How to Dye Eggs with Food Coloring using Instant Pot. Now YOU can cook and color Easter Eggs at the same time. This is a quick and easy Easter Egg Coloring tutorial.
Quick Notes
If YOU don't have an Instant pot, don't worry you can totally color eggs by simply boiling the eggs and using boiled egg water to dye eggs. Recipe instructors are below.
How to Dye Eggs with Food Coloring
Into each mason jars add 10-12 drops of 4 food coloring colors of your choice.
Then add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Stir.
Add 1-2 eggs into each jar and fill it up with water.
Add 1 cup of water into the Instant Pot, then add short rack on the bottom of the Instant Pot. Place 4 jars with food coloring, water & eggs onto the rack.
Cover Instant pot and cook on high pressure for 7 minutes. Quick release the pressure.
Carefully remove the jars from the Instant Pot, using a spoon pull eggs out of the jar onto a cooling rack. Let colored eggs cool. Repeat until all eggs are colored.
How Long to Boil Eggs for Dyeing
Place eggs into a pot and fill it with the water, bring it to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes. Save the hot water for the dye.
Easter Egg Coloring without Instant Pot
- Into small mason jars add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar & 10-12 drops of food coloring.
- After egg done cooking, carefully remove them from the water into the mason jars, use the water you used to boil the eggs, fill each jar with hot water.
- Time for dyeing depends on the color you desire. If you want vibrant color, dye them longer, check every minute or so until it reaches your desired color shade.
- Using a spoon transfer eggs onto a cooling rack to dry. Let eggs cool & enjoy!
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How to Dye Eggs with Food Coloring (Instant Pot)
Equipment
- 4 small mason jars
Ingredients
- 12 eggs white
- water
- food coloring
- white vinegar
Instructions
- Into each small mason jars add 10-12 drops of 4 food coloring of your choice. Then add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar. Stir.
- Add 1-2 eggs into each jar and fill it up with water.
- Add 1 cup of water into the Instant Pot, then add short rack on the bottom of the Instant Pot. Place 4 jars with food coloring, water & eggs onto the rack.
- Cover instant pot and cook on high pressure for 7 minutes. Quick release the pressure.
- Carefully remove the jars from the Instant Pot, using a spoon pull eggs out of the jar onto a cooling rack. Let colored eggs cool. Repeat until all eggs are colored.
Easter Egg Coloring without Instant Pot
- Place eggs into a pot and fill it with the water, bring it to a boil and cook for about 10 minutes. Save the hot water for the dye.
- Into small mason jars add 2 tablespoons of white vinegar & 10-12 drops of food coloring.
- After egg done cooking, carefully remove them from the water into the mason jars, use the water you used to boil the eggs, fill each jar with this hot water.
- Time for dyeing depends on the color you desire. If you want vibrant color, dye them longer, check every minute or so until it reaches your desired color shade.
- Using a spoon transfer eggs onto a cooling rack to dry.
Love this! This was so nice and easy to do with my 3 little boys under 5. They enjoyed counting the drops of food coloring and having their own colors of eggs at the end of it all. Much better than having to boil eggs and deal with dipping them in dye. Thank you so much!!