Instant Pot Eggs (Soft, Medium and Hard Boiled) (Video)

Instant Pot Eggs soft, medium and hard boiled with consistent results every time. They peel easy, are quick to make and make cooking more fun.

The most common method for Instant Pot Eggs is 5-5-5 which means 5 mins cook time, 5 mins natural release and 5 mins ice bath. It makes good hard boiled eggs. But I could never get soft and medium boiled eggs in a pressure cooker no matter what I tried. Until last week. You knew the suspense was about to be over, right?! 🙂

Making over 100 Instant Pot recipes, I completely understood how this appliance works. And am happy to report that I nailed Instant Pot eggs – hard, medium and soft boiled.

However, if you have a foolproof recipe for pressure cooker eggs, I recommend to stick to it. Instant Pot is a computerized machine, so…”if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”. 🙂

Tips for Best Instant Pot Eggs

New to pressure cooking? Check out my Instant Pot guide. Thinking of buying one? See which one I recommend to buy.

• I used large eggs. If using medium size, you might reduce cook time by a minute and otherwise.
• Recipes tested in 6 quart Instant Pot. 8 quart might need less cook time as well.
• I used eggs straight from the fridge.
• Use a trivet or steamer basket to avoid cracking.
• Eggs should not be submerged in water or touching inner liner walls.
• You can cook anywhere from 1-16 eggs at a time.
• If cooking up to 4 eggs, cold water bath will do. More than 5 eggs, change cold water a few times or use ice bath.

Instant Pot eggs are quick but need precision when it comes to temperature and amount of water you add, cook time and quick or natural release to use.

Instant Pot Soft Boiled Eggs

• Place trivet or steamer basket inside Instant Pot.
• Add 1 cup hot tap water.
• Add 1-16 eggs.
• Close the lid, set valve to Sealing and cook on High for 1 minute.
• Release pressure immediately by turning valve to Venting – called Quick Release.
• Place eggs in cold water or ice bath for 5 minutes.

Instant Pot Medium Boiled Eggs

• Place trivet or steamer basket inside Instant Pot.
• Add 1 cup hot tap water.
• Add 1-16 eggs.
• Close the lid, set valve to Sealing and cook on High for 3 minutes.
• Release pressure immediately by turning valve to Venting – called Quick Release.
• Place eggs in cold water or ice bath for 5 minutes.

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

• Place trivet or steamer basket inside Instant Pot.
• Add 1 cup cold water.
• Add 1-16 eggs.
• Close the lid, set valve to Sealing and cook on High for 5 minutes.
• Let pressure come down on its own (do nothing) for 5 minutes and then turn valve to Venting – called Natural Release.
• Place eggs in cold water or ice bath for 5 minutes.

Hard Boiled Eggs Serving Suggestions

• Refrigerate peeled in a container for high protein snack.
• Make healthy egg salad, of course.
• Use in salads: potato salad, cauliflower potato salad or asparagus salad.
• Top avocado toast with sliced eggs.

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Instant Pot Eggs (Soft, Medium and Hard Boiled)

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Instant Pot Eggs soft, medium and hard boiled with consistent results every time. They peel easy, are quick to make and make cooking more fun.

• Author: Olena of ifoodreal.com
• Prep Time: 1 minute
• Cook Time: 5 minutes
• Total Time: 6 minutes
• Yield: 1 large egg 1x
• Category: Breakfast
• Method: Instant Pot
• Cuisine: North American

Scale 1x2x3x

Ingredients

• 1–16 eggs, large
• 1 cup water, cold or hot

Instructions

Soft Boiled Eggs

1. Place trivet or steamer basket inside Instant Pot.
2. Add 1 cup hot tap water.
3. Add 1-16 eggs.
4. Close the lid, set valve to Sealing and cook on High for 1 minute.
5. Release pressure immediately by turning valve to Venting.
6. Place eggs in cold water or ice bath for 5 minutes.

Medium Boiled Eggs

1. Place trivet or steamer basket inside Instant Pot.
2. Add 1 cup hot tap water.
3. Add 1-16 eggs.
4. Close the lid, set valve to Sealing and cook on High for 3 minutes.
5. Release pressure immediately by turning valve to Venting.
6. Place eggs in cold water or ice bath for 5 minutes.

Hard Boiled Eggs

1. Place trivet or steamer basket inside Instant Pot.
2. Add 1 cup cold water.
3. Add 1-16 eggs.
4. Close the lid, set valve to Sealing and cook on High for 5 minutes.
5. Let pressure come down on its own (do nothing) for 5 minutes and then turn valve to Venting.
6. Place eggs in cold water or ice bath for 5 minutes.

Notes

• I used large eggs. If using medium size, you might reduce cook time by a minute and otherwise.
• Recipes tested in 6 quart Instant Pot. 8 quart might need less cook time as well.
• I used eggs straight from the fridge.
• Use a trivet or steamer basket to avoid cracking.
• Eggs should not be submerged in water or touching inner liner walls.
• You can cook anywhere from 1-16 eggs at a time.
• If cooking up to 4 eggs, cold water bath will do. More than 5 eggs, change cold water a few times or use ice bath.

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1 large egg720.2 g71 mg4.8 g1.6 g0 g0.4 g0 g6.3 g186 mg

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