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Instant Pot Egg Loaf

March 29, 2018 by Sandy 73 Comments

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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!

Egg Loaf on a wooden cutting board with half of loaf crumbled

 

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!

Four process images showing craked eggs in a pan, then paced on a trivet before being placed in a pressure cooker with the cooking time set

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.

Four process images showing the cooked egg loaf in the pan in the pressure cooker, then the egg loaf placed on a wooden board and crumbled

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.

top view of whole egg loaf on a wooden board

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Watch me make this Instant Pot Egg Loaf and Egg salad!

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!

4.96 from 24 votes
Round Egg Loaf with half crumbled
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Instant Pot Egg Loaf
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
6 mins
NPR
5 mins
Total Time
21 mins
 

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!

Course: Breakfast, Brunch
Cuisine: American
Keyword: egg loaf in the pressure cooker
Servings: 4 - 6
Calories: 78 kcal
Author: Sandy Clifton
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
  1. Add the water to the inner liner pot.

  2. Spray the oven safe dish with nonstick cooking spray (stainless gives best results).

  3. Crack the eggs into the oven safe dish.

  4. Set the dish on the trivet/rack, grasp the handles, and carefully lower it into the pressure cooker's inner liner pot.

  5. Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. Use oven mitts (I like the silicone ones) to grasp the handles and carefully lift the pan out of the pressure cooker.

  10. Invert the pan onto a cutting board to remove the egg loaf, and let the egg loaf cool.

  11. Chop the egg loaf up to desired size and use in egg salad, potato salad, or other recipes!

Recipe Notes

*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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  1. Linda

    April 23, 2019 at 10:04 am

    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!

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    • Sandy

      April 24, 2019 at 7:03 am

      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.

      Reply
  2. PattiAnn

    March 11, 2019 at 11:52 am

    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. ?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      March 11, 2019 at 1:30 pm

      Sounds perfect, PattiAnn! Thanks for the update!

      Reply
  3. Cynthia

    March 06, 2019 at 4:54 am

    I don’t see anything about water. Do you use water? If so, how much, please?

    Reply
    • Sandy

      March 06, 2019 at 10:37 am

      Yes, water is first on the list on the recipe card! You need water for te pot!

      Reply
  4. Duane Anderson

    March 02, 2019 at 1:26 pm

    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.

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    • Sandy

      March 02, 2019 at 3:30 pm

      Awesome! Thank you.

      Reply
  5. Duane Anderson

    March 02, 2019 at 1:24 pm

    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.

    Reply
  6. Neyssa | Latina Mom Meals

    March 02, 2019 at 11:17 am

    Game changer! Wow. I NEED to do this going forward for all boiled eggs recipe. 🙂 Yay!!! Thank you so much. 🙂

    Reply
  7. Stew

    January 26, 2019 at 12:58 pm

    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!

    Reply
    • Sandy

      January 26, 2019 at 1:16 pm

      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!

      Reply
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