People are just realizing there’s an easy way to get skin off a potato without peeling – it’s perfect for Thanksgiving
THINKING about Thanksgiving prep, many hosts feel overwhelmed by all the cooking that needs to get done.
If mashed potatoes are on the menu, you’ll want to save this tip.
Home cook Amanda D’Alfonso () often shares her kitchen hacks and DIYs with her Instagram followers.
In one , she revealed her newfound potato prep method that will save you so much time this Thanksgiving.
“I was today years old…” she began.
She proceeded to grab three raw potatoes and make a small incision in the center of each, taking the knife around the entire potato.
She then dropped them in a pot of boiling water and let them cook through.
Once they were soft and ready – about 10 minutes in – she removed them from the pot with a fork and revealed that the skin had lifted off the meat.
She simply used her hands to peel from the incision mark and the rest just slid right off.
Her boiling trick will save you the time it takes to manually shave the potato skin with a peeler or knife.
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After one viewer argued that it only takes three minutes to peel three potatoes, Amanda clapped back noting that she did three in 30 seconds.
Most viewers loved the trick, especially given the perfect timing ahead of the holidays.
“YOU MEAN I DON’T HAVE TO SPEND 15 MINUTES PEELING?” one person wrote.
“Oh wow very nice, I never knew this,” added another.
"Shut. Up. Are you serious?! No more scraped knuckles from the peeler?!" a third admired.
