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 Learn the easiest way to make hard-boiled eggs! Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs are so simple and easy to peel – even with fresh eggs! Discover how life-changing pressure cooking eggs can be.

a blue plate with 3 hard-boiled egg halves.
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Delicious fresh eggs rule. But they are a giant pain in the butt when you want to make hard-boiled eggs.

Everyone knows that older eggs are easier to peel when hard-boiled. But what if your eggs are fresh and you need to boil some right now? Well, friends, you turn to the Instant Pot.

Using just your electric pressure cooker and a metal rack, trivet, or steamer basket, will give you the best-boiled eggs ever. Depending on how long you cook them, you can have jammy eggs, soft-boiled, or hard-boiled with a firm yolk.

And I cannot emphasize this enough – these eggs are SO easy to peel! No more picking at the shell; nope, it comes off in large pieces!

an egg with half of the peel sitting on a white board.

What Is The 5-5-5 Method for Eggs in the Instant Pot?

The 5-5-5 method is a great kitchen hack for making perfect eggs. Five minutes of cooking in the Instant Pot, five minutes of letting them rest in the pressure cooker, and then five minutes in an ice bath.

How Many Eggs Can You Hard-Boil in an Instant Pot at One Time?

It depends on the size of your Instant Pot, but you can really cook A LOT at once! I find that I can cook 6-9 on the trivet that came with my Instant Pot.

When you want to cook more than that, add a steamer basket with sides, or even a stacking insert for the pressure cooker. A more structured basket keeps you from playing egg “Tetris”.

Even if you’re cooking a lot of eggs at once, you do not need to add additional water to the insert. Stick with 1 cup of water.

3 photos showing how to cook eggs in an electric pressure cooker

How to Use Hard-Boiled Eggs

  1. Eat them! Salt, fresh cracked pepper, and dried dill are a boiled egg’s best friend.
  2. Healthy Deviled Eggs. Oh my yes. 
  3. Chef/cobb salads. We eat these during the summer and for easy meals during soccer season.
  4. As an ingredient in Instant Pot Potato Salad.
  5. Pickle those bad boys! My mother-in-law loves to pickle eggs in brine leftover from homemade pickles and Encurtido.
  6. Greek Yogurt Egg Salad. Please and thank you.

Can You Overcook Hard Boiled Eggs in the Instant Pot?

Not really, unless you intentionally set the cooking time for too long. The yolks you see in these photos used the 5-5-5 method. If you like a jammy egg, 2-3 minutes works great. Soft boiled would be 3-4.

Anything longer than 5-6 minutes will lead to very dry yolks. But maybe that’s what you want; in that case, rock on!

Pro Tips/Recipe Notes

  • Use A LOT of ice to quickly cool the eggs. Cool for at least 5 minutes in the ice bath.
  • You can store peeled or unpeeled hard-boiled eggs in the fridge for up to 7 days.
  • If you peel them, place a clean cloth or paper towel in the bottom of the container before storing. They’ll “sweat” as they sit in the fridge.
  • The cooking time remains the same whether you are using a 3, 6, or 8-quart electric pressure cooker.
Instant pot hard boiled egg halves and whole eggs.

WEIGHT WATCHERS POINTS

One serving has 0 WW Freestyle SmartPoints.

5 from 13 ratings

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Prep: 0 minutes
Cook: 5 minutes
Pressurizing/Depressurizing: 10 minutes
Total: 15 minutes
a blue plate with 3 hard-boiled egg halves.
Discover how life-changing pressure cooking eggs can be. They are so simple and easy to peel – even with fresh eggs!

Ingredients 

  • eggs {as many as your heart desires}
  • 1 cup water
  • ice

Instructions 

  • Place the trivet/rack in the bottom of the Instant Pot. 
  • Add water and place the eggs on the trivet as evenly as possible
    1 cup water, eggs
  • Secure the lid and set the vent to sealing. Press manual>high pressure>5 minutes.
    Note: If you like jammy eggs, 2-3 minutes works great. Soft boiled would be 3-4.
  • When the cook time is up, do a natural release for 5 minutes and then flip the vent to venting and perform a quick release.
  • Carefully place eggs in a bowl full of ice water for at least 5 minutes. Peel when eggs are completely cold.
    ice

Notes

  1. You can store peeled or unpeeled hard-boiled eggs in the fridge for up to 7 days.
  2. The cooking time remains the same whether you are using a 3, 6, or 8-quart electric pressure cooker.

Nutrition

Serving: 1eggCalories: 77kcalProtein: 6gFat: 5g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: Breakfast, Snack
Cuisine: American
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24 Comments

  1. We are getting ready to head out on a camping adventure and I knew hard boiled eggs would make life easier. These are my go-to instructions for getting perfect hard boiled eggs every single time. Thanks!!5 stars

  2. I can always always always count on you to give me a recipe that makes my life easier. I recently started eating hard boiled eggs in an effort to get more protein and the last batch I made I ended up losing two eggs because they wouldn’t freaking peel! So I tried this. Not only did it take less time than boiling them on the stove, but I could fit more in the Instant Pot AND they ALL PEELED SO EASILY!!! Thank you!!!5 stars

    1. So glad you found this helpful! Anytime I have to make hard-boiled eggs using another method I can’t believe how long it takes to peel them.