Instant pot egg bites

Name: Instant pot egg bites
Total time: 2160 s
Yield: 7 eggs bites
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 eggs (1 cup of eggs - if you are using a carton of egg whites); 1/2 cup Cottage Cheese; 1/4 cup Heavy Cream (I never have cream on hand- I use 2% milk); 2/3 cup shredded cheese - I used aged cheddar but recipe calls for Gruyére Cheese, shredded (or emmental, jarlsberg, beaufort, or comté cheese); 1/8 tsp Pepper; 2 Tbsp Chives or green onion minced (if you have a good blender then just cut up); 3 slices Cooked Thick Sliced Bacon, chopped (or 1/2 cup Cooked Crumbled Sausage); 1 cup water; Optional Add-Ins: • corn, 1 tsp Hot Sauce • 1/2 cup Broccoli (cooked, chopped small) • 1/2 cup Tomatoes, deseeded, diced • 1/2 cup Roasted Red Bell Peppers, diced • 1/2 cup Mushrooms, diced; Instant Pot® Pressure Cooker; Trivet/Rack w/long handles, for the mold to sit on; Blender; And Foil

Katatonickat @katatonickat

Canada

Prep Time 15 mins. Cook Time 8 mins. Found recipe online. Who needs to buy egg bites now? Make ahead of time and warm up in toaster oven or microwave

Katatonickat @katatonickat

Canada

Prep Time 15 mins. Cook Time 8 mins. Found recipe online. Who needs to buy egg bites now? Make ahead of time and warm up in toaster oven or microwave

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Ingredients

36 minutes

7 eggs bites

4eggs (1 cup of eggs - if you are using a carton of egg whites)
1/2 cupCottage Cheese
1/4 cupHeavy Cream (I never have cream on hand- I use 2% milk)
2/3 cupshredded cheese - I used aged cheddar but recipe calls for Gruyére Cheese, shredded (or emmental, jarlsberg, beaufort, or comté cheese)
1/8 tspPepper
2 TbspChives or green onion minced (if you have a good blender then just cut up)
3 slicesCooked Thick Sliced Bacon, chopped (or 1/2 cup Cooked Crumbled Sausage)
1 cupwater
Optional Add-Ins: • corn, 1 tsp Hot Sauce • 1/2 cup Broccoli (cooked, chopped small) • 1/2 cup Tomatoes, deseeded, diced • 1/2 cup Roasted Red Bell Peppers, diced • 1/2 cup Mushrooms, diced
Tools needed for instant pot:
Cooking SprayEgg Bites Silicone Mold
Instant Pot® Pressure Cooker
Trivet/Rack w/long handles, for the mold to sit on
Blender
And Foil

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Steps

36 minutes

1

Spray the silicone egg bites mold with the cooking spray. Then Set aside.
2

Add the eggs, cottage cheese, heavy cream, (use whatever cheese you love) Gruyére cheese, pepper, and chives to the blender and blend for 2 minutes on medium speed, or blend well or until the mixture is light and fully. Be careful not to blend dark ingredients with you egg mixture. The result could look nasty but taste delicious.
3

Next fill the egg bite mold openings halfway with the egg mixture. Then add 3/4 of the chopped bacon or other add-ins you decided on (I used mushrooms and corn) and gently press them in. Continue filling with the egg mixture, and top with remaining bacon, and press it in.
4

Pour 1 cup of water into the inner stainless liner of the pot. Then set the full egg bites mold on the trivet and very carefully set it in the pot. Loosely cover with foil.
5

Close the lid of the pot and set the steam release knob to the sealing position.
6

Press the Pressure Cook or Manual button (or dial) then press the +/- button (or dial) to select 8 minutes (low pressure). The pot will take a few minutes to come to pressure.
7

When the cook cycle is finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 8 minutes (8 minute Natural Release). Then open the steam release valve to Quick Release the remaining pressure until the pin in the lid drops down.
8

Open the lid and remove the foil. Use silicone mitts to grasp the trivet handles and carefully remove the egg bites mold. Set aside to rest for about 4 minutes. They may be puffed up quite a bit, but they will go back down. They will come out of the mold easier if they cool a little.
9

Serve warm as is, or with any garnish you like.
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Recipe Notes
*If you like lots of add-ins in one batch, you may have too much mixture for one mold to hold it all. Maybe consider getting a second mold, or make another batch.
One batch yields 7 Instant Pot Egg Bites
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Calories: 118 kcal per egg bite