Make perfect hard boiled eggs in your air fryer that peel easily! Hard boiled eggs are great as snacks or use them to make egg salad, deviled eggs and more!
Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
If you struggle with making hard boiled that the shells peel off easily, you'll love these air fryer hard boiled eggs. The air frying method works especially well for hard boiling farm fresh eggs.
If you know anything about farm fresh eggs you know how finicky they can be to hard boil so they peel easily. Check out my post on how to hard boil farm fresh eggs so they peel easily for all the details.
I love making eggs in an air fryer because it's so easy to cook the eggs to different consistencies. Whether you like soft boiled eggs, hard boiled eggs or in between. The air fryer method is the easiest and most consistent!
These air fried hard boiled eggs make for the perfect low carb snack! If you're looking for more low carb snack recipes, check out these activated almonds or these air fryer dehydrated tomatoes.
The hard "boiled" name may be a little misleading because this method doesn't use any water, but don't let it fool you these eggs come out amazing! They're quicker than making hard boiled eggs on the stove top because you don't need to wait for water to come to a boil.
You can eat these as alone (I like to top mine with kosher salt and black pepper when they're warm) or you can use the to make this keto potato salad or egg salad. They even make for an easy quick breakfast!
For example, if you look at the image below you'll see 4 different types of hard boiled eggs cooked in the air fryer. I did a little experiment with my Cosori air fryer so see for how long and at what temperature yielded different doneness of eggs.
My personal favorite is cooking them for 13 minutes!
For this experiment I used regular large eggs that were at room temperature and cooked 4 at a time in the air fryer basket. If this is your first time making air fryer eggs please don't use an entire cartoon.
Times and temperatures may change depending on which brand of air fryer you use, the size of your eggs, the temperature of your eggs and the freshness of your eggs (farm fresh vs supermarket bought).
Cooking eggs in the air fryer at 250F
- 11 minutes for soft boiled eggs
- 13 minutes for jammy eggs
- 15 for almost hard boiled eggs
- 17 for hard boiled eggs
The main difference in all of these eggs is the doneness of the cooked egg yolks.
How to make air fryer hard boiled eggs
Many recipes call for you to pre-heat the air fryer but I'm lazy and skip this step! If you're taking your eggs straight from the fridge and placing them directly into the air fryer you will need to add 2-3 minutes to the cook time.
Place eggs in the air fryer basket. Set temperature to 250F and timer to 17 minutes for hard boiled eggs.
Once the timer goes off, carefully transfer the eggs to a water bath (bowl of ice water) for 5-10 minutes or until the eggs are cool enough that you can peel the shells.
This method makes it super easy to peel the shells without losing most of the whites.
Tips & FAQs for making hard boiled eggs in the air fryer
Limit the amount of eggs you put into the basket to 4-5. The reason behind this is so that you learn the correct cooking temperature and time for your model of air fryer. Once you learn this you can add up to 12 egg at a time
You can use a short trivet to put into the basket so that the hot air can circulate and cook the eggs properly
Run the eggs under cold water until they are cool enough to peel
I keep my eggs for 5-7 days and then toss them. Normally they all get ate way before then though!
Peel the eggs immediately after they've been taken out of the ice bath and then store the cold eggs in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
More easy air fryer recipes
Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- salt and pepper optional
Instructions
- Place eggs in the air fryer basket. Set temperature to 250F and timer to 17 minutes for hard boiled eggs.
- Once the timer goes off, carefully transfer the eggs to a water bath (bowl of ice water) for 5-10 minutes or until the eggs are cool enough that you can peel the shells.
- This method makes it super easy to peel the shells without losing any of the whites.
Notes
- On your first time making a batch of air fryer hard boiled eggs, limit the amount of eggs you put into the basket to 4-5. The reason behind this is so that you learn the correct cooking temperature and time for your model of air fryer. Once you learn this you can add up to 12 egg at a time
- If you're taking your eggs straight from the fridge and placing them directly into the air fryer you will need to add 2-3 minutes to the cook time.
Nutrition
Lynnette
It says to peel and keep in air tight container. Why? Can you just keep them in fridge without peeling?Lynnett
Lara
I've found that when you keep them in the fridge with the shell on that they don't peel easily.
Karen Kelly
Love how easy these were to make for meal prep on Sunday. My teens love having boiled eggs in the fridge for quick high protein snacks. Thanks for the easy recipe!