Place the eggs in a single layer in a medium sized saucepan.

Add water carefully, make sure the water level is about one inch above the level of eggs.

Sprinkle the baking soda, turn on the stove (use high heat) and bring the water to a boil.

Once the water begins to boil, cover the pan with lid, reduce the heat to low and cook the eggs for 9 minutes to make hard boiled eggs. Make sure to keep a timer so you won't overcook the eggs!

While the eggs are cooking, prepare the ice bath by filling about half of a large bowl with cold water and add ice cubes.

Once the timer beeps, turn of the heat immediately and carefully move the saucepan to a cool place (this step is very important to immediately stop the further cooking of eggs).

Carefully transfer each boiled egg (you can use a large spoon or tongs) to the bowl with water and ice cubes for ice bath.

This step is also very important because it helps prevent further cooking of the eggs and help the hot boiled eggs to cool down easily.

Peeling of the eggs is only easy once the eggs are cooled enough, so you need to allow enough time for the eggs to cool down in the ice water bath (the egg shells will stick to the egg whites once the eggs are hot, so peeling is difficult when the eggs are still hot).

It is a good idea to allow 10 to 15 minutes for the eggs to cool down in the ice water bath so the eggs will be completely cool down before you try to peel them.

Once the eggs are cooled enough, you can easily peel the shells off the eggs. If you are not used to peeling eggs, rolling the eggs in a flat surface like kitchen counter top can help break the shells without breaking the whites inside.

Then you can remove the peels easily, either by keeping under running water so the broken shell bits will not stick to the whites or you can rinse the peeled eggs once the peeling is all done.

Enjoy the easy to peel boiled eggs in any recipes using hard boiled eggs like egg salads, egg sandwiches, egg curry or just enjoy them as it is for snacks or sides along with breakfast, lunch or dinner!

To make easy to peel hard boiled eggs in the instant pot, place the eggs in a single layer in the inner pot of instant pot. Once you have arranged the eggs in the instant pot, make sure not to move the pot so the eggs won't break.

Carefully add the water (the water level should be barely stay above the level of eggs) and sprinkle baking soda.

Alternatively, you can use a steamer basket or trivet that comes with the instant pot and arrange the eggs on top of that so the eggs won't touch the water in the instant pot (in this case you wouldn't need to use baking soda).

(Both methods will work just fine and you will get perfect, easy to peel hard boiled eggs)

Once the eggs are arranged, carefully close the instant pot with lid in sealing position.

Once the cooking is done, press cancel button and wait for a natural pressure release for 5 minutes.

(meanwhile prepare the ice bath as directed previouly in the instructions for stove top method)

After 5 minutes of NPR (natural pressure release), carefully and gradually do a manual pressure release to release any remaining pressure.

Once the pressure is all released, carefully open the lid and transfer the boiled eggs one by one (using a large spoon or long tongs), to the bowl with cold water and ice cubes for ice water bath.

Just like stove top method, let the eggs sit in the ice water bath for at least 10 to 15 minutes so the eggs cool down completely.

Once the eggs are cooled enough, you should be able to peel off the shells easily (you can gently roll the eggs in kitchen counter top for easy removal of shells).

Rinse the eggs to remove any bits of broken egg shells and use in any recipes that call for hard boiled eggs as you need!