You can’t go wrong with eggs for breakfast, but we know it can get boring from time to time. If that’s you today, then make this Baked Cheesy Eggs recipe to kick things up a couple notches and never feel bored of eggs again! We use three cheeses and a crispy pork rind topping to lure you in and dazzle your taste buds. Check out the video below!
Perfect Oven Baked Eggs
Honestly, anything is perfect when it is nestled in between caramelized onions and three different cheeses. This recipe in particular has the extra perk of a crispy toppings and bakes up in under five minutes. You can adjust the time for a more over easy or over hard egg.I’m a personal fan of a perfectly cooked through egg white, a slightly runny yolk. It’s hard to achieve that every time when you’re cooking your eggs on a stove top. However, if you give your eggs a nice little cheesy nest and use the oven to cook them, you’ll always have the perfect oven baked eggs!
All The Glorious Things To Make With Eggs
If this recipe is your jam, we totally get it. Maybe you hate eggs, maybe you hate onions – either way, we’ve got plenty of other recipes you can make using eggs and you won’t even know they are there.We’ve got breads, like our low carb cheddar biscuit, and coconut flour loaf, and of course we’ve got desserts, like our keto butter cake, and low carb brownies! You need recipes and we’ve got your back.
Cast Iron Baked Cheesy Eggs!
If this recipe doesn’t win the entire family over, we don’t know what will. It’s crispy, delicious and extra cheesy! Who can say no to such a delight? We encourage you to give these baked cheesy eggs a go and let us know what you think – it doesn’t have to look pretty, it just has to taste good!
Recipe can be quickly added to MyFitnessPal – Search “KetoConnect – Baked Cheesy Eggs”
Baked Cheesy Eggs
Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/2 medium white onion, sliced
- salt and pepper
- 1 cup ground pork rinds
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan
- 1/2 cup asiago cheese
- 6 large eggs
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Melt butter or oil in large cast iron skillet set over medium-high heat.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and add onions. Season liberally with salt and pepper, then cover the skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are very soft and beginning to caramelize, 10-15 minutes.
- Combine pork rindss and cheeses, and sprinkle half of this mixture over onions. Use back of spoon to make 6 little nests in the mixture, and crack 1 egg into each.
- Season with salt and pepper, and distribute remaining bread crumbs and cheese mixture over top.
- Bake for 5 minutes, or until eggs are barely set. Turn broiler to high and brown top for about 1 minute. Sprinkle with additional cheese, if desired, then serve hot.
Notes
Written by
Megha Barot
Megha has always been a passionate cook, but she took this to a new level after starting her keo journey in 2015. She loves creating new recipes and producing educational content for KetoConnect, which she co-founded in 2016 with Matt. Her passion for healthy eating and personal development continues to thrive. She's the proud mom of two awesome kids.
I would love to try this recipe but I do not eat pork. Is there anything I could use to sub out the pork rinds and still have a crunchy keto meal?
I was in the same position, in an efficiency… a counter top toaster oven or a counter top convection oven(it has an oven and broiler) this has been the best thing, along with a hot plate and a microwave…gives me a fully functioning kitchen..except smaller pans for the oven
Just tried to find the nutrition info on myfitnesspal and it doesn’t show 🙁
But I did make this and it was amazing! I also made another version of this first because I didn’t have asiago or mozzarella at the time. I did cheddar, colby/monterey and pepperjack. I also added peppers, onions and jalapenos and some homemade taco seasoning to it. It was so good. So easily customizable and surprisingly quick and easy to make. When I took it out of the oven, it looked like something that would take waaay longer to make.
Made this this morning and it was fantastic!! 🙂
I’m looking forward to trying this this Saturday for our breakfast. Thank you, guys! 🙂
Can’t seem to obtain video
Can we use something else instead of pork rinds?
I am not really sure what else you could use. You could try to use dried cheese, maybe
What about bacon or bacon bits
Direct quote from my 14YO: “You should make this again.”
Thanks, Megha, delish!
Looks yummy, but can’t do pork rinds…
Any ideas for an alternative?
dcreamer@atlanticbb.net
Awesome??
Right now we live in an effiencey apartment with NO oven but we do have a portable mini stove with two burners. And we do have a few cast iron skillets. Can you give me suggestions as to how I can make this yummy KETO dish on our mini stove? Thank you, Loraine
You can probably do the first part and then when it comes time to put it in the oven, just turn the burner to low and let it bake the rest of the way and melt the cheese. You probably won’t get browning on the top but the cheese should still melt.
Try using two skillets, cook the recipe in one, heat the other and invert it on top of the first to make a little oven… Just an idea..
These were soooooo good. My husband couldn’t get enough of it. Thank you so much for this recipe
This looks phenomenal! Thank you Richard for downsizing the recipe–you have saved me some math. I am thinking melt the butter, add a dusting of crushed pork rinds (without the cheese), line up slices of tomato, sprinkle Italian seasonings, then carry on with your recipe. I bet green tomatoes would be pretty awesome too.
Like Matt said–great brunch idea.
Thanks a bunch!
Keep On, Keto-ing On!
Do you think this is a good meal prep recipe? I don’t have enough time during the weekday to make before work…wondering if making the evening before would still be good for the next day
Anything could be a good meal prep recipe if you like it and it is easy enough for you to make ahead of time 🙂
So I did a few variations season wide and varied the cheeses. Then added bacon to the onions.. made the holes put eggs in places in oven 5 minutes. Brook 1 minute… eggs sadly looked like I boiled them first. First let me say this was TASTY!!! My question is, did the bacon and different cheeses mess it up… like Matt I was as when the eggs didn’t run :-(. Should I maybe cook cheese a little make holes and broil for 1-2 minutes?! I so wanted the eggs yolks runny.. that is literally the only thing that could make this better. This is definitely going into rotation!!! Thank you 🙂 Congrats on baby “Mat-Gha”!!!
Yea you could just try to broil or bake at a higher temperature. Remember that if you are using a cast iron skillet, it will already be hot and cook the eggs so if you want the yolks runny I would just cook for a couple of minutes.
Results were yummy, I downsized to the following:
3 large eggs
3 tbsp butter
1/2 cup Food Club mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup Crystal Farms Asiago Parmesian Cheese
1.2 ounces onion
1 ounce Old Dutch Bac’n Puffs
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Made the following label, I disreagard spices so not super accurate. I don’t know how to make that macro label post, 359 calories per serving, 3 servings. Made for a bigger calorie meal than I planned but was yummy. Next time a bit less butter, and some sausage on the side and I will be in heaven. Have a great day.
Egg cited to try this, seems like a large meal for even two, going to cut it in half since I am the only Keto project in the house. Love your channel, keep up the great work.
the video is unavailable. ?
Help!
Sorry about that! It should be available today soon 🙂
This looks so good. Can’t wait to try!
Hey Megha – just wanted to let you know YouTube is saying the video is unavailable. 🙁
Also, I don’t have a cast-iron skillet – would a heavy-weight stainless steel skillet work as well?
Thanks!
Jami