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 am making right now and have made before but its makes perfect hard boiled eggs
This was the first recipe I found that the eggs came out PERFECT and peeled super easy too!! Love my Instant Pot!! Thank you for sharing this!!
I felt like all these other instant pot boiled egg instructions on other sites were a little too complex and unnecessary. This one was simple, quick and the shell came off easy. I did 6 mins for hard boiled and it came out fully cooked, the center looked a little moist but was still cooked so 7 mins is probably best if you want it to be perfect. I’ve been eating so many darn eggs thanks to this recipe and my egg racks.
7 min came out perfect. Followed instructions. Easy as heck to peel. Thanks
My 5 min eggs at high pressure were soft boiled. Next time trying 6 or 7 min, but otherwise very easy to do! Thanks!
Your instructions are totally right on. I like a runny yolk, as in poached eggs. Even setting the timer for 2 minutes with a 2 minute natural release created a nice poached egg. Then, 1 minute in cool tap water is enough for handling the egg- no ice water needed. Peeling the shell is more difficult because the whites are so soft. Placing that egg in a European egg cup should solve that problem.
For a nice hard boiled egg but not totally dry, I set the timer for 6 minutes with low pressure or 5 minutes at high pressure. I don’t think I need to set the timer for more than 7 minutes for any hard boiled eggs.
Cooked it perfectly! Thanks
Steam mode was missing from instructions instead it said manual, BUT I used steam mode and 1 cup of water. 6 eggs for 7 minutes. PERFECTLY done.
Hi- 2 suggestions. You might want to say how much water to use. Also, there is no button that says “manual.” I think you mean the “Pressure Cook” button. Thanks!
My IP has a manual button.
The older models on the Instant Pot say ‘manual’. Mine does.
The instapot lux does not have a pressure button. You use the manual button
I just made the BEST hard boiled eggs EVER! This comes after many years of failed attempts. The peel just came right off. I cooked for 5 minutes in the instapot with a quick release and 1 minute in ice water. Thank you so much for sharing!
Mine didnt work. Not sure what i did wrong. I set the timer for 7 minutes and they were still soft yolks. I only did 4 eggs, so I am not sure if that made a difference. Was so disappointed.
Same, 3 eggs for 6 minutes had uncooked yolk. Is it a pressure setting issue?
I did 4 eggs as well and they were very runny. New pot and they first time I used it.
Followed directions cooked 10 eggs 6 minutes. Instant pot ran out of water and burnt some eggs. I’ll try cooking for 5 minutes next time.
I find the eggs turn out perfectly when I cook 12 eggs in my instant pot, for 4 minutes, cool them in cold water and store them in the fridge. They peel cleanly and turn out wonderfully – not more having hard to peel hard-boiled eggs for deviled eggs, etc.
H’egg Yeah!!!
Damn! Your instructions are spot on. Eggs peeled so easily that I yelled for my husband to come watch! 6 minutes from soft to hard. Perfect.
I use 6 minutes. Love it!
Used farm fresh eggs, notorious for being hard to peel. They came out perfect after 7 min! Iced down the whole batch after releasing the pressure and they all peeled right off. Tried peeling a few after just icing then down, the rest 10 min later. Didn’t make any difference, the shells came right off!
These are absolutely perfect! Cooked for 6 min (deviled eggs) and peeled like a dream. The only way I’ll make hard boiled eggs ever again.
7-minute boiled eggs were PERFECT for deviled eggs. Thank you!
Thank you DD, I’ve never been able to peel eggs without destroying the whites! These peeled beautifully and were cooked perfectly also. I did have 2 cracked eggs in this 1st batch but the hubby reaped that benefit while I made my deviled eggs. I’ve enjoyed making many of your recipes and appreciate all of your time you’ve put into your site!