Oma's Easy Egg Salad Recipe using Instant Pot Pressure Cooker

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Use your pressure cooker (I have the Instant Pot) and it makes this easy egg salad extra easy. Not hard to peel eggs. Perfection!

Oma's easy egg salad recipe made using a pressure cooker is amazing. It's a, "Why didn't I think of that before!" kind of method that you'll LOVE! Guaranteed! Then add your homemade mayonnaise.

Perfection! Serve this on some really good whole grain bread or some freshly baked German Brötchen. 

Use this quick and easy pressure cooker method to cook your eggs. You won't have to fuss peeling the eggs AND you won't have those awful green rings around the yolks.

Perfection, every time! Best of all, hubby says this tastes, "delightful" ... a term I haven't heard him use before when describing food! 

Tips on cooking eggs in an Instant Pot Pressure Cooker

Choose a baking dish that is oven-safe. It needs to fit into your Instant Pot leaving a bit of room around the sides to allow the steam to rise from the water below.

Choose how many eggs you want to make. The pressure cooking time will remain the same. I normally make 2 eggs per person and since I want leftovers, will make upwards to 12 eggs at a time. Adjust the mayonnaise accordingly.

Below, I'm using the 7" Anchor Hocking storage bowl that's used for baking as well. Perfect size for my 6-quart Instant Pot.

I cracked 8 eggs into my bowl.

The handles on the trivet will help you remove the finished hot dish. Or, if you have those awesome silicone straps, you can use that as well.

The color of these eggs below are affected by the overhead exhaust hood light. I put my Instant Pot on my stove, however, I do have an induction stove, so there's no chance of accidentally turning the elements on and burning my pot!

Put the bowl on the trivet in the Instant Pot pressure cooker.

Cook the egg 'cake' and then proceed with whichever recipe has called for hard-boiled eggs. This is also perfect for use in my easy German potato salad. 

Below, the egg 'cake' is cooling before mixing it with yummy homemade mayonnaise.

The egg 'cake' is cooling, and the homemade mayonnaise is waiting.

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Note: This method for using a pressure cooker to cook the eggs has been all over the internet the past couple of days. Unfortunately, I couldn't find the 'first' poster ... if that's you, please let me know and I'll credit you with this amazing find!

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Oma's Easy Egg Salad Recipe (Instant Pot Pressure Cooker)

Oma's easy egg salad recipe made using a pressure cooker is amazing. It's a, "Why didn't I think of that before!" kind of method that you'll LOVE! Guaranteed! Then add your homemade mayonnaise.

Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

5 minutes

Total Time:

15 minutes + release time

Servings:

Makes 4 to 6 servings

Ingredients:

• 8 - 12 eggs
• about ½ cup mayonnaise (preferably homemade)
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions:

1. Grease your baking dish 
2. Crack eggs into baking dish.
3. Put 1 cup water into Instant Pot pressure cooker. Add trivet. Place baking dish on top of trivet. Seal pot.
4. Set to 5 minutes on manual, high pressure, and let pressure release naturally (will take about 10 minutes.)
5. Let cooked eggs cool. Mash with potato masher, or fork, or pastry blender.
6. Mix in mayonnaise.
7. Season with salt and pepper. Serve.

Notes/Hints:

• Choose a baking dish that is oven-safe. It needs to fit into your Instant Pot leaving a bit of room around the sides to allow the steam to rise from the water below.

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