Anyone charged with the mission of bringing mashed potato to a dinner will understand how time consuming the preparing process is for the humble vegetable.

Using a finicky peeler the potatoes have to be peeled individually - which can take up to one minute each - and then boiled, mashed and seasoned appropriately.

In an effort to halve the time required, Popsugar Australia has shared a helpful video by Foody Tube that skips the peeling process entirely - and cooks the potato in the process.

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Anyone charged with the mission of bringing mashed potato to a dinner will understand how time consuming the preparing process is for the humble vegetable (stock image)

All you'll need to try the hack is a washed potato, a sharp knife and a saucepan filled with cold water.

Using the knife, slit the middle of the potato skin all the way around, ensuring you don't cut into the actual flesh.

It helps if you twirl the potato around in one hand so the line is straight for this method.

Using the knife, slit the middle of the potato skin all the way around, ensuring you don't cut into the actual flesh

Then put your pierced potatoes in a saucepan of cold water and boil them until they are fork tender

Then put your pierced potatoes in a saucepan of cold water and boil them until they are fork tender.

At this point you should drain the water and remove your potatoes.

Once they have cooled down enough that you can safely touch them, use your fingers to gently peel back each side of the potato skin.

Once they have cooled down enough that you can safely touch them, use your fingers to gently peel back each side of the potato skin

Now they are cooked the skin should be easy to remove with no residue left on your imminent dinner

Now they are cooked the skin should be easy to remove with no residue left on your imminent dinner.

This hack not only prevents the need to use a peeler but it also speeds up the cooking time.

It's the kind of money-can't-buy tip that will mean it could be difficult to revert back to your old ways.