Perfect hard boiled eggs in instant pot

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Want to make pressure cooker hard boiled eggs or a perfect soft boiled egg, but not getting the results you want? You’ve come to the right place! We’re taking the guesswork out of making the perfect pressure cooker eggs with our “eggsperiment”. 😉

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Wait, didn’t you just post about soft boiled eggs? Yep! So why another one?

As we were testing our recipe for the Ramen Egg (Japanese Soft Boiled Egg), we ran into a problem. We first tried cooking the eggs for 3 minutes at low pressure, then quick release. We weren’t satisfied with the outcome. You’ll see why below.

So how long should we cook the eggs in our Instant Pot electric pressure cooker to achieve the perfect soft boiled egg? Or medium boiled eggs? What about perfect hard boiled eggs?

Let’s get cracking!!!

High Pressure vs. Low Pressure??

We first tested whether we should use high pressure or low pressure to cook the eggs for best results.

For the high pressure eggs, the egg whites turned out to be slightly chalky (more noticeable for older eggs). We preferred the egg whites from the low pressure eggs, so, we proceeded the rest of the experiment with cooking the eggs at low pressure.

Then, we’ve cooked the eggs using the exact same method using ten different cooking times.

Method For Perfect Instant Pot Soft, Medium, Hard Boiled Eggs

• Pressure Cooker: Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker
• Altitude: close to sea level
• Eggs: store-bought extra large eggs, straight from the fridge
• Liquid: 1 cup of cold tap water
• Time: 3 to 14 minutes (3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 minutes)
• Pressure: Low Pressure at 5.8 ~7.2 psi (40 ~ 50kpa)
• Release Method: immediately Quick Release
• Cold-Water Bath: 30 seconds of cold water bath, rinse under cold running water for 5 seconds, then another 3 minutes of cold water bath
• Cooking Method: on a steamer rack

In order to ensure the accuracy of this experiment, we started fresh with a cool pot for each run. So, after each run, we removed the hot water from the pressure cooker and rinsed the pot and rack with cold running tap water until the pot has cooled down.

Tools to Make Instant Pot Soft, Medium, Hard Boiled Eggs

Vegetable Steamer – We normally use the trivet that came with our Instant Pot Pressure Cooker (as shown in the above picture). For those who use other electric pressure cookers, this steam rack & basket will work great.

Are you ready? Here we go! 

The Pressure Cooker Eggs Results

Hey what happened to the 3-minute one?! Before we go into that, let’s take a closer look at the yolk of these Pressure Cooker Eggs. 😀

5 Minutes Pressure Cooker Egg – egg white is just set; yolk is thick and runny

6 Minutes Pressure Cooker Egg – egg white is fully set; yolk is slightly cooked on the edge, but it’s still thick and runny

7 Minutes Pressure Cooker Egg – egg white is fully set; yolk is half set, the middle is still runny

9 Minutes Pressure Cooker Egg – egg white is fully set; yolk is set but tender, no more runny yolk

12 Minutes Pressure Cooker Egg – egg white is fully set; yolk is almost fully set

14 Minutes Pressure Cooker Egg – egg white and yolk is fully set

Perfect Soft, Medium, Hard Boiled Eggs Tips

Note: Making pressure cooker eggs is easy. But if you want perfect eggs, be mindful that many factors affect the results of your eggs:

• Altitude (our eggsperiment was done at close to sea level)
• Amount and temperature of the cooking liquid
• Amount of eggs
• Size of the eggs
• Freshness of the eggs
• Pressure setting
• Pressure release method
• Cooking method (on a steamer rack or directly in the liquid)
• Resting time & method (cold water bath/ice bath)

So test and adjust to your situation! 🙂

Now we’re curious, which one would YOU consider to be the perfect hard boiled egg, perfect medium boiled egg, and perfect soft boiled egg? And which one is your favorite? Tell us in the comments! 🙂

Now it’s YOUR turn to take out your pressure cooker and cook some Perfect Instant Pot Soft, Medium, Hard Boiled Eggs!

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Perfect Instant Pot Soft, Medium, Hard Boiled Eggs

Author: Amy + Jacky

Here's the method on how to make perfect pressure cooker hard boiled eggs, soft boiled eggs, and medium boiled eggs in the Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker. You may choose the cooking time from 5 minutes to 14 minutes depending on the type of yolk consistency you like.

Total Time 7 mins

Ingredients

• ▢Extra-large eggs - straight from the fridge
• ▢1 cup cold water

Equipment

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  Instant Pot Pressure Cooker

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Instructions 

• Place Eggs in Pressure Cooker: Place a steamer rack in the pressure cooker. Add exactly 1 cup (250ml) of cold water in the pot. Place the eggs at the center of the rack.Close lid, then turn Venting Knob to Sealing position.

• Pressure Cook Eggs: Pressure cook at Low Pressure for your desired consistency (Soft Boiled Egg: 5 minutes to Hard Boiled Eggs: 14 minutes) + immediately Quick Release (Instant Pot: press the cancel button right away as well). Open the lid.*Pro Tip: For large eggs, reduce the pressure cooking time by 1 minute.

• Serve: Immediately place the eggs in a bowl of cold water for 30 seconds. Rinse the eggs under cold running water for 5 seconds. Then, pour out the water in the bowl and refill it with cold water and place the eggs back into the bowl for another 3 minutes. Peel the egg in running tap water. Serve & enjoy~

Notes

See above Cooking Tips.*Rate Recipe: If you've tried the recipe, don't forget to Rate the Recipe in the Comments Section. Thank you!

Calories: 63kcal

Course: Appetizer, Breakfast/Brunch

Cuisine: World

Keyword: how to cook eggs in instant pot, instant pot eggs, instant pot medium boiled eggs, instant pot soft boiled eggs, pressure cooker eggs

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