| Yield | Preparation time | Cook time | Total time |
| 2 servings | 0 minutes | 8 minutes | 8 minutes |
Get your morning started with soft-boiled eggs in the air fryer before work or just to do your chores at home. If you think that eggs can only be prepared in one way, you’re wrong. Change the way you eat eggs and you’ll discover how versatile and delicious they can be.
Instructions
1. Place them directly into the basket or use a wire rack to hold all eggs.
2. Set the temperature at 250ºF (125ºC), cook for 8-10 minutes. Another option is to press a button for eggs.
3. After turning off your air fryer, remove the eggs carefully and place them into a container with water. Let them until they cool down.
4. Take the eggs out of the water and remove their shells. you’ll see a tender yolk and soft egg white.
5. Sprinkle your air fryer soft-boiled eggs with salt and serve with your favorite sauce. Place over bread to complete the meal.
Can you make soft boiled eggs in the air fryer?
Of course, you can make them easier and quicker. Some people enjoy eating soft-boiled eggs for breakfast, which have a tender egg white and yolk.
There is no doubt that this type of egg cooking isn’t as easy to peel as hard-boiled eggs, as they have a sticky texture inside, which means that their proteins aren’t perfectly cooked like in hard-boiled eggs.
How to cook soft eggs in the air fryer?
To make medium/half-cooked eggs, follow the procedure.
- Put the eggs directly into the basket.
- Next, cook at 250ºF (125ºC) for 8-10 minutes.
- Then, remove the drawer and retire all the eggs with tongs.
- Let the eggs cool in a cold water bath.
- Pull off a piece of eggshell on top, then scoop out the whole egg carefully so the yolk does not spill.
- Add a dash of salt and lemon to your serving, along with bread.
Apart from air fryer soft-boiled eggs, other styles can be prepared such as:
- air fried poached eggs
- air fried scotch eggs
How long do you cook soft boiled eggs in the air fryer?
On average it takes 8 minutes at 250ºF (125ºC), but depending on the model, this may vary by 1-3 minutes. In addition, the time should be adjusted if the temperature is changed.
See the cooking chart below for more details.
Cooking chart for soft boiled eggs
| Model | Cooking time | Temperature |
|---|---|---|
| Philips | soft: 10 min medium: 15 min | 250ºF (125ºC) |
| Emeril Pressure Air Fryer 6 Quart | hard: set 6 min total: 15 min | |
| Cook’s essentials 5.3 Qt | hard: 12 min | 250ºF (125ºC) |
| Ninja foodi | soft: 10 min hard: 15 min | 300ºF (149ºC) |
| Tefal | soft: 8 min | |
| Instant pot | hard: 15 min | 250ºF (125ºC) |
| Power XL vortex | hard: 18 min | 260ºF (127ºC) |
| Cuisinart air fryer toaster oven | soft: 10-11 min hard: 15 min | 260ºF (127ºC) |
| Instant vortex | hard: 17 min | 260ºF (127ºC) |
| Kmart | soft: 6 min | 165ºF (74ºC) |
| medium: 12 min hard: 15 min | 130ºF (54ºC) | |
| Farberware | soft: 6-8 min hard: 16-18 min | 320ºF (160ºC) |
| Gowise USA | soft: 7 min | 320ºF (160ºC) |
| Kalorik | hard: 18 min | 250ºF (125ºC) |
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Air Fryer Soft Boiled Eggs
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- salt
Extra
- sauce
- bread or tortilla
Instructions
- Place them directly into the basket or use a wire rack to hold all eggs.
- Set the temperature at 250ºF (125ºC), cook for 8-10 minutes. Another option is to press a button for eggs.
- After turning off your air fryer, remove the eggs carefully and place them into a container with water. Let them until they cool down.
- Take the eggs out of the water and remove their shells. you'll see a tender yolk and soft egg white.
- Sprinkle with salt and serve with your favorite sauce. Place over a bread to complete the meal.
