This is the best air fryer hard boiled eggs recipe around. If you need easy-to-peel eggs every time, this is your recipe! They taste so fresh that you will never want to make hard boiled eggs on the stove again.
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Easy Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
Here is the only fool-proof way to make hard boiled eggs in the air fryer. Most people don’t preheat their air fryer causing their eggs to cook unevenly. I’ve also mastered how to make the eggs easy to peel every single time you make them. Even my kids can peel them easily!
This recipe gets a rich and buttery perfect yellow yolk every time. You can try my air fryer soft boiled egg recipe if you like a runnier yolk.
Can you make Hard Boiled Eggs in the Air Fryer?
Absolutely! I’ve cooked this hard boiled egg recipe, scrambled eggs, fried eggs, and so many more in the air fryer!
How to Hard Boil Eggs in Air Fryer
STEP ONE: Preheat your air fryer to 270 degrees F (130 degrees Celcius).
STEP TWO: Place the cold large eggs in the air fryer, preferably on a wire rack. You can cook the eggs without a rack, but I find it helps the eggs from moving to make perfectly boiled eggs.
STEP THREE: Cooking the eggs for 15-17 minutes. Carefully remove the air fried hard boiled eggs and immediately place them in a bowl full of cold water and ice cubes until cool, at least 5 minutes.
Peel the eggs and top with salt and pepper and enjoy!
Hard Boiled Eggs Air Fryer Tips
- Use an air fryer rack to prevent your eggs from cracking.
- Use older eggs for easy peeling — I like to use mine when they’re set to expire in a week to use them all up.
- Use an ice bath as soon as the air fried eggs are done cooking! — This will prevent your eggs from continuing to cook after you’ve removed them from the air fryer.
- Cook 1 to 2 minutes longer for a stiffer egg yolk
- Cook about 2 minutes less for jammy eggs or air fryer soft boiled eggs.
- Air fry in a single layer when cooking hard boiled eggs for even cooking
How to use Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
- Top a simple pasta salad with your air fryer eggs
- Chop them up and use them in an egg salad or pea salad
- Use hard boiled eggs in a breakfast burrito or egg sandwich recipe
- Serve alongside hash browns in the air fryer. Add some air fryer bacon for extra protein!
- Add your air fryer boiled eggs to this chili lime sweet potato Buddha bowl to make it even more filling.
- Make deviled eggs — you can try out our deviled eggs recipes without mayo, without vinegar, and without mustard.
How to store Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
Store air fried hard boiled eggs in the fridge for up to one week, whether they are peeled or unpeeled.
If your air fryer eggs are peeled, place them in a bowl of cold water and cover the bowl. Make sure to replace the water daily!
Alternatively, you could place them in an airtight container with a damp paper towel to keep them fresh.
If your air fryer boiled eggs are unpeeled, store them in a container in the fridge.
Hard Boiled Eggs Air Fryer FAQs
No! Boiling eggs in the air fryer will not cause them to explode. Make sure to follow temperature and cook times to prevent any sort of cooking mishaps.Â
Air fried eggs cook in just 15-17 minutes. If you want a soft yolk, remove your hard boiled eggs around the 15-minute mark. For a firm yolk, cook for 17-20 minutes.Â
Brown spots on your cooked eggs just mean that you haven’t cleaned the heating coils of your air fryer in a while. It won’t ruin your eggs, but you may want to consider cleaning your air fryer ASAP!
After cooking your eggs, place them in ice cold water immediately for at least 5 minutes, but I recommend 15 or more minutes. This will completely cool the eggs down and make them easier to peel.
Another hack to getting easy-to-peel hard boiled eggs is to use older eggs. Newer eggs tend to cling to the egg shells more causing them to be harder to peel.
Yes, you can overcook eggs in the air fryer. Overcooked eggs will become rubbery and the egg yolks will start to turn green along the outsides.
To avoid overcooking, place the eggs in an ice bath as soon as they are done cooking in the air fryer. This stops the cooking process immediately.
More Egg Recipes You’ll Love:
- Air Fryer Scrambled Eggs
- Air Fryer Soft Boiled Eggs
- Air Fryer Fried Eggs
- Air Fryer Breakfast Burritos
- Deviled Eggs without Mayo
- Deviled Eggs without Vinegar
- Deviled Eggs without Mustard
- Ninja Foodi Hard Boiled Eggs
- Air Fryer Breakfast Recipes
How to Cook Air Fryer Boiled Eggs at 300 degrees
If your air fryer does not go down to 270 degrees F, you can use this method instead.
Place your eggs in the air fryer at 300 degrees F and cook for about 12 to 13 minutes (150 degrees Celcius).
More great Air Fryer Recipes:
- Air Fryer Bacon
- Air Fryer French Toast Sticks
- Air Fryer Chickpeas
- Air Fryer Chicken Breasts
- Air Fryer Salmon
- Air Fryer Croutons
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Hard Boiled Eggs in Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 1 to 12 eggs large
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 270 degrees F.
- Place eggs in the air fryer, preferably on a wire rack, and cook for 15-17 minutes.
- Immediately place eggs in a bowl full of cold water and ice until cool, at least 5 minutes.
- Peel eggs and top with salt and pepper or refrigerate up to one week.
What a mess, waste of 4 eggs! The egg whites and yellow were runny. Not doing that again!
I’m sorry they didn’t work for you, Elaine. I make hard-boiled eggs in the air fryer using this method all the time and others have had success as well.
Did you fully preheat the air fryer prior to placing the eggs in there?
Hi. I have a Power XL Vortex Pro. I know how to preheat but how do I know when it’s preheated. My book that came with it doesn’t say. Also I saw a video on FB saying he turns his upside down to clean the top on the inside. Is that ok? Can you help me with these questions? Thanks
Hi Dail, great questions. I recommend using this chart for air fryer preheating times and temperatures. Since it’s a larger air fryer, use the upper times listed depending on what temperature you need: https://www.everydayfamilycooking.com/how-to-preheat-air-fryer/
And yes, for cleaning, you should be able to turn the air fryer upside when cooled and not plugged in to clean it. You can see how I clean the coils of mine here: https://www.everydayfamilycooking.com/how-to-clean-air-fryer/
How long and temp for one dozen eggs at once?
Hi Deb, the time and temp will stay the same for one dozen eggs, but please make sure there is space between each egg to ensure even cooking.
I made them too. Some recipes say preheat and some say set to 270 and put the eggs in. Which is it? Mine were cooked perfectly at the yolks but they were nearly impossible to peel. Just very frustrating. Glad I only made 4 for trying it out.
Hi Brenda, I have always preheated my air fryer to make the hard-boiled eggs. I make these on the regular and the eggs peel perfectly. Older and cold eggs will peel the best.
Should the eggs be at room temp?
Hi Susan, I always air fry the eggs straight from the fridge.
Wow! I have to admit, I was skeptical. They turned out perfect at 17 minutes. The outsides were a little browned, but the taste was great!
Isn’t it crazy how great they taste?! The brown on the eggs is actually any grease that is sitting on the fan or top of the air fryer. I recommend doing a deep clean of the top of your air fryer, but soaking the hard-boiled eggs in water will take any of the grease away.
Hi there! I tried this recipe with my brand new air fryer and got brown spots. I noticed you said it was from the air fryer being dirty. Any thoughts? The recipe was great but the spots were a bit unappetizing. Thank you!
Hi Chris, was this the absolute first thing you cooked in your air fryer? The spots should disappear when soaked in water.
Hi – I have a Ninja air fryer AF100. The temperature only goes down to 300 degrees! Have any idea what temp to use for hard boiled eggs?
Hi Donna, I would drop the timing down when cooking the hard boiled eggs at 300 degrees to about 13 minutes.
Hi Samantha, Thank you so much for all of these recipes you have shared! I just got my first air fryer and have not used it yet. I will be trying some of these recipes soon! I look forward to some more dessert recipes too!
This didn’t work for me. I have a ninja foodi digital air fryer oven. I rotated the eggs around a couple of times during the cooking process. After 15 minutes the yolk was still runny. I continued cooking an additional 4 minutes. The yolk was then perfect but the whites were scortched.
Hi Tracci, so sorry this didn’t work for you! One possible cause could be opening of the air fryer several. Each time you open the air fryer it does let some heat out and I know moving eggs around can take a good minute to do. I usually set the timer for 15 minutes and don’t touch them until I pull them out. We just made some more hard-boiled eggs yesterday and they come out perfect every time!
This is certainly not on topic, but Tracci, you are the absolute first person that has the same name spelling as I do that I have EVER come across in my 59 years!! Wow!
My new range has an air fryer in it. Will this work in my oven?
Hi Gail, yes, hard-boiled eggs, in general, will work in your oven with the air fryer, but they may need more time than these directions as an oven-range is much bigger and the air circulation can have less of an effect than a normal smaller air fryer.
Eggs straight from Fridge, preheated to 270 degrees, popped eggs in for 16 minutes, when time was up, immediately submerged them in Ice water for 5 minutes, pulled one out, peeled it, salted it, WAS PERFECT
These Turned Out PREFECT!!! Thank you
This worked perfectly for me. My yolks were firm. The white was fully cooked. Next time I may cook them for 12-13 minutes instead of 15 just for a softer yolk. But this was great!
eggs turned out perfect..i emptied two trays of ice, add water and when eggs were done after 15 minutes took them out put in ice water waited 5 minutes peeled perfect and were done all the way thru no mess at all at 270 degrees..ty love it
Love this!
what function do you use for this…so many choices. i have the Ninja Max xl
I use the air fry function.