Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Name: Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 1 cup water; 12 eggs

Perfectly cooked eggs in the Instant Pot. These eggs come out perfectly cooked and easy to peel.

No more struggling to get bits of shell off the egg, even with freshly laid eggs!

Hard boiled eggs with half the shell off.

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Why make eggs in the Instant Pot

Hard boiled eggs are such a simple food. But sometimes the simplest of foods can be the most difficult to perfect. Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs makes my life a little easier and my eggs absolutely foolproof.

We raise our own chickens and always have a surplus of eggs. One of the most difficult challenges with farm fresh eggs is getting the peel to just slide off when making hard boiled eggs.

This method is easy and the results are perfect although it does take a bit more time than a traditional cooking method. Once you have your eggs in the electric pressure cooker and turn it on, your job is done.

If you don't have the time to wait for these eggs to cook, you might want to try my recipe for stove top hard boiled eggs.

Step by step directions

Use the rack that came with your Instant Pot and place in the bottom of the pot
Place 1 cup of water in the bottom
Arrange eggs on rack

Close lid
Pressure cook on low pressure for 5 minutes
Use natural release - this can take between 5-10 minutes
Remove eggs from pot when cool enough to handle

Hard boiled eggs with the peels off the eggs.

Tips for making Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Select eggs of similar size. This isn't a problem if you are using store bought eggs, but our farm fresh eggs are all different sizes.
Make certain there aren't any cracks in eggs
Carefully arrange eggs on rack

How can you tell if an egg is hard cooked?

You can't differentiate between a hard cooked egg and a raw egg by looking at them. And if you don't do something you will be playing egg roulette when you go to grab an egg.

My method works every single time - as long as you remember to do it! Before storing hard cooked eggs, mark the top of the eggs with a permanent marker. That's it! Just place a simple mark on the top of the egg.

It's super simple, but you'll never be confused again. If you forget to mark your eggs, you could try this spinning method.

Eggs marked with a black mark in an egg carton.

Recipe Faqs

What does natural release mean when using an Instant Pot?

Once an electric pressure cooker reaches pressure, you cannot open the lid until the pressure is back to normal.

There are two ways to do this - a quick release, where you are forcing the excess steam and pressure to be released and natural release.

Natural release allows the pot to slowly cool down and lose pressure. This can take anywhere from 5-40 minutes depending on what you are cooking. (The hard boiled eggs will take 5-10 minutes.)

Natural release is part of the cooking process.

How long do hard boiled eggs last?

Hard boiled eggs should be eaten within one week of boiling. Store eggs in the refrigerator.

How to use hard boiled eggs

Hard boiled eggs can be peeled and eaten whole with a bit of salt and pepper.

They can also be used in a Cobb Salad, Deviled Eggs or Egg Salad. At Easter time you can also turn hard boiled eggs into Easter Eggs.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to hear about it! Leave a comment below and snap a picture and tag me on Instagram @beyondthechickencoop

Check out all my Instant Pot recipes.