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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Linda
What is the max amount of eggs you would use at a time in the 6 at? My church feeds kids in the summer and I've avoided making egg salad because I hated peeling the eggs so much. This will be perfect for that! I can make batches of the egg loaf the night before and then we can make the sandwiches in the morning!
Sandy
Hi Linda, If I needed to make that much, here's what I would do... Stack 2 pans (or use the stackable stainless pans) and try one dozen eggs in each pan. I'm not sure on the cook time, but I think I would start with 10-12 minutes and see what that does. You can always add a little time if needed, and if it is too long the eggs won't be ruined by being a little overcooked. Then you can dial in your perfect time.
PattiAnn
Hi Sandy,
Just made in 3qt mini and this is what I did. I am at 4000 feet.
6 inch pot
1 cup water
6 large eggs, right out of ice box
5 min HP
5 min NPR
Mashed in bowl with Oxo round head masher, my favorite
Perfect amount for 2
Thanks for post. ?
Sandy
Sounds perfect, PattiAnn! Thanks for the update!
Cynthia
I don’t see anything about water. Do you use water? If so, how much, please?
Sandy
Yes, water is first on the list on the recipe card! You need water for te pot!
Duane Anderson
For year;s I had to hard boil the eggs and then peel them. Lots of work. Sandy, your recipe in the Instant pot for hard boiled eggs is just sooooo much easier now. I like this for cooking one of our favorite breakfasts, creamed eggs on toast or biscuits. Those eggs just come out so beautiful; I can't stand it !!! Not really, they are gorgeous just to look at before I start chopping them up. Thanks a million, you have made my cooking life so much easier.
Duane Anderson
Portland, OR.
Sandy
Awesome! Thank you.
Duane Anderson
For year;s I had to hard boil the eggs and then peel them. Lots of work. Sandy, your recipe in the Instant pot for hard boiled eggs is just sooooo much easier now. I like this for cooking one of our favorite breakfasts, creamed eggs on toast or biscuits. Those eggs just come out so beautiful; I can't stand it !!! Not really, they are gorgeous just to look at before I start chopping them up. Thanks a million, you have made my cooking life so much easier.
Duane Anderson
Portland, OR.
Neyssa | Latina Mom Meals
Game changer! Wow. I NEED to do this going forward for all boiled eggs recipe. 🙂 Yay!!! Thank you so much. 🙂
Stew
This idea is so cool, thanks! I only had an 8” Caphleon non stick round “cake?” pan, but following your directions worked great. I used 12 eggs, and set my 8 quart Instant Pot with 2 cups water at 6 minutes, 3 minutes of natural pressure release. The eggs came out perfectly for egg salad! My young kids loved your egg salad recipe as well! Thanks again!
Sandy
Hi Stew, thank you for your review! I'm happy you found this recipe, so now you can make egg salad for your kiddos more often! So glad you all liked it!