Here's an easy and delicious way to prepare the Sous Vide Egg Bites Recipe in the Instant Pot. A creamy and delicate egg all in two bites...or one if you want to gobble it up.
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Hello World! I feel like I've been flooding my most recent blog post with a ton of Instant Pot recipes. Let me apologize and start by saying that I won't be posting only Instant Pot recipes. But Gosh darn it, that Instant Pot is amazing.
I'm used to making soups, stews, and one pot meals in it but I was intrigued when I discovered that I could make eggs in the Instant Pot. No, not boiled eggs (which I hear is a great way to make a ton of boiled eggs) but creamy delicious egg bites.
Are these similar to sous vide egg bites?
Yep, but I don't use a Sous Vide machine. The first I heard of these is when Starbucks added it to their menu and called it "Sous Vide Egg Bites." They apparently use the sous vide machine but the Instant Pot gets the same velvety, creamy texture.
Let's be real, everyone and their mama got the Instant Pot for Christmas. How awesome is it that we can make this wonderful breakfast at home and save some coins when we head to our favorite coffee shop. These are the kind of a breakfast snack that can be made ahead of time. The whole family will love this grab and go breakfast.
This egg bites recipe comes together quickly and requires only a 9 minute steam time and 10 minute natural release time in the Instant Pot. There are a couple of suggested tools when making these babies...a blender, a a silicone baby food mold , and a Steamer Rack Trivet(this should have come with your instant pot).
As you can see, the texture of these eggs are creamy. This recipe isn't for you if you like your eggs hard or fried. But if you like creamy eggs and don't have the patience to make Gordon Ramsey's creamy scrambled eggs in a skillet (my favorite way to make them), then this Sous Vide Egg Bites Recipe is for you.
The best thing about these egg bites, other than the fact that they are creamy and delicious is the fact that you can hide veggies in them. I keep it simple with just adding spinach to mine. I also add bacon. Can I call bacon a veggie?
I hope you all enjoy these "Sous Vide" egg bites as much as we do. Until the next recipe.
Watch this video tutorial and see how I make these egg bites from start to finish.
Sous Vide Egg Bites Recipe in the Instant Pot
Ingredients
- 4 large eggs
- 4 pieces bacon cooked and crumbled
- 1 ½ cup sharp cheddar cheese shredded
- ½ cup cottage cheese
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 teaspoon hot sauce
- ¼ cup spinach chopped
- salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Spray the egg bite molds.
- Add bacon pieces to bottom of silicone baby food maker in the molds. Set aside.
- Add eggs, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, heavy cream, hot sauce, and salt & pepper to a blender. Blend until smooth consistency. Stir in chopped spinach.
- Pour egg mixture into baby silicone baby food maker, covering bacon. Cover baby silicone food maker with foil paper.
- Add 1 cup of water to bottom of Instant Pot and place trivet inside. Place baby food maker on top of trivet in Instant Pot. *See note about creating a foil sling or use tongs for easy removal.
- Cover Instant Pot, making sure valve is set to "sealing." Select "Steam" and set timer to 9 minutes. Once the time timer goes off, allow it to natural release for 10 minutes. Then switch your valve to "venting" to do your quick release to remove any remaining pressure.
- Open your Instant Pot and remove silicone baby maker. Allow to stand for a few minutes and turn eggs over onto a dish. Enjoy immediately or refrigerate for up to 4 days.
Video
Notes
Suggested Tools for Sous Vide Egg Bites Instant Pot
Nutrition
Notes on Sous Vide Egg Bites Recipe in the Instant Pot
- You can create a foil sling for easy removal of the baby silicone mold in the Instant Pot. To create the sling, take a 20 inch long piece of foil paper and fold it into thirds. Place this in the Instant Pot, on the trivet and place the baby silicone mold on top of that. When ready to remove from the Instant Pot, grab the foil sling. Or in the alternative, you can use tongs to grab the side of the silicone mode for removal.
- Have fun with the add ins and use whatever cheese you may like.
- Allow the egg bites to sit after removing from Instant Pot to have them firm up a bit.
- With the egg mold linked here, I don't spray the silicone mold and my eggs slide right on out. I highly reccomend this silicone mold. However, I have used other molds with this recipe and they have stuck. So I suggest always spraying the mold.
- These can be reheated easily in the microwave. If refrigerated, try 30-45 seconds in the microwave. if frozen, try 60 -90 seconds. Re-heat time will depend on the wattage of your microwave.
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Adapted from Foodie & Wine.
Anastasia says
Thank you for a wonderful recipe. I didn’t have spinach or bacon so I’m substituted for salami and cilantro. Omg they are delicious. I did the time exactly how you said but they were still too wet for my taste. So I put them back in for another 6 minutes. They were perfect. Thanks again
Sandee says
Hi. I am so excited to try this recipe. Does the 4 egg recipe fill the 7 cups?
Also, I have 2 of the 7 cups silicon trays. How would you increase the steam/cook time for 2 trays?
Thank you.
Tanya says
Hi Sandee, the 4 eggs actually make a little more than the 7 cups, so you will have a little extra egg mixture. Enough to fill about 9 cups. I keep the steam time the same when making 2 silicone trays full.
Andi Roth says
These are delicious! A friend shared the recipe with me, and I'm SO happy I purchased the silicone mold to make them. I did not have cottage cheese so I subbed cream cheese, and they still turned out perfectly smooth and delicious! Thank you for sharing!
Shannon says
Absolutely delicious! I have recently become obsessed with the Starbucks egg bites and these are spot on. I used pepper jack instead cheddar and sautéed onions and peppers in place of the bacon. They were a teensy bit watery around the bottom, but I just squeezed them (gently) with a paper towel and they were perfection. Thanks for the great recipe!
Liz Taylor says
Love it! I looked and looked. I just got my new pressure cooker and decided to make this first! I changed it up a little. I got greek yogurt on sale and used it in place of the cream. Then I used half sharp cheddar and the other half feta. They turned out soooo good! Better than Starbucks! It's just me so I put two each in a vacuum bag to store them. I'll pull them out and pop them in the microwave for a few seconds! Yahhh I am so proud of myself! They only thing I would change is backing off just a little on the yogurt... I like mine just a little stiffer. Thank you for the great recipe! Now I'm going to make pinto beans and ham! I'm hooked.
Taylor says
How many calories do these have?
Lori Ciaralli says
Fabulous recipe. I don't know if I miscalculated the cheese, plus I eyeballed rather than measured the beet greens (didn't have spinach) but my recipe filled one mold and half of a second. The texture was perfect and the results delicious. This is a keeper. Thanks for posting.
MichellT says
I made according to the directions but they were runny. I had to steam an additional 5 min and NPR 10
Diane says
Followed instructions and after 9 minutes on steam, then sat for 10 minutes before opening the Instant Pot and another 3 minutes on the counter before turning them over to eat - they were soup. These were maybe half cooked and had to all be thrown away. Super disappointed.
Tanya says
I'm sorry to hear that Diane. I've never had it come out soupy in any of my 6qt Pressure cookers. It sounds like it needed a longer cooktime in your machine.
Emily says
Did you cover them with foil? Otherwise the water will drip back down on top of them and that could have made them soupy
Felicia says
Great recipe! I added a little breakfast sausage, mushroom, and green onion to half of mine. Bacon, mushroom, and green onion to the other half. I will put a little more sharp cheddar and some extra hot sauce in next time.
Tanya says
Thank you! I love your additions too. I live for mushrooms.
Amy says
This was my first time using the instant pot and I was so excited to make these! I made according to directions. They came out very runny:( I did let them sit for about 7 min after removing from pot. I’m thinking maybe they needed more time to cook? Any suggestions? I want to try and make them again!
Tanya says
Hi Amy, they shouldn't be runny at all. I'd increase the steam cook time by a little and that should work.
Emily says
Were they well covered during cooking?
Tamatha Wolfel says
I bought the instapot just to make these. I am on keto and can not keep paying for the Starbucks ones. They don't come out good in oven (dried out). These are light a d fluffy. They are pretty damn close, I used extra sharp. Can't wait to try with gruyere!
Tanya says
These are a perfect reason to get an Instant Pot, perfect for meal prep. So glad you liked them 🙂
Dawn says
Why do you put in a blender?
Bob Wolfe says
Two things. FIRST: You need to spray the molds. My fist time trying these and the eggs stuck badly. I had to dig them out with a spoon.
Second: I cut my eggs down to three and still had some left over.
MrSteve says
I made something similar, recently, mixing everything ('cept for the cottage cheese and cheddar, but used Romano shredded cheese--always get the wedge not the packaged and shred it yourself!!!) in my Vitamix blender (it's awesome!) I ate one-half of them immediately and the rest the next morning. Can't wait to make again. I think next time I'll cook the bacon in my NuWave Oven rather than in a skillet. Oh and I have frozen hash browns to add, too.
IP Ultra80, silicon egg bites mold, etc. Too easy! May make this as a "loaf" next time and then cut it up into pieces. Something to try. 🙂 Thanks, Tanya.
Tanya says
Great idea MrSteve 🙂