m. c. de marco: The New Kitchen Cookbook

Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

Peter was in the middle of determining the perfect stovetop method when I decided I needed eggs for lunches right away. This method is the hardest boil out of the many, many degrees of boiled eggs documented by Amy & Jacky; it’s also the version for large (vs. extra large) eggs.

Makes any reasonable quantity of eggs

Ingredients

  • large eggs
  • 1 c. cold tap water

Directions

  1. Place eggs on trivet in Instant Pot.
  2. Add water.
  3. Close vent.
  4. Cook on low pressure for 12 minutes.
  5. Release pressure immediately.
  6. Remove to ice water and cool for at least 4 minutes.
  7. Peel.

Variants

For a nice medium boiled egg, try 6 minutes.