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Of all the fancy uses for an Instant Pot, the ones I value most are the basics, done better: Instant Pot Brown Rice, Instant Pot Steel Cut Oats, Instant Pot Lentil Curry, and today’s revelation: Instant Pot boiled eggs. Tips abound for the best way to cook hard boiled eggs that: 1) avoid the green ring (green or gray means your hard boiled eggs are overcooked) AND 2) are easy to peel. Start the eggs in cold water say some; add them to boiling water say others; use vinegar; old eggs are easier to peel, etc. If you have an Instant Pot (or similar pressure cooker or multi-cooker), boiling easy-to-peel eggs with bright yellow yolks (and NO gray/green) no special tricks are needed. You’ll win the egg game every time. The Instant Pot is also especially useful for deviled eggs, where maintaining a smooth, even peel is important for the presentation—and your sanity. (For a unique twist, see Curry Deviled Eggs.) With pressure cooker boiled eggs, it doesn’t matter if the eggs are fresh or old—the peels come off easily every time.

How to Make Instant Pot Boiled Eggs

Whether you want jammy soft-boiled eggs for a Niçoise Salad, firm yolks to make hard-boiled eggs for a healthy snack, or an extra runny egg to dip with toast, you can make boiled eggs in the pressure cooker. Below, you’ll find my tried-and-true method to cook boiled eggs in the Instant Pot (or similar pressure-cooker or multi-cooker) three ways:

Hard-boiledSoft-boiled with jammy yolks (think of these as Instant Pot medium boiled eggs)Soft-boiled with extra runny yolks (Instant Pot 2-minute eggs).

OPTION 1: Instant Pot Hard-Boiled Eggs {5-5-5 Method}

For hard boiled eggs in the Instant Pot, I recommend the 5-5-5-method, which means:

5 minutes pressure cook time5 minutes natural release5 minutes sitting in an ice bath

5-5-5 is easy to remember. It results in fully set yolks that are not chalky and DO NOT have the telltale green ring.

OPTION 2: Instant-Pot Soft Boiled Eggs {Jammy, 3-Minute Eggs}

OPTION 3: Instant-Pot Soft Boiled Eggs {Runny, 2-Minute Eggs}

For soft-boiled eggs, you have 2 choices: jammy yolks (3-minute eggs) and runny yolks (2-minute eggs). Both cook times are followed by an immediate pressure release and 5 minutes in an ice bath. Jammy yolks are 3-minute eggs:

3 minutes pressure cook timeIMMEDIATE release (quick release)5 minutes in ice bath

Runny yolks are 2-minute eggs:

2 minutes pressure cook timeIMMEDIATE release (quick release)5 minutes in ice bath

Here’s a look at eggs and brief recipe overview.

Room temperature eggs are less prone to cracking and cook more evenly.When making soft boiled eggs, your eggs MUST be at room temperature. If they are not, the whites may still be undercooked when the yolks finish.

Forget to pull your eggs out of the refrigerator? No problem! To quickly bring eggs to room temperature, place them in a bowl of warm (not hot) water for 5 minutes. Feel free to jump down to the recipe card for the step-by-step specifics.

The Ingredients

Eggs. Packed with an exceptionally large numbers of nutrients (vitamins, protein, folate, selenium, and more), eggs are a wonderful food to add to your diet. With these easy Instant Pot eggs, the possibilities are endless! Water. Using the correct amount of water is critical for preparing the perfect eggs.

The Directions

Storage Tips

To Store. Refrigerate unpeeled eggs in an airtight storage container for up to 7 days. Refrigerate peeled eggs in an airtight storage container for up to 3 days.

How to Use Instant Pot Boiled Eggs

Salad. Add the boiled eggs to any salad, or use them in a recipe that calls for them like Avocado Egg Salad, Healthy Egg Salad, 7 Layer Salad, Vegetarian Niçoise Salad, Harvest Salad, or Healthy Potato Salad.Sandwich. Add eggs to a Turkey Salad Sandwich or BLT.Pizza. Jammy, soft boiled eggs make a scrumptious topping for pizzas (like Carbonara Pizza or Naan Pizza) and flatbreads. Pasta. These eggs would be delicious in a carbonara pasta, BLT Pasta Salad, or Shrimp Pasta Salad.Breakfast. Serve these boiled eggs simply with seasonings, alongside some Baked Bacon in the Oven or Air Fryer Bacon, or paired with Puff Pastry Cinnamon Rolls for a tasty breakfast. Toast. Swap the egg in this Easy Kale Feta Egg Toast for a soft boiled egg, or keep things simple with a slice of Magic Multigrain Whole Wheat Sandwich Bread or English Muffin Bread and a runny, soft boiled egg.

Recommended Tools to Make this Recipe

Instant Pot. Use this for any of my Instant Pot recipes. Liquid Measuring Cup. I love that this one is dishwasher and microwave safe. Tongs. The easiest way to remove the eggs from the Instant Pot.

Easy peeling. Perfect yolks. Leave a rating below in the comments and let me know how you liked the recipe. No egg on our faces here!