Use an air fryer for the easiest hard boiled eggs! Just place eggs in the air fryer basket and cook. You'll have have perfect hard boiled eggs in no time!
Carbs in eggs - Less than 1 gram per large egg
Air fried hard boiled eggs are perfect for meal prepping. You can eat them whenever you need a quick, low-carb, keto snack, appetizer or protein for your meal.
An air fryer can be used for boiling eggs without boiling water. The eggs "hard boil" in the hot air instead of water. For easy peeling, just plunge the eggs into an ice water bath when they are done cooking.
If you don't own an air fryer, you can still make perfect boiled eggs with a normal pot on a stove top.
Or, if you own an Instant pot, you'll love this easy Instant pot hard boiled eggs technique.
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- How to make boiled eggs in an air fryer
- 🥚Ingredients
- 🍳 Equipment you'll need
- 🔪 Instructions
- How to peel air fryer hard boiled eggs
- Overcooked hard boiled eggs
- 🧂 Seasoning ideas
- 🍽 How to serve
- Meal prep
- 🥡 How to store
- How to freeze
- 💭 Top tips
- Frequently asked questions
- Air fryer hard boiled eggs recipe card
- More egg recipes
How to make boiled eggs in an air fryer
Cooking eggs in an air fryer is simple, place eggs in air fryer basket and cook at 250°F for 15 minutes for perfect eggs. No need to watch water boil!
🥚Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- Ice cubes
- Water
Start with cold eggs. When buying eggs check uncooked eggs for cracks before buying. If you find any raw cracked eggs after you get them home, throw them away.
🍳 Equipment you'll need
- Air fryer (it doesn't really matter which air fryer model you use)
- Tongs
🔪 Instructions
Cooking hard boiled eggs in an air fryer is simple, all you have to do is:
- Place eggs in air fryer basket.
- Cook at 250°F for 15 minutes.
- When time is up, use tongs to transfer eggs to an ice bath.
- Peel eggs if eating immediately or leave the shell on if storing for later.
How to peel air fryer hard boiled eggs
Here's an awesome tip to peel eggs cooked with the air fryer method. First shock cooked eggs in an ice bath.
Then tap the top and bottom of an egg to break the shell. Roll the egg on a hard surface to remove the shell.
Overcooked hard boiled eggs
Avoid overcooked eggs by dunking them in an ice water bath to stop the cooking process.
If you've ever had a smelly, sulfurous hard boiled egg with a green, chalky yolk, it's probably because it was cooked for too long. Overcooked hard boiled eggs look and smell like rotten eggs.
A perfectly cooked hard boiled egg has a solid, yellow yolk and tastes delicious.
🧂 Seasoning ideas
- Salt and pepper
- Bagel seasoning
- Herb salt
- Seaweed salt
- Paprika
- Chili powder
- Japanese 7 spice blend - shichimi togarashi
- Mayonnaise
- Mustard
- Hot sauce
- Curry powder
🍽 How to serve
Hard boiled eggs are delicious plain, sprinkled with seasonings, as deviled eggs, sliced over toast, or added to soups, stews and salads.
Meal prep
You can make hard boiled eggs ahead of time for meal prep and use them in all kinds of recipes for meals and snacks throughout the week.
🥡 How to store
Hard boiled eggs keep well in the fridge, so long as you don’t crack the shells. Store them unpeeled, in an airtight container or plastic bag, in the fridge for up to one week.
Hard boiled eggs should not be consumed if they have been sitting at room temperature for over two hours.
How to freeze
You can freeze unpeeled eggs for up to 3 months.
- Do not peel.
- Allow eggs to cool completely.
- Place in a single layer in a freezer-safe container or freezer bag and freeze.
💭 Top tips
Follow these cooking tips for best results:
- Don't worry if the eggs come out with brown spots. The brown spots come off when you dunk them into the ice water bath.
- Stop the cooking process by transferring eggs straight into cold water, so that you don’t overcook the eggs. This also helps the shells peel off easily.
- For delicious eggs that taste great, don't overcook them.
- Overcooked eggs have an ugly green ring around the yolk.
- A smelly egg means that it was overcooked.
- This recipe calls for large eggs, but you can use eggs of any size.
Frequently asked questions
Nope. Follow this recipe and you'll have perfect air fryer hard boiled eggs.
Start with cold eggs. Set your air fryer temperature to 250°F.
Place the egg in a glass of water. Fresh eggs sink. Bad eggs float.
Air fryer hard boiled eggs recipe card
- Total Time: 17 minutes
- Yield: 6 eggs 1x
- Diet: Diabetic
Description
You can make perfect hard boiled eggs in an air fryer!
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
- ice
- water
Instructions
- Place cold eggs in the air fryer basket.
- Cook at 250°F for 15 minutes.
- When time is up, use tongs to transfer eggs to an ice bath.
- Peel eggs if eating immediately or leave the shell on if storing for later.
Notes
- Start with cold eggs.
- No need to preheat the air fryer. This recipe accounts for a cold start with added cook time.
- Don't skip the ice bath or the eggs may overcook and be difficult to peel.
- Prep Time: 2 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: eggs
- Method: air fryer
- Cuisine: American
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Linda says
Air fryer eggs? This is my fave way of cooking eggs and they came out perfect
Sherry says
I have been getting a bunch of farm fresh eggs from my nephew and decided to make your air fryer hard boiled eggs. Your egg recipe was easy to make and they turned out beautiful!
Lynn Polito says
These came out perfectly! I am so happy I found this recipe!
Megan says
So easy! I am sharing this method with my in-laws!
Claire says
I never knew you could freeze hard boiled eggs!
So excited to try that next time. These were really easy to peel so that is a definite winner for me.
Alex Bala says
Now I've never done this before today, but it really worked! Such a great way to get my eggs done! Thanks.
Sachi says
I'm so happy to hear that! Enjoy!
Rupali says
I followed the recipe exactly and they turned out perfect!
Sachi says
I'm so happy to hear that! Enjoy!
Donna says
Mind = blown. Is there anything the air fryer can't do? I was a bit dubious about cooking the eggs in there, but they worked out perfectly!