I love making eggs. My kids love eating eggs. I recently became the owner of nine chickens, partly so we could get more eggs.
But not anymore.
I finally figured out how to cook hard boiled eggs in an Instant Pot and WOW! These eggs peel like a dream.
How to make hard boiled eggs in an instant pot
- Use the steam rack that comes with your Instant Pot, placing it inside.*
- Set up to 12 eggs on the rack and add 1 cup of water.
- Close the lid, choose “Manual” and set the time to 5 minutes. (It’ll take about 5 minutes to build up pressure.)
- Allow the eggs to continue cooking for another 5 minutes then use the Quick Release method to open the top (Release the steam with the vent on top but be careful!)
- Submerge the cooked eggs in ice water.
*This is the steam rack that came with my Instant Pot. If you don’t have one, click here to find an inexpensive version on Amazon.
I had the most success peeling right away rather than waiting. All the eggshells came off so easily with this Instant Pot method that I’ll never go back to boiling eggs.
Use them on toast, or make our Very Pickle-y Egg Salad for sandwiches that make my four kids cheer! (Seriously.)
Or serve your perfectly peeled hard boiled eggs straight up. We’ve had these adorable egg molds for years but it’s so hard to use them when the egg shells don’t come off easily. Now we’re back in business!
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Charity, I add table salt to my water before I bring the water up to a boil. The salt helps the shell to peel off.
Yes, I’ve heard that. But I can’t consistently get the shells to come off easily using anything other than this instant pot. Which I’m now so grateful for! Here’s to eating more of each egg instead of it sticking stubbornly to that darn shell. 🙂
Amazing! Worked perfectly. Thank you!
Right? A TOTAL game changer. Glad it worked well for you too!