One of the most common pressure cooker recipes around is for Hard Boiled Eggs. I’ll be honest with you, cooking hard boiled eggs just doesn’t seem like it could get any easier than cooking them on the stove. Why is everyone going crazy for pressure cooker hard boiled eggs?
I needed to find out for myself. With so many options for cook times, I thought I’d start out with the most common one. 5-5-5. What the heck does that mean? Cook on high pressure for 5 minutes, natural release for 5 minutes and then cool in an ice bath for 5 minutes. Seems easy enough!
I decided to give it a go. And, let me tell you….I was pleasantly surprised! The time to cook the eggs didn’t seem much different than on the stove, But, and this is a HUGE BUT! The eggs peeled like I’ve never seen before! OMG! The shell literally just slid right off. This, in itself is why you should be pressure cooking your hard boiled eggs. Game changer!!
Tips for making hard boiled eggs-pressure cooker recipe:
1.Add as many eggs as you would like. The more the merrier. Cook time remains the same.
2.Make hard boiled eggs ahead of time and eat them throughout the week as snacks!
Ingredients:
- 12 raw eggs
- 1.5 cups water
How to make hard boiled eggs:
1.Place trivet or steamer basket in pressure cooker
2.Add 1.5 cups water
3.Place eggs on trivet or in steamer basket-you can stack them
4.Close lid and set to seal
5.Cook on high pressure 5 minutes
6.Natural release pressure 5 minutes
7.Remove lid and eggs
8.Place eggs in ice bath for 5 minutes
Recipe
Hard Boiled Eggs- Ninja Foodi Recipe
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Ingredients
- 12 eggs (raw)
- 1.5 cup water
Instructions
- Place trivet or steamer basket in pressure cooker
- Add 1.5 cups water
- Place eggs on trivet or in steamer basket-you can stack them
- Close lid and set to seal
- Cook on high pressure 5 minutes
- Natural release pressure 5 minutes
- Remove lid and eggs
- Place eggs in ice bath for 5 minutes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only.
Rhode Island Red says
Works every time!! Perfect Egg
Dorie says
There is no better recipe! Works every time!!!
Angela says
This is the first recipe I tried with the Ninja Foodie . The eggs turned out perfect ! The shell peeled off very easy . Thanks !
Dave says
Big question ? To use the rack or not?
TheTastyTravelers says
I use the short rack, silicone trivet, or a steamer basket.
Tomi says
I did the 5-5-5 and my yolks were a little green around the edge. They were easy to peel I’ll give you that. Would you cut down a minute on cooking or a minute or two on release?
TheTastyTravelers says
Hi Tomi- If your eggs are coming out with green around the yolk, they are overcooked a little bit. I would switch to 4-5-5 and see if that works. Pressure cook for 4 minutes instead of 5.
kathy says
I found them to come out perfect with no green on the yolk and they peeled easier than ever. I will only make them with this method from now on.
Sour Chipmunk says
Out of all the dozens of methods we’ve tried for hard-boiling — and PEELING — eggs, this is by far the best of them. My first round with this method using the racks that came with my Ninja was so successful I had to buy an Egg Steamer Rack to assist with egg orientation and quantity. My wife — who has tried vinegar water, salt water, steaming, microwave specialty items, boil-and-rest, and all those other methods was completely blown away by the 5-5-5 method. A dozen eggs — older and fresh — peeled perfectly for her in less than 30 seconds each. We will never again use another method. Thank you very much!
TheTastyTravelers says
I’m so glad to hear this!!! Yes! Perfect…easy to peel eggs every time! I’m glad it worked so well and now your wife has an easy way to get great hard boiled eggs with less hassle. :). Thanks for your awesome comment!
Linda says
The eggs came out perfectly. I was able to take care of some other chores while the Ninja did it thing. Peeling was a dream.
TheTastyTravelers says
Woo Hoo! I’m so glad to hear that they came out perfectly! And yes….peeling is a dream with this method! I don’t know why they peel so easily, but they do and that alone makes this method #1 in my book! 🙂
Mac says
Does cooking time & amount of water differ if you are using medium, large, or jumbo eggs?
TheTastyTravelers says
It shouldn’t matter much. I have used large, extra large and, jumbo eggs and they have all turned out great! Medium eggs might need a little less time. I would reduce the natural release time by a minute if you are using medium eggs. The water amount should stay the same regardless of the size of the eggs.
Judy Gotthoffer says
Me too, just like everyone else, perfect, easy peeling hard boiled eggs.
Thanks
Candice says
This didn’t work any better than boiling them. Four eggs cracked. Same as boiling on stove. Disappointing!