HARD BOILED EGGS IN THE AIR FRYER are the 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 fool proof!
Plus, it is faster to air fry your eggs than it is to boil them.
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.
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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:
Arrange your eggs in the basket, being careful not to over crowd 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 room temperature when we cooked them. If you’re using refrigerated eggs, you may need to add an extra minute to your cook 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 egg shell doesn’t affect 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.
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Comments & Reviews
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. 🙂