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
½ cup Mayonnaise
1 tsp Yellow Mustard
¼ 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!
The Instant Pot Egg Loaf is 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!
- 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)
- 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
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Add the water to the inner liner pot.
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Spray the oven safe dish with nonstick cooking spray (stainless gives best results).
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Crack the eggs into the oven safe dish.
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Set the dish on the trivet/rack, grasp the handles, and carefully lower it into the pressure cooker's inner liner pot.
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Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Use oven mitts (I like the silicone ones) to grasp the handles and carefully lift the pan out of the pressure cooker.
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Invert the pan onto a cutting board to remove the egg loaf, and let the egg loaf cool.
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Chop the egg loaf up to desired size and use in egg salad, potato salad, or other recipes!
*Cooking time may be longer with thicker or glass dishes, and with smaller diameter dishes, as the egg loaf will be thicker.
High altitudes may also need you to cook longer. Add 5% for every 1000' above 2000' (for example, 3000' add 5%, 4000' add 10%, 5000' add 15%, etc.)
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amy
Total game changer! Thank you!
Sylvie
BRILLIANT!!!!
Jodi
Has anyone ever frozen leftovers? Just wondering how it would be after thawed. I loved tge cookie cutter idea and would like to cut some out and freeze to be ready for breakfast sandwiches.
Helen in Houston
Egg whites will be tough after being frozen.
Nancy C
I made this in my instapot duo mini using a Pyrex bowl. I had to cook it for 5 minutes and natural vent for 5. Came out perfect. I will use this method for making egg salad from this point forward. Thanks!
Angela
Can I use a spring form pan?
Sandy
Sure, as long as it's not too leaky. The eggs should cook pretty fast, so it might not be an issue. I'd try it!
Elyse
Hi. I wonder if I can scramble, add spinach , etc, and make a loaf? I don’t have a muffin pan.
Sandy
Hi Elyse, check out my breakfast burritos recipe: Instant Pot Breakfast Burritos. You don't have to stir it.
Cathy
Could you use the pan that comes in the instapot?
Sandy
Hi Cathy, no, you will need some kind of oven safe dish or pan, sitting on the trivet, with water underneath to create the steam that builds the pressure. Check your dishes and see if any are oven safe.