Instant pot egg bites. Remove the egg bites from the pressure cooker: Wearing heat-proof mitts, grasp the ends of the wire rack to lift the egg bite mold out of the pot. Use a spoon to scoop the bites out of the mold and transfer them to a serving dish. Beat eggs in a medium bowl until yellow and frothy.
Clean and dry the Instant Pot inner pot.
Add bacon bits and green onions to the egg mixture, then mix until just combined.
Pressure Cook Egg Bites: Pour egg mixture into the silicone egg bites molds.
You can have Instant pot egg bites using 15 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Instant pot egg bites
- You need 4 of eggs.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Cottage Cheese.
- You need 1/4 cup of Heavy Cream.
- You need 2/3 cup of shredded cheese - I used aged cheddar but recipe calls for Gruyére Cheese, shredded (or emmental, jarlsberg, beaufort, or comté cheese).
- You need 1/8 tsp of Pepper.
- Prepare 2 Tbsp of Chives or green onion minced (if you have a good blender then just cut up).
- You need 3 slices of Cooked Thick Sliced Bacon, chopped (or 1/2 cup Cooked Crumbled Sausage).
- It's 1 cup of water.
- Prepare of Optional Add-Ins: • corn, 1 tsp Hot Sauce • 1/2 cup Broccoli (cooked, chopped small) • 1/2 cup Tomatoes, deseeded, diced • 1/2 cup Roasted Red Bell Peppers, diced • 1/2 cup Mushrooms, diced.
- It's of Tools needed for instant pot:.
- You need of Cooking Spray Egg Bites Silicone Mold.
- Prepare of Instant Pot® Pressure Cooker.
- You need of Trivet/Rack w/long handles, for the mold to sit on.
- You need of Blender.
- It's of And Foil.
Lightly wrap & cover the top of the egg bites mold with aluminum foil. Take the lid off of the Instant Pot, and wearing oven mitts, remove the egg bite mold from the Instant Pot. The egg bites should come right out. How To Make Instant Pot Egg Bites.
Instant pot egg bites instructions
- Spray the silicone egg bites mold with the cooking spray. Then Set aside..
- Add the eggs, cottage cheese, heavy cream, (use whatever cheese you love) Gruyére cheese, pepper, and chives to the blender and blend for 2 minutes on medium speed, or blend well or until the mixture is light and fully. Be careful not to blend dark ingredients with you egg mixture. The result could look nasty but taste delicious..
- Next fill the egg bite mold openings halfway with the egg mixture. Then add 3/4 of the chopped bacon or other add-ins you decided on (I used mushrooms and corn) and gently press them in. Continue filling with the egg mixture, and top with remaining bacon, and press it in..
- Pour 1 cup of water into the inner stainless liner of the pot. Then set the full egg bites mold on the trivet and very carefully set it in the pot. Loosely cover with foil..
- Close the lid of the pot and set the steam release knob to the sealing position..
- Press the Pressure Cook or Manual button (or dial) then press the +/- button (or dial) to select 8 minutes. The pot will take a few minutes to come to pressure..
- When the cook cycle is finished, let the pot sit undisturbed for 8 minutes (8 minute Natural Release). Then open the steam release valve to Quick Release the remaining pressure until the pin in the lid drops down..
- Open the lid and remove the foil. Use silicone mitts to grasp the trivet handles and carefully remove the egg bites mold. Set aside to rest for about 4 minutes. They may be puffed up quite a bit, but they will go back down. They will come out of the mold easier if they cool a little..
- Serve warm as is, or with any garnish you like..
- Recipe Notes *If you like lots of add-ins in one batch, you may have too much mixture for one mold to hold it all. Maybe consider getting a second mold, or make another batch. One batch yields 7 Instant Pot Egg Bites.
- Calories: 118 kcal per egg bite.
Start by adding eggs, cottage cheese, shredded cheese, and cream cheese in a blender. Add in salt, pepper, and creole seasoning. Blend until the egg mixture is completely blended and fluffy. Spray your egg bite molds with cooking spray, and then place diced peppers and ham in the bottom of the egg bites. Making Pressure Cooker Egg Bites in an Instant Pot An Instant Pot is one of the most popular brands of electric pressure cookers.