Perfect instant pot hard boiled duck eggs make great breakfast eggs served with toast and pancakes or they make great snacks or side dishes for lunch or dinner. Hard boiled duck eggs are great to make hard boiled egg sandwiches, deviled eggs, egg salads, egg curry and more!
How Long To Boil Duck Eggs?
I made these boiled duck eggs in the instant pot pressure cooker but you may make it on stove top using a medium sized saucepan as well.
In instant pot pressure cooker, you just need to boil the duck eggs for 8 minutes to make perfect, boiled eggs with hard boiled yolk texture that is not runny but completely cooked and dry.
Just like the boiled chicken eggs I made before using instant pot, I made these boiled eggs in the instant pot without steamer rack or trivet by placing them directy in the inner pot of the instant pot.
If you are making the boiled eggs on stove top using a saucepan or pot, make sure to place the eggs in a single layer at the bottom, add water to cover the eggs, bring the water to a boil, then cover with lid and cook in low heat for 8 minutes immediately followed by an ice water bath to make perfect hard boiled duck eggs.
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Boiled Duck Eggs Vs Chicken Eggs
The most noticeable difference between duck eggs and chicken eggs is in the appearance itself.
I think they look like they have thinner whites and larger yolks but it is just my observation though and I am not sure if it varies with the breeds!
I have noticed that duck eggs are more delicate to handle and feels lighter compared to chicken eggs.
We usually don’t find duck eggs very often but when we find them in the local farmer’s fresh markets we buy them which is not very often.
Whenever we have the chance to buy duck eggs, we usually hard boil the eggs because I think that is the best way to cook duck eggs to make them taste delicious and also, it is easy to use hard boiled eggs in other recipes like sandwiches, curry, salads etc!
When making hard boiled eggs, the egg yolks of the duck eggs appear to be more bright yellow in color than chicken eggs.
The hard boiled duck eggs are just as tasty as boiled chicken eggs and perfect to be used in recipes calling for hard boiled eggs including egg curry, egg sandwich and more!
The color of duck eggs (the color of the shells outside) also is also sometimes different from chicken eggs.
While chicken eggs are usually just white or brown eggs, the duck eggs come in quite a few different shades of colors.
Brown eggs and white eggs are available but many of those look pale white in color and some of the eggs also look pale blue, green etc as well.
This usually has nothing to do with taste and they all usually taste the same and delicious, so just make sure you are using good quality eggs since color of the shells is not really an indicator here about the freshness of the eggs.
You can read more about duck eggs here.
So here is how you can make perfect, easy and delicious hard boiled duck eggs at home!
How To Make Perfect Instant Pot Hard Boiled Duck Eggs For Breakfast?
To make easy, delicious hard boiled duck eggs in the instant pot pressure cooker, we use the following ingredients.
ingredients used:
duck eggs 6 large (or more, just make sure they can be placed in a single layer in the pot)
water 2 cups
baking soda ½ teaspoon (or salt)
to make ice water bath:
ice cubes 1 cup (or as needed)
cold water as needed to fill in half of a large bowl
Step by step instructions
Wash the duck eggs very well (they are more delicate than chicken eggs, so you may need to handle them more carefully).
Place the eggs in a single layer in the inner pot of the instant pot pressure cooker.
In 6 quart instant pot, you are usually able to place upto a dozen eggs (12 large eggs) without issues in a single layer but you can boil just fewer number of eggs as well.
Make sure you do not move the instant pot once the eggs are placed, this is to avoid the eggs from breaking.
Carefully add water (the water should barely cover the eggs), and sprinkle baking soda or salt.
Close the instant pot pressure cooker with lid in sealing position.
Cook in high pressure for 8 minutes.
Once the cooking is done, wait for a natural pressure release for 5 minutes.
Meanwhile, prepare the ice bath by filling a large bowl with cold water upto about half of the bowl and add the ice cubes. Keep this aside.
Once the pressure is released naturally for 5 minutes, carefully and gradually do a manual pressure release to release any remaining pressure.
Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid of the instant pot.
Carefully tansfer each egg to the bowl with with ice cubes and water for ice water bath. This is an important step since it prevents further cooking of eggs by cooling it down immediately.
Let the eggs sit in the ice water bath for at least 5 minutes time. If you are not in a hurry, it is a good idea to do the ice water bath for several minutes more.
Once the eggs are cooled in the ice water bath, you can peel off the shells of the boiled eggs easily. If needed, you can rinse the peeled eggs to get rid of any bits of shells.
Transfer the prepared boiled eggs to a serving dish.
Enjoy for breakfast or brunch along with toast for a quick, nutritious meal or you can enjoy the duck eggs as a filling protein rich snack or enjoy as a side dish with lunch or dinner.
You can use the hard boiled duck eggs to make hard boiled egg sandwich, deviled eggs, egg curry, egg salads etc.
If not using right away, make sure to store the eggs refrigerated in food containers for another 2 to 3 days!
Below you can get the recipe for hard boiled duck eggs in detail.
How To Cook Duck Eggs – Hard Boiled Duck Eggs (Instant Pot)
Ingredients
- 6 large duck eggs (or more, just make sure they can be placed in a single layer in the pot)
- 2 cups water
- ½ teaspoon baking soda or salt
to make ice water bath:
- 1 cup ice cubes or as needed
- cold water as needed to fill in half of a large bowl
Instructions
- Wash the duck eggs very well (they are more delicate than chicken eggs, so you may need to handle them more carefully).
- Place the eggs in a single layer in the inner pot of the instant pot pressure cooker. In 6 quart instant pot, you are usually able to place upto a dozen eggs (12 large eggs) without issues in a single layer but you can boil just fewer number of eggs as well.Make sure you do not move the instant pot once the eggs are placed, this is to avoid the eggs from breaking.
- Carefully add water (the water should barely cover the eggs), and sprinkle baking soda or salt.
- Close the instant pot pressure cooker with lid in sealing position.
- Cook in high pressure for 8 minutes.
- Once the cooking is done, wait for a natural pressure release for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the ice bath by filling a large bowl with cold water upto about half of the bowl and add the ice cubes. Keep this aside.
- Once the pressure is released naturally for 5 minutes, carefully and gradually do a manual pressure release to release any remaining pressure.
- Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid of the instant pot.
- Carefully tansfer each egg to the bowl with with ice cubes and water for ice water bath. This is an important step since it prevents further cooking of eggs by cooling it down immediately.
- Let the eggs sit in the ice water bath for at least 5 minutes time. If you are not in a hurry, it is a good idea to do the ice water bath for several minutes more.
- Once the eggs are cooled in the ice water bath, you can peel off the shells of the boiled eggs easily. If needed, you can rinse the peeled eggs to get rid of any bits of shells.
- Transfer the prepared boiled eggs to a serving dish. Enjoy for breakfast or brunch along with toast for a quick, nutritious meal or you can enjoy the duck eggs as a filling protein rich snack or enjoy as a side dish with lunch or dinner.
- You can use the hard boiled duck eggs to make hard boiled egg sandwich, deviled eggs, egg curry, egg salads etc.
- If not using right away, make sure to store the eggs refrigerated in food containers for another 2 to 3 days!
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