Hatch Chile Egg Casserole

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 16 oz. package cottage cheese
• 8 oz Monterey jack and/or cheddar cheese
• 8 oz canned chiles or 2 hatch chiles diced
• 10 eggs
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Set butter in a 6x10-inch casserole dish; place dish in the preheating oven until butter is melted.
2. Mix cottage cheese, Jack cheese, green chiles, eggs, flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Pour mixture into the melted butter in the casserole dish.
3. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees; bake until middle of casserole is set, about 30 more minutes. Allow to stand for 10 minutes before serving.
4. Note: Additional vegetables can be added. We used 1/2 yellow onion, 1 cup corn and 1 yellow squash and it turned out well.