This recipe for Instant Pot egg bites features gouda cheese, fire-roasted red peppers, and spinach. The creamy, rich flavor is absolutely delicious and cooks to perfection in your Instant Pot.
What are Egg Bites?
Think of them as mini quiche bites. They generally consist of whisked eggs with cream or milk, and mix-ins such as cheese, diced vegetables, and cooked meats. The mixture is poured into silicone molds, which are then steam cooked in the Instant Pot to achieve a very uniform, tender, moist texture that’s out of this world! They’re super easy to make and great for a delicious, high-protein bite, especially on the go.
Ingredients
Naturally we start with eggs and cream as the foundation. We’ll then use gouda cheese and cottage cheese to really make things silky smooth. Gouda is a creamy, full flavored, semi-hard yellow cheese from The Netherlands. I find it to be the perfect flavor and texture for egg bites.
You’ve gotta have some fire-roasted red peppers stashed in your pantry. They’re sold in these handy little jars and trust me, they’re awesome in a bunch of recipes. For what we’re making today, we’ll chop up about a quarter cup of them. And for the spinach, we’re gonna go with half a cup of the frozen kind, making sure it’s thawed and all the water’s squeezed out. I always grab the bags of frozen spinach instead of those solid blocks — way easier to deal with.
We’ll the add some salt and onion powder for additional flavor.
Silicone Egg Bites Molds
For these Instant Pot Egg Bites, I use the silicone egg bite molds
Preparation
Start by dicing up some of the roasted red pepper. You’ll need about ¼ cup. No need to be exact here. Then we’ll add those diced peppers to ⅓ cup of thawed and drained frozen spinach. Go ahead and spoon the mixture into the egg bites mold evenly in each individual cup.
Now we get out the blender and add the eggs, cream, cottage cheese, gouda, onion powder and salt and give it a blend for about 30 seconds. The pour the batter into each egg bite mold cup, filling about ¾ of way (they need room to expand when cooking). Then give each one a little stir to mix things up.
Next, we’ll cover the egg bite mold with aluminum foil. Some molds come with covers, but the foil is always the best bet.
Cooking
Pour 1 cup of water into the Instant pot. Place the foil covered egg bite mild on the trivet and lower it into the Instant Pot. Cover and make sure the vent is in the sealed position.
Use the steam setting for 8 minutes. When the time is complete, allow the pressure to naturally release for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes, go ahead and open the vent to release any remaining steam.
Carefully remove the lid and the egg bite mold and let it sit and cool for 5-10 minutes. After that time, the egg bite should slide out easily.
Egg Bites are Perfect for Breakfast on the Go
Instant Pot egg bites are excellent for a quick, protein packed breakfast on the go too. I’ll often make 2 batches on the weekends, then we have them all week to bring to work, where a quick minute in the microwave heats them perfectly. Or the kids can eat them up quickly before school instead of a donut or pop-tart they seem to love to much.
Serve on a plate with some fresh ground black pepper and fresh parsley.
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Best Damn Instant Pot Egg Bites
- Total Time: 28 mins
- Yield: 7
Description
These delicious egg bites are velvety smooth and loaded with a mixture of cheeses, spinach, and roasted red peppers. Perfect for a quick, protein packed bite on the go.
Ingredients
- 4 eggs, large
- 3oz gouda cheese, shredded
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup frozen spinach, thawed and drained
- ¼ cup fire roasted red peppers, diced
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- butter
- non-stick cooking spray
Instructions
- Dice up the roasted red pepper and mix with the thawed frozen spinach.
- Spray silicone egg bite mold with non-stick cooking spray and spoon red pepper and spinach mixture into each cup. Set aside. Just a small amount is all you need in each.
- In a blender, blend the eggs, gouda cheese, cottage cheese, heavy cream, onion powder and salt for about 30 seconds.
- Pour egg batter into each egg bite cup about ¾ full. When all are filled, use a spoon to mix the batter with the spinach and red peppers a little more. Cover the egg bite mold tightly in foil.
- Add 1 cup of water to Instant pot, place cover egg bite mold on the trivet trivet and lower into pot. Secure lid, close the vent and set to “steam” for 8 minutes. When cycle is complete, let naturally release for 10 minutes, then quick release the rest.
- Remove foil and let stand for 5-10 minutes to cool before removing and serving.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 18 mins
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Instant Pot
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 egg bite
- Calories: 112
- Sugar: .9g
- Sodium: 393
- Fat: 7.7g
- Saturated Fat: 4.1g
- Carbohydrates: 1.9g
- Fiber: .2g
- Protein: 8.7g
- Cholesterol: 115mg
LisaC says
Hi There!
I am beyond ecstatic to try these egg bites! I have 2 questions…
1. Can I just use egg whites?
2. I just got my Instant Pot Max yesterday… it has a Sous Vide setting, would I use that? Or use a manual setting?
Thanks!
RecipeTeacher says
Hi Lisa! So I’ve not specifically tried egg bits with just egg whites. But I know others have and they’ve worked out.
As for sous vide, this recipe is not cooked with the sous vide process. The popular commercial egg bites are however. With that said, I’ve been playing around with sous vide myself and am LOVING the results with various recipes I’ve been developing for it.
Liz K says
LOVE this recipe, but I’m having issues when I do two trays in my instant pot- they inflate and look like little egg balloons when I first take them out after the quick release. Once they deflate they just look like egg patties. Any tips?
RecipeTeacher says
Hi Liz. Thanks for the feedback! Do you cover the egg bite trays with foil?
Mary says
Can you use eggbeater to make these egg bites?
EmKay says
Make these twice a week. Put two in a ziplock sandwich bag for the husband and he takes them to work…
April S. says
Can I do Multiple sets in the instapot by stacking the molds? So I need to add more cook time?
Terrie says
Hello. I’m hosting a Mother’s Day breakfast for 13 people, so I’ll be making several batches. Do you have any suggestions on how I can keep these warm while the 2nd batch cooks?
Thanks so much.
RecipeTeacher says
Hi Terrie. You can always microwave to reheat. It only takes maybe 30 seconds get them good and hot again.
Scarlet says
WOW this recipe is an exact DUPE for Starbucks’ egg bites. I would know; I (used to) them ALL the time! I followed the recipe exactly, used smoked Gouda from Trader Joe’s, blended everything in my nutribullet. I never leave msgs on food blogs but this recipe needs an award. You’re a genius! Thank you so so much.
Renee Phillips says
Did you blend the peppers and spinach in the blender
with egg mixture?
RecipeTeacher says
Hi Renee. No I add the peppers and spinach after the other ingredients are blended. If you blend the spinach it turns everything green and weird looking. 🙂
Karen says
Just got my instant pot and your recipe looks delishious! They say you can refrigerate these for a week (if they last). How do th reheat? Or do you eat them cold? (Yuck!)!
Heather says
I make these for my breakfasts for the work week. I use 2 molds and make 10 at a time, then put 2 in each small container and microwave for about 45 seconds to head up. I’ve also made more and froze them, then heated for about 75 seconds and they turn out perfect!
Gayla says
Have you tried making two pans at once (on a double rack).
Joanna walker says
I don’t have cottage cheese or whipping cream or half and half. Just 2% milk. Can I still make the egg bites.
RecipeTeacher says
The short answer is yes, you can. But, the cottage cheese and cream are essential to the texture and basic foundation of the egg bites. Without them, the recipe will still work but you may need to experiment with times just a bit. The texture will be quite different but ok.