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My Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs is So Good!
If you eat hard boiled eggs often, you’ve got to try making hard boiled eggs in the air fryer. You don’t have to wait for the water to boil, and it’s completely hands-off. All I do is place the eggs in the air fryer basket, set the timer for 12 minutes for soft-boiled, 14 for medium, or 16 for a well-done yolk.
The other thing that is cool about using the air fryer to make hard-boiled eggs is that, for some reason, they peel super easy, even without having to add water.
How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs in the Air Fryer
My Best Air Fryer Hard Boiled Egg Tips
- Play around with the time for your ideal doneness. Since all air fryers make and models vary in strength and watts, I recommend trying out the different times to find what’s perfect for you. And then you can keep using those settings. The air fryer I used has 1700 watts.
- Use an ice water bath to stop the eggs from overcooking. While it’s not necessary to cool the eggs, I always run them under cold water or an ice bath (preferred) because it immediately shocks the eggs’ temperature, and stops them from cooking.
- Use a grill rack or mesh rack if your air fryer doesn’t have a basket. That works perfectly fine to allow the air to circulate fast around the eggs, even if you don’t have a basket.
- Cook up to 12 eggs at once. Air fryer hard boiled eggs are great for meal prepping since the eggs last up to one week in the fridge. Once you’ve tested the perfect time in your air fryer, you can cook them in bulk.
Serving Ideas
I always keep a batch of hard-boiled eggs in the fridge because they’re such an easy way to add protein to literally anything. Here are some of my go-to ways to eat them:
- On toast: Sliced over buttered or I make avocado toast with egg a little salt, pepper, and maybe some hot sauce. Simple but so good.
- Egg salad: I am a big fan of egg salad and like to rotate between my healthy egg salad, avocado egg salad, egg salad sandwich, macaroni egg salad, and my newest fav, cottage cheese egg salad.
- Chopped into salads: They make any salad feel more filling. I love them in a Cobb salad, Nicoise Salad, or even just a simple garden salad.
- With hummus: Not sure why, but dipping slices of hard-boiled egg into hummus just works.
- As a snack on their own: Sprinkle on some salt or everything bagel seasoning, and I’m good to go.
- On top of rice bowls: A sliced egg over a grain bowl with veggies and a drizzle of tahini dressing? Yes, please.
- In ramen or soups: A jammy egg in ramen is really good, but even a fully cooked hard-boiled egg is great in a brothy soup.
- Deviled eggs: I like to make classic deviled eggs and avocado deviled eggs!
Recipe Help & FAQs
For unpeeled hard boiled eggs, store them in any container, sealed or unsealed.
For peeled hard-boiled eggs, store them in a bowl of cold water to cover. Make sure to change the water daily. Or you can store them in a sealed container without water. Instead, cover the eggs with damp paper towels. Hard boiled eggs can be refrigerated for up to one week, whether they’re peeled or unpeeled.
The answer is yes, but only for the yolks. I’ve never tried it myself, but I’ve read that the whites become tough and rubbery, or even leak and change color. However, if you remove the cooked egg yolks, and place them in a freezer safe container or heavy-duty freezer bag, they will stay good in the freezer for up to 3 months.
There are so many great air fryers on the market. I have tested a few of them and my favorite one that I’ve been using for the past three years is this Instant Vortex air fryer.
I have not tested this at the higher temperature, but I recommend trying 10-12 minutes.
The outer shell of the egg may have raised spots on them after they’re cooked. But that’s just from the hot air circulating rapidly and creating pressure on the egg shells. It’s completely normal if that happens, and the peeled eggs aren’t affected.
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- Pickle Brined Chicken Tenders
- Air Fryer Chicken
- Fried Chicken Wings Recipe
- Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries
- Air Fryer Potatoes
- Air Fryer Salmon
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This Air Fryer Eggs recipe was originally published on January 6, 2020. The post has been updated to include helpful cooking tips, frequently asked questions and step-by-step photos.
Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
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Ingredients
- 6-12 eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 250°F.
- Add eggs straight from the fridge to the fryer basket and cook according to your preference, 12 minutes for soft-boiled eggs, 14 minutes for medium-boiled eggs and 16 minutes for hard-boiled eggs. Please note, times may vary between air fryers.
- Remove the eggs from the air fryer basket, and plunge them into an ice bath for 5 minutes. Peel the eggs and enjoy.
Notes
- For unpeeled hard boiled eggs, store them in any container, sealed or unsealed.
- For peeled hard-boiled eggs, store them in a bowl of cold water to cover. Make sure to change the water daily. Or you can store them in a sealed container without water. Instead, cover the eggs with damp paper towels.
Nutrition
Nutrition information provided is an estimate. It will vary based on cooking method and specific ingredients used.
This didn’t work for me. The shells were burnt, the eggs were stuck to shells making the peeling process impossible. The egg whites were yellowed, the house smelled horrible. Wasted 8 eggs doing this.
Oh no!! I’m so sorry to hear that. I’m curious, what type of air fryer do you have?
So I tried this and it was a complete failure 😱 the eggs exploded! I have chickens so the eggs are very fresh. I use my air fryer for everything so was gutted 😭. I have a ninja, put it on at 240 as that’s the highest temp, for 16 mins and by 15mins they had all exploded. Any idea why?
Oh no! So sorry to hear that. Let me see if I can help you troubleshoot. First, did you set your 240ºF (and not 240ºC)?
Actually, the reason it peels so easy is because you shock them in an ice-bath. That’s the chefs’ secret to easy-peel eggs!
That makes sense! Thanks for sharing, Lynn.
Tried this yesterday. My machine is only 1500 watts so I did 265 degrees for 17.5 minutes and they came out perfect! I was working at the time so it was great not to have to stand over and watch it!
I love this hands-off method for that reason, too! Yay, so glad it worked for you!! Thanks!
Tried it and had great results. Cooked 17m for harder boil.
Yay, so happy you liked it! Thanks!!
I tried this and it worked great. So easy. Thanks for sharing! I lost 60 pounds really fast by eating a hard boiled egg and mixed fresh fruit for brunch, and a huge green salad for dinner.
Yay, I’m so glad it worked out!! Thank you!
This did not work. Machine is 1800 watts. Cooked 1 egg at 275 for 15 minutes totally 100% raw liquid.
Oh no, I’m so sorry to hear that! What is the model of your air fryer? Each one is slightly different and it sounds like yours needs a higher temperature and/or more time.
Got to try this approach. I have a Ninja Air fryer and Pressure cooker in one and usually pressure cook the eggs with the 5-5-5 method instead of boiling but this is a neat idea, thanks for the share!
Yay, I hope they turn out great for you!!
This is amazing! Thank you. I’ll never do my eggs the old way ever again.
Yay, so glad it worked for you! Thanks, Tami!!