Korean Sauna Eggs Recipe In The Instant Pot Pressure Cooker (2024)

FAQs

Does it matter how many eggs I put in an Instant Pot? ›

If you're cooking a soup or anything with lots of liquid, your Instant Pot will never come to pressure if you fill past the PC Max line. But due to the shape of eggs, there's lots of air between each one. You can safely stack as many as you can fit and still close the lid.

Why did my eggs turn brown in the Instant Pot? This can happen when your eggs are overcooked. I've never had it happen if I don't cook them longer than 5 minutes, but if it does happen to you, just know that it's harmless and you can still enjoy your eggs.

Sauna eggs are brown because of maillard reaction. During the cooking process, the egg whites turn brown, and it tastes “browned” or roasted/toasty. As you'll see from our experiment below, the longer the eggs are pressure cooked, the darker the brown color, and the stronger the roasted flavors and aroma.

Pressure cook eggs on high for 5 minutes, wait 5 minutes before releasing pressure after the cooking time, and then plunge the eggs into an ice water bath for 5 minutes. For extra large or jumbo eggs, increase the cooking time to 7 or 8 minutes, respectively.

The best part of this method is you can cook up to 18 eggs at a time in the Instant Pot with just one cup of water! Feel free to stack them on top of each other, it won't hurt a thing.

Steaming on medium heat is key for a smooth texture and gentle cook, as high heat may cook the outside quicker and create air pockets, or worse, make the surface look like a moon crater!

Add 1 inch of water to a large pot. Place steamer insert inside, cover, and bring to a boil over high heat. Add eggs to steamer basket, cover, and continue cooking, 6 minutes for soft-boiled eggs or 12 minutes for hard-boiled.

This process happens at 77°C for ovalbumin. But above 70°C, the sulphur also forms hydrogen sulphide that reacts with iron in the egg yolk to form iron sulphide, and this gives it a greenish grey colour. You can prevent this by running the eggs under the cold tap to lower their temperature as soon as they are cooked.

Hard boiled eggs can definitely be overcooked. I'm sure you've all seen an overcooked egg. The yolk has a dark green color around it and the egg white is rubbery.

A greenish-gray ring may appear around a hard-cooked egg yolk. It's unattractive, but not harmful. The ring is caused by a chemical reaction involving sulfur (from the egg white) and iron (from the egg yolk), which naturally react to form ferrous sulfide at the surface of the yolk.

Why are Korean eggs Brown? ›

Pressure cooking is what makes these eggs brown in color and roasted in taste.

In fact, eggs are a staple ingredient in many Korean dishes, such as gyeran jjim (steamed egg custard), bibimbap (mixed rice bowl), and kimbap (rice rolls).

You can keep the eggs at room-temperature for 1 day, in the fridge for several days. To bring it back to room-temperature, submerge the in warm water for 10 min.

You can cook as many eggs as you like at one time, but be careful of wedging eggs too firmly against one another or stacking eggs on top of each other since these can cause eggs to crack.

Can you cook less than 4 eggs at one time? Hi Carolina, Yes I have cooked 2 eggs. still followed the instructions for 4 eggs didn't reduce the time still came out great.

Two large eggs: If your recipe requires two large eggs, you can substitute two eggs of either medium, extra-large or jumbo size. The only amount adjustment necessary is if you have small eggs instead, in which case, you should use three.

In a 4- to 5-quart pot place steamer basket over simmering water (basket should not touch the water). Add 12 eggs to the basket in a single layer (f you have to layer the eggs to fit, add a minute to your cook time).