Air Fryer Eggs – Hard Boiled or Soft Boiled

Air fryer eggs are a simple, convenient way to make hard-boiled or soft-boiled eggs! The eggs are very easy to peel and are perfect for using for a quick breakfast, as a snack, or in your favorite salad.

Air fryer eggs aren’t really boiled eggs, since the recipe has no water and only one ingredient – eggs. But the resulting eggs are the consistency of boiled eggs.

Eggs are an excellent, inexpensive source of protein and one of the best foods to eat for breakfast. And when you make air fryer eggs you can make a lot of eggs without much effort, making this a great idea for weekly meal prep.

In addition, a simple change in cooking time means you can also make soft boiled or medium, jammy eggs with a soft yolk. These eggs are easy to peel and taste amazing whether you want eggs for breakfast or for a snack.

Why Use an Air Fryer for Hard Boiled Eggs?

Unlike most air fryer recipes, using one to cook eggs is not necessarily faster. You can make them on the stove in about the same amount of time.

So why air fry eggs? I do it because it is so much simpler than the traditional method of boiling eggs. Just stick the eggs in the basket and turn it on.

You don’t have to watch to see if the water has boiled, remember to put a lid on the saucepan or adjust the heat. It is a set it and forget it recipe and it doesn’t heat up the kitchen.

Does the Type of Egg Matter?

Yes, the size and freshness of the eggs will affect how they cook and peel. I assume that most people are cooking large or medium eggs from the grocery store.  If you have smaller or larger eggs adjust the cooking time accordingly. 

If you buy eggs from a farmer or local chicken enthusiast you find that they don’t hard boil as well as older eggs. As eggs get older the white shrinks, which makes them peel better. So if you get farm fresh eggs let them age a week before hard boiling.

How to Make Eggs in Air Fryer

Put the eggs in the air fryer basket. Make sure you leave room between them so that the air can circulate. I can fit 12 eggs in my 5.8-quart Cosori air fryer, but more than that would overcrowd it.

Set the air fryer at 250 degrees F and cook for the time indicated in the chart below.

Type	Temperature	Cook Time
soft-boiled	250 F	13 minute
medium-boiled (jammy)	250 F	15 minute
hard-boiled	250 F	17 minute

While they are cooking add water and ice to a large bowl to make an ice water bath. Cooling the eggs in an ice bath is the key to having easy-peel eggs.

Once they are done cooking transfer the eggs from air fryer basket into the bowl of water. Let them cool for 10 minutes. If the ice all melts add a little more so they stay in cold water.

Then take them out, dry them off and store them in an airtight container in the frig. Don’t peel them until you are ready to eat them.

Hard-boiled eggs will keep for up to 1 week. Soft boiled or jammy eggs will keep for about 2 days in the refrigerator.

Serving Ideas

These air fryer hard-boiled eggs make a quick, high-protein snack or a perfect breakfast. But there are also many great recipes that use hard-boiled eggs.

• Potato salad
• 7 Layer Salad
• Cobb Salad
• Ramen

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