Hewes Family Fun

I love the bacon and Gruyere Sous Vide Egg Bites at Starbucks, but… I’m frugal and those little dudes ain’t cheap.

So Sunday night, I set out to see if I could make them. This was a test batch, so I only did 6. I’ll be making more in the future. They are super easy to make, and you can customize them with ingredients you like.

Ingredients:

• 1 onion, diced
• 2 T butter
• 6 eggs
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 sour cream or Creme Fraiche
• 4 Oz chopped/shredded cheese (I used Kerrygold cheddar)
• 1/3 cup bacon pieces (I use the ones from Costco)
• salt and pepper to taste

NOTES:
I used small glass bowls from dollar tree, but you can use a muffin tin, custard cups, whatever fits into a shallow baking dish (I used a 9×13 baking dish).

Directions:

1. Spray cups/muffin tin with spray release, set aside.
2. Fill a shallow pan with 1-2 cups water (start with 1). You want the baking cups/muffin tin cups to be covered in water on the outside, but you don’t want to water to get into the cups.
3. Set the cups/muffin tin into the water bath pan.
4. Sauté onions in butter until the onions are clear (about 10 minutes). Take off the heat and allow it to come to room temperature.
5. In a bowl, beat eggs, milk, and sour cream until combined.
6. Add cheese, bacon, and onions to mixture.
7. Stir well to combine and add salt and pepper.
8. Give it a quick mix and ladle it into the greased cups/ muffin tin.
9. Bake 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees
10. Remove from oven and allow to cool 10-ish minutes.
11. Run knife around the edges to free egg bites from the cups and allow to cool on a plate.

Store in fridge for 4-5 days. Reheat in microwave for 30 seconds-1 minute.

Substitutions:

• If you are a vegetarian, omit the bacon. You can substitute the same amount of chopped veggies (bell peppers, and spinach are two of my favorites).
• If Cheddar cheese isn’t your jam, goat cheese, gruyere, mozzarella are all good choices.
• Finally, bacon can be swapped with crumbled sausage.