Instant Pot Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
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Now your eggs will come out absolutely perfect every time in the pressure cooker! All you need is 3-7 min! That’s it!
How do you like your eggs? A soft boil, a medium boil, or a hard boil?
I prefer a soft boil. I love a runny yolk.
But, no matter what you prefer, I have you guys completely covered to make the absolute perfect hard boiled eggs right in your pressure cooker! All you need is your metal trivet (the one that came with the IP), 1 cup water, and 6-12 eggs.
From there, you can set your timer anywhere from 3-7 minutes (depending on your preference). That’s it! No babysitting. No fuss. No waiting for the water to come to a boil. No nothing.
And you know what? They’re even easier to peel than traditional hard boiled eggs.
After this, you’ll never want to make hard boiled eggs on the stovetop ever again.
Instant Pot Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
Ingredients
- 1 cup water
- 6-12 large eggs
Instructions
- Add water to a 6-qt Instant Pot®. Place metal trivet into the pot. Gently add eggs on top of the trivet.
- Select manual setting; adjust pressure to high, and set time for 3-7 minutes.* When finished cooking, quick-release pressure according to manufacturer’s directions.
- Cool eggs in a bowl of ice water for 1 minute. Drain well and peel.
Notes
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I followed the directions exactly as written – 7 eggs, 7 minutes – perfection! Can’t believe how easy this is. Thank you!
Perfect. Thank you
I did the 1 cup water, Dozen eggs on trivet, 7 mins, and quick release… 3 of the eggs split, but were still cooked. They were easy to peel.
I would likely do this again, even though some prematurely cracked. It’s what allowed my kiddos to color Easter eggs this year.
Omg!! I was such a doubter. Just got my instapot. Did exactly what to do. 7 min (I like hard boiled). The shell came off. No it slid off. And it was perfect temp.
12 eggs. 7 minutes. Perfect! Thank you!
Perfect! I have 2 little ones begging to color eggs, & I honestly have no motivation to do it this year. But this recipe made it much easier to get my butt in gear & stop being so depressed for a bit.
Thanks for the opportunity to reconnect with my kids through such a simple recipe. Has made all the difference!
7 min peeled like a dream used 1 cup water and rack released pressure when done and dropped in ice bucket for a minute as directions stated. Perfect. Thanks
Question – how long should I cook extra large eggs for hard cooked. I typically cook a dozen large eggs for 7 minutes. Thank you!
Just in time for Easter. Did 12 eggs. They came out perfect and easy to peel. Seven minutes and release pressure right away. Thank you.
I used a 8qt Cosori PC, put 7 eggs on a trivet added 2 cups water cooked 6 minutes came out perfect and the shells were very easy to peel. Thank you for the recipe.
I have the 8qt so I did 2 cups of water for 4 minutes and they came out perfect. Thank you!
I did 5 eggs at 6 minutes at her suggested settingswith the water almost completely covering the eggs on the metal trivet and they were absolutely perfect!
I did 6 medium eggs at 7 minutes and yolks were completely raw, what a waste and your recipe is totally wrong. I tried several more times and the sweet spot for getting perfect boiled eggs was 11 minutes.
Hello, Joey, I think you need to look at your pressure cooker (gasket not sealing well?) or something else you have or have not done, before so quickly saying that the recipe is totally wrong. This is because everybody else’s eggs have turned out perfectly when they have followed the instructions, and their pressure cookers are in good working order, including my own. Have a good, safe day in these times of covid-19.
I was new to my InstaPot and had the same problem..however, I didn’t realize that the IP has to first come up to pressure before the 7 minute timer starts. It’s a perfect recipe.
I’m not sure how people keep burning up their instant pots. Put a cup of water in the bottom of the interior pot put a trivet in with the eggs on set it and forget it. They turned out absolutely perfect for hard boiled eggs I did 6 minutes and let the pressure release instantly when done.
I hope you just added more time and didn’t trash the eggs.
Most concise, perfect instructions yet. Loved the picture showing the different eggs and time needed for each.
I made these with a batch of eggs I made my way. Put in cold water boil one minute hold 12 minutes. Yours I chose 6 min, released the pressure and then forgot them for a few minutes. They turned out perfect and I could not believe how easy they were to peel.
Hello All…I tried this method for hard boiled eggs and it worked perfectly!!!! Makes me wonder why I have been using the boiling method since we have had our Instant Pot. Appreciate the recipe!!!
Worked perfect for me! 5 mins a little over one cup of water and they came out just like the picture! Thank you! 🙂
They came out perfect!
I followed directions and set cook time for 5 mins. After what seemed like at least 10 minutes I kept waiting for the time to start counting down. Then I noticed steam coming out of the sides of pot which struck me as odd. A couple of minutes late I got the food burn notice. I pulled the plug and opened the pot. All water had evaporated. I put eggs in ice water for a couple of minutes. Peeled one very easily and it came out more like the 7 minute eggs in picture. It seems to me 1.5 cups of water would be better. I’ll try again another time or do it on stove top.
Did you put them in the silver liner?
That’s not a recipe problem, that’s an IP problem
Same here! It took forever for the ip to change from On to the timer
It’s not the recipe’s fault. User fault. Your sealing gasket is at fault hence the steam coming out.