Eggs Five Ways for Instant Pot®

Making eggs shouldn’t be such a big deal. You crack an egg on a sizzling pan and cook it in any fashion you’d like. Or boil them for hard boiled eggs. Or poach them. Easy peasy, right?

But did you know you can cook eggs in a pressure cooker? I didn’t either, until I started using my Instant Pot. In fact, it was the first thing I cooked after I unboxed it. Don’t ask me why I decided to cook an egg instead of something more substantial like a stew or a soup. It’s not like I was scared to cook a meal in fear that I’d ruin it since I’ve used pressure cooker before. But I just wanted to make a hard boiled egg for some reason. And good thing I did because since then, I’ve been cooking eggs this way for breakfast every day!

When I say, ‘eggs’, you know I mean eggs from chickens that were humanely raised while freely roaming the farm, eating worms, grains, seeds, or whatever the girls find on the land, right? I buy my eggs from the farmers market and they are always more delicious and fresh. The yolks are deep golden yellow, almost like mustard colored. When eaten raw (Yes, I slurp them raw and I lived to tell about it! But I wouldn’t dare eat store bought eggs raw. Eeek!), they are sweeter than any eggs from the supermarket. And you know ‘organic’ eggs just means chickens were fed organic grain feeds but not necessarily ate whatever they found off the land while freely roaming, right? In fact, stay away from labels that says, “fed a vegetarian diet” because that definitely means, the chickens never ate worms. And chickens are NOT vegetarians!

See these happy chickens that roam, lay eggs when they want to (see the green egg?), and fertilize the grass so cows can graze? This was a scene at the Kinderhook Farm where I recently visited. These are happy chickens, let me tell ya. They lay good eggs.

Starting with the best eggs is the key for making delicious egg dishes. Of course, if there is a downside to farm fresh eggs, it is not being able to peel the shells as easily, especially when you want soft runny yolk, poached eggs. So I’ve poached them in my ceramic tea cup to not to have to worry about shells, as pictured in #5.

If you want hard boiled farm fresh eggs, don’t cook them right away. Wait a few days and they will be easier to peel.

So let me share these five recipes so you can make your own for breakfast or “breakfast for dinner” in your Instant Pot if you win. I’m sure you can make it in any pressure cooker but I haven’t tried it in any other pressure cooker so you’ll have to adjust the time according to yours.

Eggs Five Ways for Instant Pot

NPR – naturally pressure release – let the pressure cooker release pressure naturally without help
QR – quick release – manually release pressure by turning the valve to ‘open’. Place a towel over the vent to dissipate the steam.

1. Korean Style Steamed Eggs:

Serving: 1 but you can easily multiply according to what you need and use a larger bowl.

You’ll Need:

• Heat proof bowl like this that can fit inside the Instant Pot or pressure cooker
• Trivet (comes with Instant pot DUO 60) or steamer basket
• 1 cup of water for the inner pot

2. Eggs de Provence

Serving: 6

You’ll Need:

• Heat proof Casserole Dish with a cover (I use this Corningware Casserole Dish) (Amazon Affiliate) that can fit inside the Instant Pot or pressure cooker
• Trivet or steamer basket
• 1 Cup of water for the inner pot

3. Hard Boiled Eggs

You’ll Need:

• Trivet
• 1 Cup Water for the inner pot

Ingredients:

• Eggs. It doesn’t matter how many eggs. Cooking time is the same. Just make sure the shells are not cracked.

Directions:

• Pour one cup of water into the inner pot
• Place the trivet or steamer basket inside
• Place the eggs on the trivet or steamer basket.
• Close the lid tightly, close the vent valve.
• Press “Manual” on HIGH pressure for the following styles of finished yolks and QR.
  • Hard Boiled – 5 minutes
  • Soft Boiled – 4 minutes
  • Runny yolk – poached egg – 1 minute

• Right after QR, take the eggs out and place them in a bowl of cold water. Change water as they get warm to keep the water cold. Refrigerate the eggs when they feel cold to touch.

For #5, poached eggs

– Farm fresh eggs are harder to peel so I used a tea cup to poach so I wouldn’t have to struggle to peel.

Re-heating is easy too! Just “Steam” for 1 min and QR and you now have soft warm eggs like they were just made!

4. Poached Eggs over Spicy Potato Hash

Serving: 2
You’ll Need:

• Heat proof bowl big enough to hold 1 cup of cubed potatoes
• Trivet
• 1 cup of water

 

There you have it. 5 eggs done differently in a pressure cooker! Want more recipes like these? Check out my Easy Paleo Instant Pot Recipes below!