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Cooking hard boiled eggs couldn’t be easier when you cook them in the air fryer! There’s no water to boil and no under-cooking or over-cooking – just perfect, easy-to-peel hard boiled eggs, every time! Delicious on their own or in deviled eggs, on salads, in recipes, or for meal prep. You can even use this method for boiling the eggs you’ll decorate for Easter!
Before You Get Started
- This air fryer method works for any size and any type of egg!
- The ice bath is crucial to getting perfectly boiled, not-over-cooked eggs. Do not skip it!
How to Make This Recipe
See recipe card below for full list of measurements, ingredients, and instructions.
The Preheat – Don’t Skip It!
To preheat your air fryer, simply set it to your desired temperature (in this case, 300° Fahrenheit). Give it about 5 minutes to reach that temperature and hang out there for a bit, then you’re good to go!
Air Fry the Eggs.
Set the cook time based on how boiled you like your eggs. 9 minutes is generally good for soft-boiled eggs, 11 minutes for medium-boiled or jammy eggs, and 13 minutes for true hard-boiled eggs.
Cheryl’s Tip: All air fryers behave differently! Even 2 of the exact same make and model sitting on the same counter in the same kitchen can act differently. I recommend trying this method a couple of times to determine the ideal cooking time using your specific air fryer!
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As soon as the cook time ends, carefully take the boiled eggs out of the air fryer basket and submerge them in a large ice bath. Leave them there until they’re cool to the touch, and then you can take them out and peel them.
What I Love About This Method
- Hard-boiled eggs cooked in the air fryer are so easy! No water needed, so there’s no keeping an eye on the stove. Just set the timer and pop into cold water when done.
- “Boiling” your eggs in the air fryer ensures they turn out perfect every time. No under- or overcooked yolks! Plus, they’re easy to peel!
- Air fryer hard-boiled eggs are perfect on their own with a little salt and pepper, but also great for meal prep, salads, deviled eggs, or any recipe that requires hard-boiled eggs.
How to Peel Hard Boiled Eggs
- In a Glass: Fill a drinking glass or a mason jar about 33% of the way full with water. Carefully place the hard boiled egg in the water, then cover the glass (with your hand or with a lid) and shake or swirl the glass pretty vigorously, until the egg shell starts to crack.
- On the Counter: Place a boiled egg on its side on the kitchen counter, then place your hand palm-down on top of it. Roll the egg back and forth under your palm, gently applying pressure as you go, until the shell cracks.
Making changes to a recipe can result in recipe failure. Any substitutions or variations listed are simple changes that I believe will work in this recipe, but results are not guaranteed.
Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
Equipment
- air fryer
- Tongs
- Large bowl filled with cold water and ice
Ingredients
- 6 large eggs
Instructions
- Set air fryer to 300° Fahrenheit and allow air fryer to preheat 5 minutes.
- Once air fryer has preheated, place 6 large eggs in air fryer basket and return basket to air fryer.
- Air fry eggs 9 minutes for soft-boiled eggs, 11 minutes for medium-boiled eggs, or 13 minutes for hard-boiled eggs.
- When cook time ends, immediately (and carefully) transfer eggs from air fryer basket to ice bath. Allow eggs to rest in ice bath until completely cooled.
- Once eggs have cooled, peel eggs and serve, or refrigerate eggs until ready to serve.
- Cook Time: Time may vary based on the make and model of your air fryer. Test one egg prior to cooking whole patch to ensure desired texture of yolk.
- Tricks for Peeling Boiled Eggs: Place egg in a glass that’s roughly half filled with water. Place hand (or a lid or cover of some sort) over top of glass and shake glass violently until egg shell begins to crack. Alternately, roll hard-boiled egg back and forth on countertop, pressing down with palm of hand while rolling to apply gentle pressure.
Approximate Information for One Serving
Nutrition Disclaimers
Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes.
Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.
To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Well, that depends on how you like your eggs cooked, the temperature you’re cooking them at, and, of course, on your specific air fryer! In general, boiling eggs in an air fryer takes anywhere from 8 to 14 minutes.
Are they completely cool? Did you skip the ice bath? If you did, they’ll be more stubborn – and they may be overcooked!
Nope! There’s no water needed for air fryer hard boiled eggs, so there’s nothing to add baking soda to!
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Is the temperture you give in Fahrenheit, or Celsius
Always Fahrenheit on our blog! Sorry for any confusion!
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I have an Emril air fryer that is larger than the 3.5 qt used in most recipes. Should I increase the time and or temperature?
You shouldn’t have to adjust the cooking time or temperature for this Air Fryer Boiled Eggs recipe even with a larger air fryer. Just make sure you give it time to completely preheat before you cook the eggs. Let us know how this works out in your air fryer!
So do I double the time for two? Or do the same time for them if I have a fryer basket full?
I wouldn’t suggest a completely full basket, but it would be the same cook time. Hope that helps!
Worked perfectly, thank you!
My air fryer only went down to 300 degrees – this worked perfectly!
Glad you enjoyed them!