Soft-boiled and hard-boiled eggs
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Total time: 5 min • Prep: 0 min • Cook: 5 min • Serves: 1 • Difficulty: Easy
The Instant Pot does some things better than any gadget we know: chicken stock to rival a restaurant, deeply flavored applesauce, perfectly hard-boiled eggs with shells that fall right off. Here are six essential recipes for your arsenal. You’ll use them again and again.
Ingredients
Egg
6 medium, or as many as you would like
Instructions
1
Into an Instant Pot, pour 2 cups of water.
2
Put a metal rack in pot and place eggs (as many as you like) on rack. Lock lid, making sure vent is closed.
3
Press Pressure Cook and select High Pressure. For soft-boiled eggs (with firm white and runny yolk), set cooking time for 3 minutes.
4
For hard-boiled eggs, set cooking time for 5 minutes.
5
When time is up, press Cancel to turn off pot. Move steam release valve to Venting position to quickly release pressure. Cool eggs under cold running water.
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