With a large family, having easy and healthy snacks on hand is important to me. Hard boiled eggs fit the bill because they are full of protein, low mess, and super cheap (especially with 20+ chickens in the side yard)!

You can make a bunch at once and keep them in the fridge so they’re easy to grab. I’ve recently discovered that I can make Instant Pot hard boiled eggs, which has been a game changer. You don’t have to set a timer and watch it or mess with the eggs once you get them started. I’ve started making a dozen of them once a week and it’s a great option to have in the fridge.

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

This is going to be a pretty short recipe since to make the basic eggs all you need is… eggs! (And water, I guess.) But once you have your hard boiled eggs, you can go in a lot of different directions. You can put them on a salad, add some seasonings and eat them by themselves, make egg salad, or even make deviled eggs.

Honestly, this recipe is more about the process than the ingredients. What do we all want from hard boiled eggs? I know that I don’t want to waste eggs, and I want them to be easy to peel. Making them in the Instant Pots is an almost foolproof way to ensure these things happen.

You can use either the trivet or the mesh basket to cook your eggs. You don’t want them on the very bottom of the inner pot.

It depends on how big your Instant Pot is, but I can usually fit 8-9 eggs with no problem. You want to keep them in a single layer. (I only made 7 this time because that was how many eggs I had left in a carton.) Add about a cup of water (you can’t really add too much water, but you can definitely not add enough!).

Everybody prefers their eggs different ways, so you can add or subtract a minute if you want, but I think the perfect Instant Pot hard boiled eggs take 5 minutes. They are just the right texture. Remember, always make sure the pressure valve is in the right position before you turn the Instant Pot on!

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