the potato.
- Warm olive oil in non-stick skillet, add potato, bell pepper, green onions, mushrooms and bacon.
- Cook and stir until potato is lightly browned and other vegetables are crisp tender.
- Add salt and pepper to taste, pour egg mixture over vegetables.
- Cook until eggs are almost set, running spatula around edges and allowing uncooked egg to run to bottom of pan.
- When eggs are almost set, invert onto a dinner plate and then slip back into pan allowing the bottom to cook completely.
- The last few minutes top with shredded cheese and cover until cheese melts.
- Cut in half and slip onto serving plates.
MUFFIN PAN FRITTATAS
What an easy way to make eggs for a group.
Provided by OMARILYN
Categories 100+ Breakfast and Brunch Recipes Eggs Frittata Recipes
Time 35m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray 12 muffin cups with cooking spray.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir asparagus, green bell pepper, and onion in the hot oil until softened, 5 to 10 minutes.
- Whisk eggs, milk, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl. Mix cooked vegetables and Cheddar cheese into egg mixture. Spoon about 1/4 cup mixture into each muffin cup.
- Bake in the preheated oven until frittatas are set in the middle and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 92.5 calories, Carbohydrate 1.5 g, Cholesterol 103.7 mg, Fat 7 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 6.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.1 g, Sodium 146.5 mg, Sugar 1.1 g
Tips:
- To ensure an evenly cooked and fluffy frittata, whisk the eggs and milk together thoroughly before pouring them into the pan. - Use a non-stick skillet to prevent the frittata from sticking. - Cook the frittata over medium heat to prevent it from burning. - Avoid overcooking the frittata, as it will become dry and rubbery. - Once the frittata is cooked, let it cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving. - Experiment with different fillings to create a variety of frittatas. Some popular fillings include vegetables, cheese, meat, and seafood. - Serve the frittata with a side of toast, fruit, or salad.Conclusion:
A frittata is a versatile and delicious dish that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. With its simple ingredients and quick cooking time, it is a great option for busy weeknights. By following the tips above, you can create a perfect frittata every time. So next time you are looking for a quick and easy meal, give a frittata a try!
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