Making air fryer hard-boiled eggs is simple and convenient: you don't need to wait for water to boil, it's completely hands-off and you can cook up to six eggs without worrying about their shells jostling together and cracking in simmering water. Customize the process to make soft-, medium- or hard-cooked eggs.
Yes, adding a little water to your air fryer's outer pan when frying fatty foods prevents smoking and makes cleaning easier.
Use an air fryer rack to prevent your eggs from cracking. I find using one will help the eggs stay in place. I've cooked them without it, but it's great for peace of mind!
Yes, boiled water is enough to cook an egg. You can place the egg in boiling water and let it cook for about 7-10 minutes for a hard-boiled egg, or 4-5 minutes for a soft-boiled egg. Just be sure to carefully remove the egg from the boiling water to avoid burning yourself.
Cover the pot and heat over medium heat until steam just begins to escape from under the lid, about 3 minutes. Spin the lid to engage the vapor seal then immediately reduce the heat to low. Cook 5 to 6 minutes for soft-cooked eggs; cook 7 to 8 minutes for medium cooked eggs; cook 13 to 15 minutes for hard-cooked eggs.
No water, just eggs and an air fryer. We use our air fryer for so many things: fried chicken, tacos, steak, bacon, I guess it was just a matter of time until we used it for eggs too. It couldn't be simpler, just put your eggs straight from the fridge into the air fryer basket, set it, then forget it.
Preheat a 3.5-quart air fryer to 270 degrees F. Add the eggs to the fryer basket and cook 15 minutes for hard-boiled eggs. Remove the eggs and plunge them into an ice bath. Peel when cool enough to handle.
Your air fryer can make perfect soft, medium or hard cooked eggs -- no boiling water required!
Set foil bowl into the air fryer basket. Crack egg into the center of the foil. Cook for 4 minutes. Remove foil bowl from the basket and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Place baking rack in the bowl in the low position. Carefully place eggs on top. Tap the bake button and set temperature to 300°F and fry for 12-14 minutes. Note: 12 minutes for a looser yolk.
Plastic should never go in the air fryer as they are not designed to withstand the high temperatures within the device. When plastic is exposed to such high heat, it can melt, warp, or release harmful chemicals into the air and food.
Giuseppe Capanna, product safety engineer at Electrical Safety First, explains: “Boiling water in your air fryer, and cooking food – such as dry pasta – in said water, is unsafe because the fans can splash water onto the electric parts, increasing the risk of burns from steam.”
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Be sure they are fully cooled, so the white is hardened before peeling. Plunge in ice water. If you use the above air fryer boiled eggs time chart but skip the cold water step, your eggs will be overcooked. They may also be more difficult to peel.
The best results I got when cooking large eggs was when I set the temperature to 390°F (200°C) for 10 minutes (hard-boiled) and 390°F (200°C) for six-and-a-half minutes (soft-boiled). For medium-sized eggs, I cooked the eggs at 390°F (200°C) for five minutes for soft-boiled eggs, and eight minutes for hard-boiled eggs.
Preheat an air fryer to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Place eggs in the air fryer basket. Cook eggs in the preheated air fryer for 15 minutes. Transfer eggs to a cold water bath until fully cooled, 8 to 10 minutes.
Adding a small amount of water to the bottom of the air fryer basket or tray is safe and can serve several purposes. It's crucial to avoid pouring water directly into the heating element or electrical components, as this could damage the appliance.
Kelsey explains that this technique helps you avoid rubbery whites and underdone yolks, because steam from the water helps the eggs cook evenly, transferring heat all the way through to the tops of the eggs.
Put a single layer of eggs in a steamer basket or silicone strainer,/colander and put it into the pot. Cover tightly and cook for about 12 minutes. Take out the basket and put it directly into an ice water bath (basically a big bowl of ice water). Let cool for 5-10 min and then peel.
Put em on the stove top and bring to a boil for 12 minutes (at sea level) from start to finish. Timer goes off and I place the pot on the sink and add ice. 5 minutes later they're easy enough to peel without having the whites stick to the shell.