Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs are quick, simple and perfectly cooked every time! Learn how to make soft boiled, medium, or hard boiled eggs in the instant pot to use in your favorite hard boiled egg recipes.
Hard boiled eggs in the instant pot are easy peel (especially farm-fresh eggs) and ideal for these Easter egg chicks or these tasty guacamole stuffed eggs!
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Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs:
For years, we only made stove-top hard boiled eggs until we discovered the instant pot. This method is quick and easy whether you are making 2 eggs or a dozen hard boiled eggs. It is so easy to make batch after batch. The results are always consistent which means no more over-cooked green egg yolks!
Finally! Easy Peel Hard Boiled Eggs:
The instant pot is the best way to Hard Boil Farm-Fresh Eggs because they are easy to peel. I used to hate boiling my Mom’s fresh eggs because half of the whites were lost with the shell after peeling. They were a mess and so ugly for deviled eggs. The instant pot is by far the best way to hard boil fresh farm eggs because cooking the eggs in a pressure cooker makes them easy to peel.
Tips for the Best Instant Pot Eggs:
- Timings below are for large eggs. For medium eggs, reduce cook time by 1 minute and increase by 1 minute for extra large eggs.
- Start with refrigerated eggs.
- It’s ok to stack eggs on the rack, but eggs should not touch the water or walls of the instant pot.
- Transfer cooked eggs to a bowl of ice water right away to prevent overcooking.
- We use a 6 Qt 7-in-1 Instant Pot Duo. You may need to experiment timings using a smaller or larger pressure cooker.
How to Hard Boil Eggs in Instant Pot:
- Place the wire rack (that comes with the instant pot) in the bowl of the instant pot. Add 1 cup water. Place 2-12 eggs on the rack (so they aren’t touching the water).
- Secure the lid and set lever to “sealing.” Set to manual “high pressure” and set timer for desired doneness (5 min for soft boiled, 6-8 min for medium boiled, 9-10 minutes for hard boiled). Once instant pot reaches high pressure (which takes 5-6 minutes), your set timer will automatically start counting down.
- As soon as your timer is up, do a quick release of pressure – use a hot mitt to switch the lever to “venting” position and a hot burst of steam will release. When pressure is fully released and the pressure indicator has dropped, remove lid, use tongs to transfer the hot eggs to a bowl of ice water and let rest 5 minutes to stop the cooking process.
How Long to Boil Eggs in the Instant Pot:
Instant Pot Soft Boiled Eggs: 5 minutes on high pressure was what it took for consistently fully cooked egg whites with a wet yolk. I’ve seen several tutorials say 4, 3 or even 2 minutes, but I found anything less than 5 minutes to have a portion of the whites still a little wet and more difficult to peel.
Medium Boiled Eggs: A range of 6-8 minutes seemed to all produced medium boiled eggs. These have fully cooked whites with a tender and somewhat creamy center.
Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs: It took from 9-10 minutes on high pressure with 10 minutes being a dry yolk – the ideal texture for making deviled eggs.
Safety Tips for Cooking Eggs in Instant Pot:
- If you are new to the instant pot, read the owners manual and be sure to follow the use instructions for your specific model.
- Always double check the pressure indicator popup has dropped indicating there is no more pressure behind it before opening the lid.
- When releasing pressure, a surprisingly strong spurt of hot steam releases from the valve. Keep your face and others away from the machine while depressurizing.
- Use tongs to remove the eggs because they will be blazing hot.
Must-Try Instant Pot Recipes:
- Instant Pot Beef Plov – the tastiest rice pilaf!
- White Chicken Chili – 30 minute instant pot dinner
- Instant Pot Dulce De Leche – so quick and easy
- Chicken stock – nutrient rich bone broth in just 2 hours!
I hope you give instant pot hard boiled eggs method a try. If you have farm fresh eggs or struggle with peeling, this easy peel hard boiled eggs method is keeper!
Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs
Instructions
- Place wire rack (that comes with instant pot) in the bowl of the instant pot. Add 1 cup water.Arrange 2-12 eggs on the rack (so they aren't touching the water or bowl).
- Secure the lid and set lever to "sealing" position. Cook on manual "high pressure" and set timer for desired doneness (5 min for soft boiled, 6-8 min for medium, 9-10 minutes for hard boiled eggs). Once instant pot reaches high pressure (which takes 5-6 minutes), your set timer will automatically start counting down.
- As soon as your timer is up, do a quick release of pressure - use a hot mitt to switch the lever to "venting" position (a hot burst of steam will release). When pressure is fully released and pressure indicator has drops, remove lid and use tongs to transfer hot eggs to a bowl of ice water for 5 minutes before peeling.
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Your math doesn’t add up. Your recipe says total of 10 minutes but 5 minutes to pressure then cook for 9 minutes is 14 minutes.
What is correct?
Please advise
HI Dan, you are correct, with the it takes to prep and come to pressure, it comes to 15 minutes. I’m not sure why it missed adding in the pressure time. Thanks for bringing that to my attention so I can fix it.
This method worked great for me. It’s the first time I can easily peel hard boiled eggs no matter how fresh from the store. Thanks Natasha!
I’m glad that it was a success!
Thank you Natasha for this wonderful tip for making hard boiled eggs! I make a lot of red beet pickled eggs and this is a real time saver! The eggs are always consistent and peel very easily! Highly recommend this recipe!
Hi Brad, thank you for the terrific review!
Anything more than 3 minutes and instant release winds up being a rubbery egg with a hard yolk with green around the edges.
Has anyone tried using this method of hard-boiling eggs at altitude? I live at 4,000 feet and boiling eggs the old-fashioned way is a total mess!! I love your recipes, Natasha and use two or three a week.
I haven’t tried that but let’s see if others can share their experience. I’m glad you’re enjoying my recipes!
I am loving your recipes! Thanks for what you do. I would really appreciate the recipes I saw that were made in a mug. My husband is disabled and these would work well for us. Our email as below
Hi Jane. All of my recipes are available on this website. I have categories you can choose from above. 🙂
Just made these using the egg setting on the Instant pot. Read through all of the comments first to get a good idea of different variations. I used fresh eggs from my chickens, so not refrigerated and washed right before use. Put 2.5 cups of water and cooked 12 eggs. The setting automatically set for 5 minutes and I didn’t change it. I did get distracted with some biscuits I was making in the air fryer and didn’t vent right away. The eggs peeled great though! A little dry on the yolks so I need to pay closer attention to the timer and vent sooner. Wanted to leave a review and confirm that this recipe is great and works well for fresh farm eggs too, so don’t worry if your eggs are not refrigerated😉
Thank you so much for sharing that with us, Erin!
Love all your tips.
I too use my instant Pot and follow your method except for the timing.
I use the 5-5-5 min method.
set the pot on high for 5 min. then 5 min NR then you can QR the pressure and right into an ice bath for at least 5 min. Perfect every time and peal perfectly.
Great to hear that you are enjoying my tips. I hope you’ll love all the recipes that you will try!
Hi Natasha
Never cooked eggs in my instant pot but will definitely try this. Air fryer does a good job also. Place a couple jumbo eggs and did not pre- heat. Cooked for 13 minutes. Slightly dried yolks with a little creamy soft center. Added to ice water and peeled with turned over spoon inside shell. Thought I’d share this tip. Thanks for the insant pot method!
I haven’t thought of that! Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
9 minutes came out looking like the 5 minutes, completely raw. Wasted a dozen eggs. None of them peeled well at all either. Horrible morning. I’ll have to go back to boiling water on the stove and hope it works, or find another recipe.
Hi Amanda, I haven’t had that experience, and I’m sorry to hear that. Did you ensure your Instant Pot was set to the proper setting and no steps were missed?
I didn’t notice ANY “QR” OR “NR” time for this recipe; am I missing something? I use an IP 6 qt Duo model and found this a TOTAL fail for me; in spite of cooking for 5 min — whites stuck to the shell like caramel to teeth! The whites came out looking like a teen with bad case of pimples. Total mess!!
My process to your recipe: abt 1-1 1/2 c water in inner pot, trivet, 5-6 eggs (refrig’d), 5 min Hi pressure, 5 min cook, , cool down in ice water.
Tell me what I failed doing, please.
Hi Raymond, the instructions are for a quick release. It sounds like you used too much water. The recipe called for 1 cup of water and adding extra water can affect the timings and how long it takes for the pot to come to pressure.
I find steaming achieves the same result………..i use a steamer basket,,,,,,,,,,,,,1 cup of water brought to a boil…………….10 minutes …….voila……………..i also use this method for most fresh veggies………broccoli……………..corn….asparagus……..brussel sprouts…..etc……….no need to peel veggies tho…..
Thank you for sharing!
Hi Natasha, I’ve been doing my IP eggs 5-5-5 but I’m getting a little green sometimes around the yolk. I think I might need to vent the steam earlier. What do you think? Also, I love the blue tongs you have in the photo. Do you have a link to those? Thanks so much for your awesome recipes!
Hi Carla, a little green in the yolk indicates overcooking. I would vent and remove a little sooner. The other issue is make sure you are putting them into ice water right away to stop the cooking and it makes all the difference. I have the tongs linked in my Amazon shop under the Natashas Kitchen Tools category.