5-5-5 Instant Pot Hard Cooked Eggs

I have a perfectly good way to hard cook eggs so just ignored all the positive comments about using the Instant Pot method. But, yesterday I gave it a try and now I am sold on the idea. Because the eggs steam, the peels literally fall off! It’s so simple and easy. 

5-5-5 Instant Pot Hard Cooked Eggs

1 to 1 1/2 cups water (1 cup minimum) 

Eggs, large size (5 or 6 for the 3-quart pot)

1. Add water to Instant Pot and place wire trivet on bottom of inner pot. Place eggs on trivet (or add a steamer to the trivet and place eggs in steamer).
   
2. Seal Instant Pot and cook on High Pressure for 5 minutes. (Some people report that if they do just a couple of eggs, they reduce pressure to low.)
3. Let Instant Pot release naturally for 5 minutes.  Manually release any remaining pressure after 5 minutes.
4. Cool eggs in ice bath for 5 minutes. (This stops the cooking and helps prevent the green sulfur ring that develops in overcooked eggs.)
   
   
   
5. Peel eggs.
   

Notes about initial cooking time—the time eggs are cooked under pressure:

3 minutes: Soft, just set whites and runny yolks

5 minutes: Firm white and yolk

6-7 minutes for even firmer white and yolk or for extra large eggs

Recipe/Instructions without photos . . .

5-5-5 Instant Pot Hard Cooked Eggs

1 to 1 1/2 cups water (1 cup minimum) 

Eggs, large size (5 or 6 for the 3-quart pot)

1. Add water to Instant Pot and place wire trivet on bottom of inner pot. Place eggs on trivet (or add a steamer to the trivet and place eggs in steamer).
2. Seal Instant Pot and cook on High Pressure for 5 minutes. (Some people report that if they do just a couple of eggs, they reduce pressure to low.)
3. Let Instant Pot release naturally for 5 minutes.  Manually release any remaining pressure after 5 minutes.
4. Cool eggs in ice bath for 5 minutes. (This stops the cooking and helps prevent the green sulfur ring that develops in overcooked eggs.)
5. Peel eggs.

Notes about initial cooking time—the time eggs are cooked under pressure:

3 minutes: Soft, just set whites and runny yolks

5 minutes: Firm white and yolk

6-7 minutes for even firmer white and yolk or for extra large eggs