To be disappointed that boiling an egg in the air fryer didn’t work

[DeadBee]

I’d read great things about boiling eggs in the air fryer but I’ve just tried it.

Good - the time and temperature recommended resulted in a perfect jammy yolk as promised.

Bad - lost half the whites because the shells appeared superglued on 🤨

I just don’t like the texture! It’s fine if it’s scrambled egg, or an omelette.

Just boil them instead?

Riveting stuff

Yet you were moved to take time out of your own exciting day to comment. I’m sure we’re all grateful 😁

I understand microwave porridge as if done on hob it can make for quite a messy pan cleaning job. But egg boiling is quite easy and not messy, also pretty quick.

Seems to critically depend on the eggs, my latest batch of eggs don't peel at all usually they are better than boiled in water for peeling which is one reason I do them in the air fryer!

I do it all the time but on 140 for 11 mins- you are right about the shells though, quite hard to de shell - first time I did it on 180 and they exploded!!

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We used to poach our eggs in a steam poacher with 4 cups. Our eggs now are larger so overflow the cups. Is there a poacher available out there that could cope with 4 extra large eggs and preferably be dishwasher safe or at least have non-stick cups?

That's what I, too, took from this thread. 😄

It sounds like an interesting experiment but unless you don’t have access to a hob or hot plate I’m not sure why it would be an advantage to use an air fryer.

I'm well known for popping some eggs on to boil and then wandering off to just go and do... An hour or so later and I'm in another room and BANG. I've burnt dozens of eggs (to be fair, I've boiled 100's successfully) and decorated the kitchen ceiling with eggy remnants, so now do do mine in the air fryer, I've had a few rubbery ones if I've forgotten and they've sat in there, albeit turned off, for a while but I just mash them and have egg mayo sandwiches instead. Another poster was right though about popping them straight in cold water and that works for ease of peeling. I think the answer is a bit longer on a bit lower. And no washing up a pan!

i do it but turn down to 130 degrees for 10 minutes - I do find the shells a bit glued on though

Might not work if you keep your own hens or are buying from a rare (large) breed but otherwise buy smaller eggs?

Better for the hens too, large eggs are a welfare issue. We get the mixed free range which also have the advantage of being much cheaper.