This egg white frittata is loaded with the great flavors of green chiles, scallions, cheese, and spinach. It’s a healthy vegetarian start to your day and it’s packed with protein!
Recipe Overview
Why you’ll love it: It’s healthy, filling, and so flavorful. Perfect for meal prepping!
How long it takes: 50 minutes
Equipment you’ll need: oven, oven safe skillet
Servings: 8
My obsession with green chiles is probably old news to you by now, but I just love the flavor and mild heat they add to a recipe. If you haven’t used them and are scared off by the word “chile,” don’t be! They aren’t very spicy at all and they add amazing flavor to recipes. I especially love them in creamy, cheesy recipes like my green chile mac and cheese.
If you’re still feeling skittish about the chiles, you may leave them out of this recipe and it will still taste fantastic. However, I’d encourage you to give them a try!
Recipe Tip
Don’t feel like making a whole frittata? I love to keep green chiles in the fridge to make a quick egg white omelet with. They add such fantastic flavor!
This easy egg white frittata is packed full with nutritious spinach and has lots of flavor thanks to the green chiles and green onions.
Recipe Tip
Did you know you can freeze green onions? I often buy them to garnish a southwestern recipe or chili and don’t use them all. I slice them and throw them in a freezer bag and then I use them in my eggs or stir-fry recipes. They’re great in fried rice or cauliflower rice, too!
I used two kinds of cheese in this frittata – cottage cheese and cheddar cheese. The cottage cheese adds creaminess and tons of protein. The cheddar cheese adds the great flavor that you crave from cheese. I like to use the sharpest cheddar I can get my hands on!
This frittata reheats well in the microwave if you want to make it ahead and have it available for quick and easy weekday breakfasts.
How to make it
Making this egg white frittata (and any frittata) is very easy!
Broken down, it goes like this:
- In an oven-safe skillet, sauté vegetables until nice and soft!
- In a bowl, whisk together eggs and cheese. Pour over vegetables and stir to combine.
- Move to a preheated oven and bake until eggs are set in the center.
- Serve hot, warm, or cold!
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PS: Love my skillet? It’s this one.
Egg White Frittata with Green Chiles Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter or ghee
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced green onions (4 green onions)
- 1 can (4.5oz) mild green chiles
- 4 firmly packed cups fresh baby spinach
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3 cups liquid egg whites
- 1/2 cup sharp cheddar cheese
- 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325ºF.
- In an oven-safe skillet, heat butter medium heat. Add green onions, green chiles, and saute until green onions are softened (1-2 minute). Add spinach and stir and continue to cook until wilted, about 3-4 minutes. If you have a cover, you can cover for 1-2 minutes to speed the process of wilting the spinach. Add salt and pepper to taste, keeping in mind that the cheese will add saltiness.
- Pour in egg whites, cheddar cheese, and cottage cheese, stirring to combine. (You can whisk these together in a bowl first, but I’m in the less-dishes-is-better camp. If you’re not using all egg whites, you’ll have to get out that bowl and whisk.)
- Move to preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes or until eggs are set. Cool slightly before slicing into wedges and serving.
- May be served hot, room temperature, or even cold.
Notes
- I love serving this with fresh fruit or a side of fresh tomatoes tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper. The tomatoes are great with avocados added in, too! It's really low-calorie so it would also be great with some roasted potatoes or a slice of whole-grain toast.
- If you're making this ahead, store slices in an airtight container. If you have more than one layer, place parchment paper between the layers. This will also help if there is excess moisture.
- You could make this Whole30 by omitting the cheese.
- If you'd prefer to use whole eggs rather than egg whites, use 10 whole eggs instead of the the 3 cups of whites.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Can you just use egg whites, no cottage cheese ?
That should be fine! :)
We had a lot of eggs from our backyard chickens and this was a great dish for a weekend breakfast. Subbed with a little swiss and feta cheese cause that was in the fridge and turned out very good. Sorry no photo – we ate it! thanks for the recipe!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment!
Trying to cut down on cholesterol and made this yesterday. First of all, it’s delicious. Secondly, despite the cheese and butter it still has much less cholesterol than using a whole egg every day, at least according to my calculations. Also, it’s great to have something I can just heat up in the a.m.
Took a little longer to cook due to excess liquid–I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to drain the chilis or not, next time I will.
So glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
I made this recipe….with a couple modifications and it’s awesome!! I subbed out the green Chile’s for chopped green peppers then split the batch in two and cooked some crumbled sausage to add to half…. It is delicious both with and without the sausage!! I will be making this again! Perfect for keto and low carb eaters!!
So glad you liked it! Thanks for taking the time to share the adaptations you made!
Rachel, what would you think if I substituted bell peppers for the green onions and chilies? Would it lose some of the kick? Maybe add hot sauce? Thanks in advance
I think that would still be tasty! You could add some hot sauce or red pepper flakes if you like the heat.
I used egg whites, vegan cheese , spinach , tofu , sweet potatoes and onion. I bake 45 minutes. Instead.of firm, it’s runny. I used a glass baking dish, b/c I use a Convection Countertop Oven. My hotel has no oven. Oy cooktop. Please tell me what I’m doing wrong.
I’m guessing you probably just need to cook it a little longer since it didn’t have a head start on the stove, and perhaps your countertop oven is a little slower. I hope that helps!
love frittata for dinner
Me too!
Looks delicious! Love anything with green chile! Thanks for mentioning my breakfast bowls
Me too! :) You’re welcome!
That looks delicious! Thanks for the shout-out for my Spinach and Mozzarella Egg Bake!
Thank you – and you’re welcome!