Creamy Chicken Quiche

Feel free to use your own pie pastry recipe to make this quiche. The quiche filling combines mushrooms, diced chicken, green onions, eggs, and Swiss cheese.

Prep Time: 25 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Pastry Ingredients:

1/2 cup cold butter
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon paprika
2 tablespoons ice cold water

Filling Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1/2 pound mushrooms, sliced
2 cups chicken; cooked, diced
6 to 8 green onions, chopped
3 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups light cream or half-and-half
1 cup shredded Swiss cheese

Instructions:

Blend pastry ingredients together; roll out to make a 10 inch pie crust. Fit in the pan, crimp edges. Bake 5 minutes at 400°. Cool.

Filling: Saute mushrooms in butter. Add chicken and green onions. Saute for 3 to 5 minutes, until onion is softened. Transfer the chicken and onion to the pie shell. In a bowl, whisk eggs, salt and cream together. Pour into pie shell. Sprinkle cheese over top. Bake for 45 to 55 minutes at 350° F., or until set.
Quiche Recipe serves 6.