Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs

5 from 1 vote

This is the best method for cooking the perfect hard boiled eggs! This quick air fryer option is less messy than boiling eggs and produces consistently cooked eggs. The peels come off so easily!

Prep Time0

Cook Time14

Total Time14

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Servings: eggs

Calories: 63kcal

Author: Michelle Miller

Equipment

Air Fryer

Ingredients

2 eggs or more, see notes for cooking times

Instructions

Preheat air fryer to 250º F (120º C). Some air fryers only go down as low as 300º F and that’s okay – just shorten the cooking times by a couple minutes!
Add fresh eggs to air fryer basket in a single layer. Do not overcrowd the air fryer or the eggs will not cook evenly. However, I have tested 2 eggs up to 10 eggs in the air fryer and they cook great. There is no need to add water – just place them straight in!
Make an ice water bath by adding ice cubes and cold water to a large bowl. Remove eggs from the air fryer and place them into the bowl of ice water for about 10 minutes. This cools down the eggs enough to be able to handle them to remove the shells, and also stops the cooking process.
The shells peel off easily. Crack the eggs and the peels will slide off.

Notes

Air Fryer Egg Cooking Times

Below is a chart of cooking times for air fryer eggs in my machine. Different air fryers will have slightly different cooking times. Start with my recommendations and then use the chart as a general rule of thumb to adjust the cooking time to fit your machine.

Soft boiled eggs cook faster while hard boiled eggs require more time.

Also, the more eggs cooked at once, the longer they will take. Two eggs might cook perfectly in your machine in 14 minutes, but it might take 16-18 minutes to cook 5 or 6 eggs. Subtract time for smaller batches of eggs or increase time for more eggs.

If you like your egg yolk to be soft, shorten the cooking time. Longer cooking times will yield a fully cooked white and firmer yolks. My favorite way to cook them is with a fully cooked white buy jammy yolk!

A chart showing cooking times for eggs in an air fryer.

How to Store Cooked Eggs

Once your eggs are hard boiled, cool them in the ice bath until room temperature. They can be refrigerated for up to 7 days. Store peeled eggs in an airtight container or eggs still in the shell back in the egg carton or a bowl. Eggs that haven’t been peeled will stay fresher longer.

Eggs that are hard boiled store well. Soft boiled eggs should be eaten within a day – we prefer them when they are still hot!

This is perfect for weekly meal prep

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