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The Instant Pot Egg Loaf is the greatest hard boiled egg hack ever! A speedy and efficient way to hard cook several eggs at once, and not have to peel them! This recipe makes an egg “Loaf” that you can just chop up when it is done cooking! Making a pressure cooker egg loaf is so easy! The best Instant Pot eggs!
Instant Pot Egg Loaf
I used to do this in the microwave, back in the day. If I didn’t get the power set to the right level, the eggs would pop and explode, and make a mess in the microwave. Not fun to clean! Thank goodness for the Instant Pot®! This is yet one more reason I love it!
This time of year there are lots of eggs being cooked. With Easter just around the corner, they are at a good price. And, with Spring having begun, I’m thinking about sandwiches!
The Instant Pot Egg Loaf is the best egg hack I’ve seen, and I use it all the time. I hope you find it useful, too!
If your eggs aren’t cooked all the way, just put the lid back on and set cook time for another minute or two.
Reasons why the egg loaf may not have cooked all the way:
• Using a glass/ceramic dish (they slow down cook time)
• More than 10 eggs.
• Not using High Pressure or not letting it do a NPR.
I don’t really know why, but I don’t eat many sandwiches in the Winter (I’m all about comfort food!).
So if you love a good egg salad sandwich like I do, the Instant Pot Egg Loaf is a wondrous thing!
Here’s a super easy Egg Salad recipe:
8 Hard Cooked Eggs, chopped
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1 tsp Yellow Mustard
1/4 tsp Sweet Paprika
A Pinch of Salt
A Pinch of Pepper
2 or 3 Tbsp Chives (dry or fresh, minced)
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1) Mix the dressing ingredients together and add to the chopped eggs.
2) Mix well and serve on bread.
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If you make this easy hard cooked egg loaf in the pressure cooker, please leave a comment with a star rating below. I’d like to know how you liked it!
Instant Pot Egg Loaf
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups Water (for the pressure cooker) Use 2 cups for an 8+ qt. size
- 8 - 10 Eggs (if using more eggs, increase cook time by a 2-5 minutes)
Tools
- 6" or 7" Metal Pan or Oven Safe Dish* (See Note)
- Metal Trivet/Rack with Handles (or without, but you will need oven or silicone mitts)
- Electric Pressure Cooker
Instructions
- Add the water to the inner liner pot.
- Spray the oven safe dish with nonstick cooking spray (stainless gives best results).
- Crack the eggs into the oven safe dish.
- Set the dish on the trivet/rack, grasp the handles, and carefully lower it into the pressure cooker's inner liner pot.
- Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
- Press the Pressure Cook/Manual button or dial, and then the +/- button or dial to select 6 minutes if using a 7" pan* (7 minutes if using 6" pan). Use High Pressure.
- When the cooking cycle has finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 5 minutes. Then turn the knob to the Venting position to quick release the remaining pressure.
- When the pin in the lid drops down, open the lid. If the egg loaf isn't done all the way just put the lid on and cook it another minute or two. Or let them finish cooking in the residual heat if they are just a little underdone.
- Use oven mitts (I like the silicone ones) to grasp the handles and carefully lift the pan out of the pressure cooker.
- Invert the pan onto a cutting board to remove the egg loaf, and let the egg loaf cool.
- Chop the egg loaf up to desired size and use in egg salad, potato salad, or other recipes!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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You don’t need to add time for altitude when using a pressure cooker, since the pressure negates any effect altitude has
I have researched this. Credible Sources That Support Altitude Adjustments for Pressure Cooking:
1. USDA (United States Department of Agriculture)
The USDA’s guidelines for pressure canning (and pressure cooking) clearly state that altitude affects cooking and canning pressure and time:
“At higher altitudes, water boils at lower temperatures. To compensate for the lower boiling temperature, you must increase the pressure or processing time.”
Source: USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning – See especially Part 2, which discusses altitude adjustments.
2. Instant Pot Official Website
Instant Pot’s support materials acknowledge that higher altitudes affect cook time and water evaporation:
“At higher altitudes, the air pressure is lower, which causes water to boil at a lower temperature. This can affect cooking times and water absorption.”
Source: Instant Pot FAQ
3. Colorado State University Extension
Their high-altitude food preparation guides are go-to resources and used by educators and professionals:
“Increase cooking time about 5% for each 1,000 feet above 2,000 feet elevation for most pressure cooker recipes.”
Source: High Altitude Food Preparation – CSU Extension
4. National Center for Home Food Preservation (NCHFP)
Another USDA-affiliated program, the NCHFP emphasizes that pressure must be adjusted based on altitude or time must be increased when using electric pressure cookers:
“Most electric pressure cookers do not allow the user to adjust for altitude. You may need to increase the processing time.”
Source: NCHFP: Pressure Cooking & Canning
🔍 TL;DR:
At 3,000+ feet, cooking time in electric pressure cookers must be increased, and extra liquid is often needed. This is not opinion—it’s based on how pressure, temperature, and boiling points change at altitude.
What a super idea. Used a Pyrex dish nested inside of a colander that fits in my 8 Qt. 6 minutes was perfect at sea level in Fl.
Can I do this in my 3-qt. Mini Lux, and how much water should I use? How many eggs?
Yes, You should be able to make 4 to 5 eggs.
Amazing! I hate peeling hard boiled eggs and this hack saves me from that horror!! Thanks!
Place baking soda in the water about small teaspoon this will help placing hot eggs in ice water bath also.
Thank you for the tip.
What would the cook time be if cooked the pan of eggs on top of diced potatoes for potato salad?
I do 4 minutes for my potatoes. Depends on how large I cut them.