Hard boiled eggs in the air fryer are a hassle-free way to make ‘boiled’ eggs that peel easily and taste amazing!
Raise your hand if you’ve ever started a pot of eggs and water on the stove and then totally forgot about them, overcooking the eggs or maybe even exploding the eggs all over the kitchen…
Yes, it’s happened here too. 😉
Enter the air fryer…no more exploding eggs! They’ll cook for the amount of time you set on the air fryer and that’s the end of it. These are foolproof!
Plus, it is faster to air fry your eggs than it is to boil them.
Speaking of things made faster in the air fryer, there are many recipes such as air fryer turkey bacon and recipes similar to air fryer frozen garlic bread are faster as well!
Beyond that, the worst part of hard-boiled eggs is removing the shell. Well, with the air fryer the shell becomes very fragile, and if you cool it quickly, the shell comes right off.
Plus, we’ll share the different cook times for a softer or harder egg. You’re in control here!
When you are using hot water, the time to cool, heat, etc. is a more difficult-to-control variable than the temp inside your small air fryer. So if you want precise “boiling” of your eggs, the air fryer will be your best friend.
Ingredient Notes:
Eggs – Granted, this is the only ingredient in this recipe. But that makes it even more important! There are perks to different types of eggs when it comes to hard boiling them. One, we used large eggs in this recipe. If you use a different size, your cooking times will vary.
There is also a difference in peeling the eggs based on the age of the eggs and whether they are fresher or older eggs. Normally, older eggs are much easier to peel and fresh eggs are a beast to peel. With the air fryer, they should peel easily regardless of age.
How to Make Hard Boiled Eggs in an Air Fryer:
Arrange your eggs in the basket, being careful not to overcrowd them.
Set the air fryer to 270 degrees F and cook for the desired amount of time.
You can see the different levels of doneness in the photo before. Egg 1 was cooked for 9 minutes, Egg 2 was cooked for 10 minutes, Egg 3 was cooked for 11 minutes, and Egg 4 was cooked for 12 minutes.
While they are cooking, get a medium or large bowl of ice and water. When the eggs are done cooking, use tongs to remove them from the air fryer basket and put them in the bowl of ice water. Allow the eggs to cool for 10 minutes in the ice bath before peeling.
All eggs were at room temperature when we cooked them. If you’re using refrigerated eggs, you may need to add an extra minute to your cooking time.
FAQ:
Serve them as is for an easy pre-cooked breakfast. You can give them a light seasoning with salt and pepper or a creole seasoning. The air fried eggs also work like any other boiled egg. So you can devil them, use them in an egg salad, or any other ideas you have for a traditionally boiled egg.
For soft-boiled eggs in the air fryer, cook for 6-8 minutes with a preheated air fryer or 9 minutes if your air fryer is not preheated.
The color of the eggshell doesn’t affect the taste or nutrition of the egg. Any color of egg will work just fine in this recipe.
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Air Fryer Boiled Eggs
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs room temperature
Instructions
- Arrange the eggs in your air fryer basket, leaving space between each egg.
- Set the air fryer to 270 degrees.
- Cook the eggs between 9 and 12 minutes, depending on how hard you'd like the yolk. For a softer yolk, cook for 9 minutes. For a hard yolk, cook for 12 minutes.
- Immediately remove the eggs from the air fryer and place in a bowl filled with ice water. Let cool for 10 minutes before peeling and serving.
Notes
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Comments & Reviews
Susan Ottwell says
I’ll definitely try this next time. I’m trying to find alternate ways of cooking things to avoid stressing the pressure cooker seal ring on my Ninja multi-pot. I use it for everything; cancer drugs are causing me to be very unsteady on my feet and clumsy with my hands , so I shut off the gas to avoid accidents with fire. The ease of use, cleaning, and the timed cooking also makes everything much better for me. The pressure cooker method of hard-boiling eggs is good, but I still have to set a separate timer for the cooldown period and deal with the pot of water, Simplify, simplify, simplify is my mantra these days.
Karly Campbell says
Hope you find this method a bit easier. Wishing you good health!
ben koval says
I have a cosori smart airfryer 6-8qt. This one doesn’t need to be preheated or any of that I put 6 eggs they were at little older and did them for 17 min at 270 and ran cold water under them and it worked that came out perfectly better then me doing it on the stove. And they peeled great too. Thanks
Karly Campbell says
I’m so glad it worked out well for you! Thanks for the review, Ben!
N. Luistro says
Question…Any suggestions on how to keep the egg shell from sticking? I am using the brown eggs (organic) and it’s very hard to peal.
Karly Campbell says
Using older eggs will make them a lot easier to peel. Fresh eggs are just a lot more difficult. You can try peeling them under cool running water to help loosen the shell as you’re peeling as well.
Linda says
I have a Chefman air fryer and followed your recipe and it didn’t work. I first air fried them for 13 minutes and they were still raw. I did another 5 minutes with no luck. I up the heat to 350 for 10 more minutes and they were over cooked. This is the first of the many recipes of yours that didn’t work. Thank you for all of your wonderful recipes. I really like the Stir Fry Bacon recipe!.
Karly says
Oh no, I’m sorry to hear that! I think all the air fryers cook just a bit differently, but I’m surprised your results were SO vastly different than ours! A few minutes is pretty common, but gosh, that seems like a big gap. We’ve used this recipe quite a bit and tested with multiple air fryers, so I’m no sure what’s going on!
Jeannie says
Hi Karly, I just tried air fryer hard boiled eggs and after 22 minutes @ 270• they were too soft to even peel! I have a new POWER XL 12 quart fryer and I know they all cook different but not all is lost I will find another recipe to use them maybe finish cooking them in the microwave for “fauxtato” salad Thank you for all your recipes that keep me on track!
Karly says
Ah, sorry they didn’t work out for you! So frustrating when that happens. You might try increasing the heat and see if that does it. The Power XL is more of an oven style and we tested these in the basket style air fryers – it makes a big difference.
Linda Redwood-Martinez says
I am new to using the air fryer so was a bit hesitant about trying this recipe but I love how easy it was and how perfectly my eggs turned out.
I have a Ninja Max air fryer and I followed the recipe exactly for hard boiled eggs – 6 large eggs at room temp, 12 minutes @ 270 degrees, then immediately into the ice water for 10 minutes before peeling.
The eggs were perfectly hard boiled – neither too moist nor too dry. Not only that, but they peeled super quickly and with no difficulty. I used them in my favorite egg salad recipe and it was great.
I would suggest adding another minute of cooking if using extra-large eggs.
Thanks! I won’t be making hard boiled eggs any other way from now on. 🙂