Name: Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 2 red peppers (sliced and diced into small pieces, about 2 cups); 7-10 green onions (sliced, about 1 1/2 cups ); 2 cups Monterey Jack cheese (grated); 8 eggs (6 eggs, 2 egg whites); 1 cup cottage cheese (small curd); 1 cup Greek Yogurt (non-fat); 1/4 cup flour; 1/2 cup Sharp Cheddar cheese (grated); 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon white pepper; 10 basil leaves (sliced very thin)

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Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites are vegetarian - full of cheese, veggies and a unique blend of egg, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt. These bites taste oh so close to the famous Sous Vide Egg Bites available at Starbucks. Best of all, this recipe is easily customizable just add your family's favorite veggies.

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Egg bites on a large plate. — Egg bites are easy to serve, just garnish with a few sprigs of fresh basil for a gorgeous presentation.

Ingredients to have on hand

Eggs
Monterey Jack cheese
Sharp Cheddar cheese
Cottage cheese
Non-fat Greek yogurt
Red peppers
Green onions
Fresh basil
White pepper

Equipment

I highly recommend using a silicone muffin pan. This is the one I use, but any brand will work. Just make sure it's silicone, that's what helps create the soft texture of each egg bite and ensures that they will pop out of the pan after baking.

Egg bites with fresh basil on top. — Sprinkle fresh basil on top of each egg bite before baking.

A dear friend of mine tried this recipe using a regular, metal muffin pan and she told me the egg bites were very hard to remove from the pan.

A Silicone pan is best for this recipe.

Diced red peppers and chopped green onions in a measuring cup. — No need to be precise when measuring the red peppers and green onions. If you end up with about 4 cups of diced veggies you'll have plenty for 24 egg bites.

It Starts with Fresh Veggies

There's a lot of veggie-flexility with this recipe, but I love the combination of red peppers and green onions in each egg bite.

No need to be precise when measuring the amount of diced vegetables to add, as long as you have roughly four cups total you'll have plenty of veggies for 24 muffin cups. I place about a tablespoon of the red pepper and green onion mixture in each cup.

Diced red peppers and chopped green onions in a skillet on the stove. — Cook the peppers and onions for about 5 minutes, or until softened.

Twenty-four muffin cups with diced veggies. — Cook the peppers and onions for about 5 minutes, or until softened.

Oven-baked, instead of sous vide

The egg bites we find at Starbucks are called sous vide which sounds like something very complicated, but as you probably guessed it is French and translates to mean "under vacuum." It's pronounced "soo-veed," and although I took several years of French (many years ago), it wasn't until Starbucks first launched this item that I heard the term used so broadly.

I really like how Bon Appetite describes the sous vide process, it's essentially cooking food in a vacuum sealed bag in a temperature controlled environment, like water.

But this recipe for Starbucks Egg Bites is oven-baked. No water needed. No vacuum sealing required.

Egg bit ingredients in a bowl. — Big flavor and some of the texture comes from cottage cheese and Greek yogurt.

Liquid ingredients for Starbucks copycat egg bites in a measuring cup. — Big flavor and some of the texture comes from cottage cheese and Greek yogurt.

Careful not to overfill the cups

It's tempting to fill these muffin cups all the way to the top, but by allowing about a ½ inch of space you'll ensure the perfect-sized egg bite.

Muffin cups nearly filled with egg bite ingredients. — Be sure to leave about ½ inch of space between the ingredients and the top edge of the muffin pan.

Add egg whites

Starbucks Copycat Egg Bites are full of great egg protein, eight eggs to be exact in this recipe. But to mimic the consistency of what we find in the famous Starbucks egg bites, it's helpful to have a few extra egg whites included in the liquid ingredients.

That's why we use six whole eggs, and two egg whites.

Copycat Starbucks egg bites arranged on a plate. — Just a touch of fresh basil cooked into each egg bite adds great, subtle flavor.

How to heat up egg bites

I think the microwave oven is the best place to warm up leftover, refrigerated egg bites. Microwave ovens vary in terms of wattage, so you'll want to experiment with it. I get the best results by lowering the power by 50 percent.

Wrap egg bites in waxed paper or a paper towel
Set microwave timer for about a minute
Set microwave oven for half power
After one minute, check egg bites for the proper temperature
Add an additional 5 or 10 seconds on full power, if needed
Enjoy!

Egg bite cut in half with whole egg bites on a plate. — Diced red peppers create bites of veggie-sweetness in every bite.

The Crinkled Cookbook is not in any way affiliated with Starbucks. This recipe is simply my best guess at what their special recipe for Sous Vide Egg Bites might be.

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