Hard Boiled Eggs in the Instant Pot

Looking for perfect hard boiled eggs that peel easily?  Hard Boiled Eggs in your Ninja Foodi or Instant Pot are the easiest eggs you’ll ever make!

Ninja Foodi Hard Boiled Eggs

The best way to cook easy-to-peel hard boiled eggs is to use the Ninja Foodi!  I’ve tried the stove-top method in various forms but have found that the Instant Pot or Ninja Foodi cooks the easiest peeling eggs!

It’s possible that you’ve tried a time or two to make hard boiled eggs and they’ve turned out hard to peel, overcooked, or undercooked.  

This can be frustrating since there are so many factors playing into making the perfect hard boiled egg!

This recipe is designed to help you easily cook hard boiled eggs that are easy to peel using your Instant Pot or pressure cooker.

What You Need to Make this Recipe

Here are the ingredients you need to make it:

• A dozen eggs
• 1 cup water

How to Make this Recipe

Here are the steps to make it:

1. Place 12 Eggs on the pressure cooker trivet in the Instant Pot, Ninja Foodi or pressure cooker and add 1 Cup Water.

2. Turn Valve To Sealing. Cook Eggs On Manual High Pressure For 5 Minutes using the Quick Release once completed.
3. Use a slotted spoon to move eggs to a large bowl filled with an ice bath.

Helpful Tips and FAQs

The 5-5-5 Method for Cooking Hard Boiled Eggs

When cooking hard boiled eggs in the pressure cooker, the 5-5-5 rule will yield easy to peel, hard boiled eggs.  

With 5 minutes to pressurize, 5 minutes to cook, and 5 minutes to release pressure, this method is great for perfectly cooked hard boiled eggs.

How to Easily Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

The easiest way to peel hard boiled eggs is to soak them in an ice bath immediately upon removal from the Instant Pot.  This immediately stops the cooking process. 

Placing the bowl of ice water in the refrigerator to cook down even further is helpful to create easy-to-peel hard boiled eggs.  Once they are cooled they are easy to peel.

Troubleshooting Overcooked or Undercooked Hard Boiled Eggs

These factors could affect cooking hard boiled eggs:

• age of egg
• temperature of water when putting in
• type of egg
• size of egg

It’s best to use fresh, new eggs and room temperature, large eggs when following these directions.  This will help you to achieve the perfectly cooked hard boiled egg.

If you want your eggs to be more soft boiled, reduce the cooking time.  If you want your eggs to be more hard boiled, increase the cooking time.

Other Instant Pot Recipes You’ll Love

• Instant Pot Italian Chicken Soup
• Pressure Cooker Chicken Tacos
• Instant Pot Chicken Parmesan Sandwiches
• Instant Pot Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

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Ninja Foodi Hard Boiled Eggs Recipe