American

Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites

Name: Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
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

Dan @danmakesdinner

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.

30 min Medium Low carb

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

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.

Watch how to cook Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites

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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.

Every tracked allergen in Bacon and Cheddar Egg Bites
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Sweet Potato and Black Bean Stew
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

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 260 kcal
Protein: 18 g
Carbs: 2 g
Fat: 20 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 1 g
Sodium: 480 mg
Saturated fat: 9 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

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.