Pressure cookers are back in style, and this tutorial showing How to Cook Hard Boiled Eggs in the Instant Pot is so easy to follow! Let's do this!
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I love having hard boiled eggs on hand in our refrigerator. I sometimes eat them for breakfast or as a snack, love them in salads, and having them at the ready for quick deviled eggs is great too! Last year, I shared How to Cook Hard Boiled Eggs on the Stove, but my new favorite method for cooking them is in my Instant Pot. It's so easy to do, and they come out perfect every. single. time. I'm going to show how I cook my hard boiled eggs in the Instant pot, step-by-step. This works with all other electric pressure cookers as well.
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Start by plugging your pressure cooker up. Remove the lid, and add 1 cup of water.
Next, add the steaming basket. If your pressure cooker didn't come with a steamer basket, you can use an inexpensive steamer basket like this one.
Once your steamer basket is in place, add as many eggs as you like. Just gently place them on the basket in the cold water. Replace the lid and lock in place.
Be sure to close the vent or turn it to the Sealing setting.
Turn your instant pot on and chose the Manual setting. Now set the cook timer for 8 minutes. Your pressure cooker should start the pressure building process, so just sit back and let it do the work. Once the pressure cooker is ready, the timer will start to count down. Once the timer goes off, carefully release the vent on the back so it can "quick release" the steam.
Once all of the steam has escaped, carefully open your Instant Pot and lift your steamer basket full of hard boiled eggs out. Wear an oven mitt to keep from burning your hands.
I like to place my eggs in a bowl full of ice water at this point and I go ahead and peel them before placing them in a container in my refrigerator. They seriously do come out perfect every time! Looking for the easiest way to peel your hard boiled eggs? Check out my video below on How to Peel Boiled Eggs in Seconds!
Don't have an Instant Pot or pressure cooker? Click HERE to see How to Boil Hard Boiled Eggs on the Stove, and check out my tips on How to Make Perfect Deviled Eggs HERE!
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INSTANT POT RECIPES
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Betsy Wagner says
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Vee says
I use to make boiled eggs by your first method--bringing the water to a boil and then taking off the burner--keeping the lid on the pan for 10 minutes and then placing in ice water and then pealing but I have found that by steaming the eggs--and I do not have an instant pot or anything special--I simply put them in a pan--add water and put in a steamer and steam the eggs. After they start steaming, I remove from the burner and let them sit with the lid on for 10 minutes and then plunge in ice water for a short tine and then peal. I don't find I need to use the spoon such as shown to peal them as the shells practically fall off with little or no effort.
I definitely find that steaming works the best for me.
Jessica says
Great tip...thanks for sharing! I’m definitely going to try your method! ~Jess
Liz says
Thanks for the IP way to bake potatoes! An easy way to crack and peel hard boiled eggs is to put them in a jar, size depending on 2 to 6 or more eggs, SHAKE HARD a few times and the shells will crack and literally fall off the eggs.~Liz
Cindy says
An easier was to peel is to tap on the counter then roll the egg forward on the counter with the palm of you hand and the shell practically falls off for you.
Linnea says
Does the size of the instant pot make a difference here? I’ve been using this recipe in my 6 qt instant pot for A few years, and the eggs are always perfect. However, I got an 8 quart instant pot for Christmas, used the same recipe, and the eggs are more soft boiled. :/
Jessica says
That is odd...the size of the IP shouldn't matter at all.
michael nemetz says
Easy Perfect Hard Boiled Eggs
I read somewhere when I first got my Instant Pot that there was a way to cook hard boiled eggs named the. 5-5-5 Method I've used it many times and it is always Perfect. It is So Simple... here it is: Put 1 glass of room temperature water in the instant pot and add your eggs to your trivet or a steam basket in the Instant pot.
1) Set the pot to Steam cook for 5 minutes at high pressure (note that the pot must be set to Seal not Vent or else it will Not come up to pressure).
2) After the cooker shuts off at the end of the cooking Just leave it alone for another 5 minutes to naturally release pressure. Now release any remaining pressure by moving the release valve to Venting.
3) Open the Instant Pot and remove the eggs which you will add to a medium bowl of Iced Water for 5 minutes (by the way the Iced Water should be prepared while the eggs were cooking).
Dry the eggs and put them in your refrigerator ( I don't peel them first but I've read that some people do peel them... experiment for yourself). That is 5-5-5 LOL sooo easy notice that the 3 timed periods are all 5's. I've Never failed to make Perfect eggs with this method.
Larry Armatage says
Printed out your directions as detailed. .... 1 cup water, 6 eggs in trivit, Instant pot on Pressure, High, 8 minutes. Fast pressure release, go into very cold water.
Eggs were not quite done, whites and yolks were not firm.
Does the size of the eggs, or the temperature of the eggs make a difference? These eggs were in the frig .
Jessica says
I'm not sure why they wouldn't be done...they absolutely should be, and I always use large eggs straight from the refrigerator. The only thing I could think of that would cause this is them being frozen.
Angie says
I'm curious if you live at altitude, Larry. I'm about to try Jess's recipe to steam my Easter eggs and I live at about 5,900 ft. I'm wondering if I should add an extra minute or two like I do with most grain and bean recipes. Thanks!
Penny says
Do you live at a higher altitude? I read in one article that you should add an additional minute if you live over 5,000 feet altitude.