Social media can be a force for good – though it often isn’t. Kathleen Ashmore, who manages Kat Can Cook on TikTok, has shared a trick to make boiled eggs easier to peel.

The trick? Don’t boil them. This is what she says you should do:

Place the eggs in a steamer basket inside a pot.

Fill the pot with water up to the base of the basket.

Heat your water, and once it begins to boil, set a timer for 14 minutes.

Remove the eggs from the basket and plunge them into an ice bath to stop the cooking process.

Kathleen says this creates perfect hard-boiled eggs with easy-to-peel shells that slip right off your fingers.

She says the hot steam makes the protein from inside the egg white contract, which pulls it away from the shell membrane, making the shell easier to remove.

Have you tried that method? Do you have a ‘trick’ for an easy-to-peel boiled egg?