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Air Fryer Eggs

Air Fryer Eggs can be prepared several different ways. The most popular is hard boiled eggs, but you can also make scrambled eggs, sunny side up eggs, and poached eggs! In this post, I'll break down all the ways to cook eggs in the air fryer.
Course: Air Fryer Recipes
Servings: 4
Author: Lisa Childs

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • cooking spray
  • water
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  • Air Fryer Hard Boiled Eggs
  • Preheat the air fryer to 250ºF.
  • Place eggs in the air fryer and cook for 12-17 minutes, turning halfway through cooking. Since all air fryers cook at varying levels of power, I recommend starting at 15 minutes and then deciding if the eggs are over or under what you prefer. In my tests using two different brands of the same size air fryer, the difference in time was about 5 minutes.
  • Using tongs, plunge the eggs into an ice bath immediately until fully cooled, about 10 minutes.

  • Air Fryer Scrambled Eggs
  • Add an ovenproof ramekin or small baking dish into the air fryer, then preheat to 400ºF.
  • Once hot, spray a 4 oz ramekin with cooking spray. Crack in 1-2 eggs. 
  • Whisk the eggs to combine, then cook in the air fryer at 350ºF for 5 minutes, taking the basket out and stirring the eggs in the ramekin every minute until the desired consistency is reached. If your air fryer is extra powerful, you may need to reduce the temperature to 325º.
  • Air Fryer Poached Eggs
  • Add an ovenproof ramekin or small baking dish with 2-3 tablespoons of water (in the dish) into the air fryer, then preheat to 400ºF.
  • Once hot, crack an egg into the ramekin. 
  • Cook in the air fryer at 350ºF for 5 minutes.
  • Spoon the egg out of the dish and serve.
  • Air Fryer Sunny Side Up Eggs
  • Preheat your air fryer with the ramekin or a small oven-proof cake pan inside of it to 400º. 
  • Grease the pan, then crack 2 eggs into the pan. Cook for 4-7 minutes, depending on how firm and cooked you like your egg yolks. You may need to reduce the temperature of your air fryer if you see it is cooking too quickly.

  • Air Fryer Egg Patty
  • Preheat your air fryer with the ramekin inside of it to 400º.
  • Grease the pan, then crack one egg into the pan. Break the yolk with a fork or knife. Cook for 4-7 minutes, depending on how firm and cooked you like your egg yolks. You may need to reduce the temperature of your air fryer if you see it is cooking too quickly.

Notes

Like microwaves, all air fryers cook slightly differently. In my tests, I have two identically-sized air fryers but the cooking time varied by up to 5 minutes for hard boiled eggs at the same temperature. Please use these times and methods as a starting point, and adjust according to your air fryer.