Peeling potatoes: the best tips and tricks

Peeling potatoes is easy. With our tips you can quickly enjoy the yellow tuber - the favorite vegetable of the Germans.

Peel raw potatoes

If you want to peel raw potatoes, there are basically two options: peeler or knife.

If the potatoes are very dirty, you should wash them before peeling them. Then pat them a little dry so they don't slip out of your hand.
You can peel potatoes quickly and easily with a peeler. If you pull it over the tuber with light pressure, remove only the top layer.
First peel the long sides of the potato and then the ends. Then you can wash the potatoes again.
You should remove brown spots, so-called eyes, generously. Some peelers have a small knife on the side.
If you'd rather use a knife, it should be a knife with a short, curved blade.
Carefully scrape off the bowl with the knife blade. Be careful not to remove too much of the potato itself.
You should only clean your peeler and knife by hand and not in the dishwasher so that the blades stay sharp.

You can peel jacket potatoes even more easily.

Wash the potatoes thoroughly. Carve the bowl around with a knife. Make sure that you only catch the skin and not cut it into the potato.
Then boil the jacket potatoes. Then get them out of the water and chill them in cold water for at least 10 seconds.
Now you can simply pull off both halves of the shell. In the case of bulky potatoes, you may have to rework small areas with a knife.

In the next practical tip, we'll tell you how to cut the potatoes quickly and easily.